Step back in time and meet Martha Washington, America’s "first First Lady!"

Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington on January 6, 1759, and moved to his family home, Mount Vernon, several months later. In this program, Mrs. Washington’s incredibly full and vibrant life is portrayed by costumed historical interpreters filmed live on the Mount Vernon Estate grounds and interviewed by students in Mount Vernon's Distance Learning Studio. Susan Zickel portrays young Martha Washington’s life up to the American Revolution. Living biographer Mary Wiseman shows students what the first lady’s life was like after the Revolutionary War. Political commentator and author of Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty, Cokie Roberts, and George Mason University historian Dr. Rosemarie Zagarri also provide background information about Mrs. Washington and 18th-century women's lives.

Grades 3-5, 30 mins.

Educators: To order a FREE copy of this DVD (one per school), please send the request on school letterhead to: Fairfax Network, 4414 Holborn Avenue, Annandale, VA 22003

Additional copies may be purchased by visiting this link.