Husband Samuel Powell two of George Washingtons very closest friends and we figure with this being the year of the woman. Why not . Talk about a superpowerful woman that really helped shape the founding of the the republic so i myself am a all scholar and i have been working on the project that ive been doing for about three years and i will have a chapter coming out in an edited volume thats going to be published by the university of virginia, press in january 2022. So i very much look forward to sharing that with you all in the future and im going to go ahead and pass it over to my colleague and dear friend kayla anthony. Um, and i will pass over to you. Thank you so much, sam and thank you to mount vernon for asking me to participate today. Im excited to also share elizabeths story. I think youll all enjoy it very much. Im the executive director for the Philadelphia Society for the preservation of landmarks and we are an 89 year old nonprofit that stewarts for Historic House museums
That really helped shape the founding of the the republic so i myself am a all scholar and i have been working on the project that ive been doing for about three years and i will have a chapter coming out in an edited volume thats going to be published by the university of virginia, press in january 2022. So i very much look forward to sharing that with you all in the future and im going to go ahead and pass it over to my colleague and dear friend kayla anthony. Um, and i will pass over to you. Thank you so much, sam and thank you to mount vernon for asking me to participate today. Im excited to also share elizabeths story. I think youll all enjoy it very much. Im the executive director for the Philadelphia Society for the preservation of landmarks and we are an 89 year old nonprofit that stewarts for Historic House museums the pal house where i am today, so i am the ballroom at the palouse. This is the home the ancestry home of san juan Elizabeth Powell. We also have the health visit
And were going to be discussing elizabeth willing powell and her husband Samuel Powell two of George Washingtons very closest friends and we figure with this being the year of the woman. Why not . Talk about a superpowerful woman that really helped shape the founding of the the republic so i myself am a all scholar and i have been working on the project that ive been doing for about three years and i will have a chapter coming out in an edited volume thats going to be published by the university of virginia, press in january 2022. So i very much look forward to sharing that with you all in the future and im going to go ahead and pass it over to my colleague and dear friend kayla anthony. Um, and i will pass over to you. Thank you so much, sam and thank you to mount vernon for asking me to participate today. Im excited to also share elizabeths story. I think youll all enjoy it very much. Im the executive director for the Philadelphia Society for the preservation of landmarks and we are
A political casualty. But after the constitutional onvention, which, of course, washington sanctioned and mason it spelled in , many ways an end to their friendship. Twitter, george and Martha Washington, quite the power couple. We close out bringing us full circle, what are the important things for people to the influence of Martha Washington. I think its important to powerful she and on and how dependent he was her. His achievements were his achievements. Him aving her there with made them much more possible. I think thats true. Defined influence in a way that perhaps contemporary have difficulty understanding. But the fact of the matter is, she was the most influential of the earth face with the president of the United States. This says Richard Norton of george graphy washington patriarch Still Available if youd like to learn weve been talking about the book martha ashington with the striking portrait of young martha on the cover and widely available for people who want to know more
And affection for each other. It was as close to her how many town. She would own most of this block going back a couple acres, which mean she owned a huge chunk of what williamsburg was. There was a lot of tragedy in Martha Washingtons life, she lost her first husband. She was raised a rich woman. Now, what that means in 18th century is not familiesly what it means today. When she marries George Washington she brings with her to mount vernon 12 house slaves, and that is really almost an unimaginable luxury. It takes her 10 days to travel here to valley forge from mount vern oranges in her carriage with her slaves and servants with her. And this was a difficult journey. Marthas experience had really prepared her to become the first first lady. Born in New Kent County, virginia in 1731, Martha Washington was 57 years old in 1789 when she and George Washington once again left their beloved mount vernon, Virginia Home in service to the country. This time their destination was new york cit