Often called “the first First Lady,” Dolley Madison defined the role of the President’s wife and hostess. With her behind-the-scenes influence on political policy and her expansion of the ...

Before she moved to Washington, D.C., with America's fourth president, Dolley Madison lived in ... is remembered as the wife of James Madison, the first lady had a first marriage to John Todd ...

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Rosalynn was another First Lady who was considered a partner by her husband and was involved in every aspect of her husband’s presidency, McBride said. Dolley Madison was renowned for her social ...

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Dolley Madison lived through the two wars that established the U.S., was friends with the first 12 Presidents, and watched America evolve from a struggling young republic to the first modern ...

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