Read our top 10 facts about Martha Washington and learn how a group of women saved Mount Vernon from ruin.
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Top 10 Facts About Martha Washington
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Before she was America's first First Lady, Martha Washington stood out among her peers. She was one of few Virginia women who could read and write, and at 26 years old, she was a wealthy widow who managed her late husband’s plantations and financial affairs, a task typically left to male estate managers or overseers.
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Video: The Women Who Saved George Washington's Home
As Mount Vernon fell
into disrepair, one woman took it upon herself to challenge the nation to save Mount Vernon, founding the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.
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Quiz: The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Test your knowledge
of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and how it has preserved Mount Vernon for more than 160 years.
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Video: An Enslaved Housemaid at Mount Vernon
Caroline Branham was one of George Washington's housemaids and was the first person to discover he was ill shortly before he passed.
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Ona Judge's Escape from the President's Household
In 1796,
Martha Washington's personal servant Ona Judge escaped to freedom, fleeing from the President's Mansion in Philadelphia.
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The Women of Mount Vernon Tour
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Saturdays & Sundays in March
The Women of Mount Vernon tour shares the stories of the women who lived and worked here in George Washington's time, as well as later generations of women who were instrumental in saving and preserving Washington's beloved home.
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George Washington's Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, Virginia 22121
United States
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Mount Vernon is owned and maintained in trust for the people of the United States by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, a private, non-profit organization. We don't accept government funding and rely upon private contributions to help preserve George Washington’s home and legacy.
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