# Martha Jefferson
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Martha Skelton Jefferson (née Wayles; October 19 or 30, 1748 – September 6, 1782) was the wife of Thomas Jefferson. She served as First Lady of Virginia during Jefferson's term as Governor from 1779 to 1781, but did not serve as First Lady of the country because she died in 1782, 19 years before he became President.Of the six children born to Thomas and Martha, only two survived to adulthood, Martha and Mary. Martha died four months after the birth of her last child.
Episode #23: Thomas Jefferson #3: The War at Home (1776-1783)
Thomas Jefferson #3: The War at Home (1776-1783); Topics covered include: Revolutionary War, Monticello, Virginia House of Delegates, political ideology, attacks the aristocracy, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Governor of Virginia, Death of Martha (wife)
Key People: John Adams, George Was…
Episode #29: Thomas Jefferson #9 Martha, Maria, and Sally (1770-1826)
Thomas Jefferson #9 Martha, Maria, and Sally (1770-1826); Topics covered include: Relationships with Martha Jefferson, Maria Cosway, and Sally Hemings; also his children, slavery, and the Head-Heart letter
Key People: Martha Jefferson, Maria Cosway, Sally Hemings, and Edmund Bacon
For more inform…
Episode 59: The Scheme I Undertake with Chearfulness
Diane Ehrenpreis joins Kathryn Gehred to discuss a letter from Martha Jefferson to a Mrs. Madison dated August 8, 1780 in which Jefferson encourages women to join together and raise funds to support the Continental soldiers. This letter is one of only four known correspondences in Jefferson’s hand.…
Jefferson and Hemings: On Slavery, Race, and Love
Today is President’s Day, honoring those who have have filled the role of president throughout American history. I’ve been fascinated by a few of them. But the president who has taken up more space in my consciousness than any other is Thomas Jefferson.
I had been to Monticello with my parents when…
Martha Jefferson and the Women of Monticello
Thomas Jefferson’s wife Martha died nearly twenty years before he took office, yet history still lists her as an official First Lady. Jefferson never remarried, but two very important women supported him through his years as a widower in ways few people know. Their stories were already intertwined …
Chapter 2: Oceans Apart
During the American Revolution, John Adams leaves Braintree for a dangerous crossing to France, while Thomas Jefferson retreats to Monticello, grief-stricken after the death of Martha Jefferson. Built from real letters, speeches, and memoirs, the episode follows Adams, Jefferson, Abigail Adams, and…
Chapter 2: Oceans Apart
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During the American Revolution, John Adams leaves Braintree for a dangerous crossing to France, while Thomas Jefferson retreats to Monticello, grief-stricken after the death of Martha Jefferson. Built from real letters, speeches, and memoirs, the episode follows A…
BONUS: 1776
In today's special July 4th bonus episode, we're covering the 1972 historical musical 1776, which features Blythe Danner—pregnant with Gwyneth Paltrow—as Martha Jefferson. We talk about the striking resemblance between Blythe and her now much more famous daughter, and how this movie subverts popula…
The Pursuit of Happiness
What did Jefferson mean by “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”? Adam Potkay explains the moral and philosophical world behind the phrase and the important passages that were edited out of the Declaration of Independence. Plus: On the evening of July 4, 1776, the Founding Fathers raced to p…
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