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| 1776: The Film | Edwards, Sherman and Peter Stone | 1972 | Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures | The film version of the Broadway musical was nominated for an Oscar Award. Portrayed by actress Blyth Danner, Martha Jefferson appears as a fictional character, who it portrays her visited her husband in Philadelphia during the Second Continental Congress when,in fact, she never left Virginia.
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| American First Ladies | Watson, Robert P., ed. | 2002 | Pasadena, CA: Salem Press | |
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| America’s First Ladies: Ohio Library was Established in 1997 in Their Honor | Wadley, Carma | 2007 | Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City) 19 February 2007 | Article celebrates the tenth anniversary of the National First Ladies Library and includes a quiz on the subject of First Ladies.
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| Celebrating Women: History, Biographies, and Museums | Byerly, Greg, and Carolyn Brodie | 2005 | Library Media Activities Monthly April 2005 | Reviews of websites containing information about the First Ladies, including the National First Ladies Library. |
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| Christmas Presents, Past and Future | Rupp, Rebecca | 1992 | Early American Life December | Mentions presents of Martha to Thomas Jefferson. |
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| Congress Clears Dollar Coin Bill | Higa, Liriel | 2005 | CQ Weekly 26 December 2005 | House of Representatives passes bill which would allow the Treasury to mint $10 coins with images of First Ladies. |
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| Dames and Daughters of the Young Republic | Brooks, Geraldine | 1901 | New York: T. Y. Crowell and Company | Includes a chapter on Martha Jefferson. |
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| ‘The Dark and Dense Cloud Perpetually Lowering Over Us’: Gender and the Decline of the Gentry in Postrevolutionary Virginia | Kierner, Cynthia A | 2000 | Journal of the Early Republic. 20.2 Summer | |
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| The Day Thomas Jefferson’s World Fell Apart | Hay, Robert P | 1782 | USA Today. November 1989 An examination of Jefferson’s extreme reaction to the death of his wife, Martha, in | reveals a largely unknown side of him. |
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| Dear Companion: The Inner Life of Martha Jefferson | Neff, Kelly Joyce | 1997 | Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing | |
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| Dear First Lady: Letters to the White House | Young, Dwight, and Margaret Johnson, eds. | 2008 | Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society | Reproductions of letters from the Library of Congress and the National Archives to and from First Ladies, with annotations explaining the nature of the correspondence and the historical contexts within which each epistle was written.
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| Dining at Monticello: In Good Taste and Abundance | Fowler, Damon Lee, ed. | 2005 | Charlottesville, VA: Thomas Jefferson Foundation | Essays on life at Monticello include details of Martha Jefferson’s relationship with the second president in the household and her role after marriage. |
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| The Domestic Life of Thomas Jefferson | Randolph, Sarah N | 1958 | New York: Harper and Brothers, 1871; reprint, New York: Ungar | |
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| The Family Letters of Thomas Jefferson | Betts, Edwin M., and Bear, James A., eds | 1966 | Columbia: University of Missouri Press | |
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| First First Ladies, 1789-1865: A Study of the Wives of the Early Presidents | Whitton, Mary Ormsbee | 1948 | New York: Hastings House | |
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| The First Forty Years of Washington Society. Hunt, Galliard, ed | Smith, Margaret Bayard | 1965 | New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1906; reprint, New York: Ungar | This first illuminating memoir of Washington life by a reporter who was a personal friend of President Jefferson and Martha Randolph. |
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| The First Ladies | Barzman, Sol | 1970 | New York: Cowles | |
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| First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama | Caroli, Betty Boyd | 2009 | New York: Oxford University Press | Updated, fourth edition of Caroli's classic analysis of the successes, failings, and personalities of the 41 women who served as first ladies. The book will be released in paperback in 2010. |
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| First Ladies: Women Who Called the White House Home | Gormley, Beatrice | 1997 | New York: Scholastic | |
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| First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary | Schneider, Dorothy, and Carl J. Schneider | 2001 | New York: Checkmark Books | |
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| First Ladies: A Profile of America's First Ladies; Michelle Obama to Martha Washington | Vander Pol, Stacie, ed. | 2009 | Seattle, WA: Pacific Publishing Studio | Profiles of each First Lady; themes include sacrifices made and benefits gained. |
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| First Ladies and the Press: Looking Ahead | Beasley, Maurine H. | 2006 | Media Report to Women Winter 2006 | Details how First Ladies have been represented by the media. |
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| First Ladies’ Letters Spice Up Collection | Byard, Katie | 2007 | Akron Beacon Journal 19 February 2007 | Interview with executive director Pat Krider,emphasizes how the National First Ladies Library has focused on purchasing documents regarding the development of the position of First Lady. |
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| A First Ladies’ Man | Hallett, Vicky | 2005 | U. S. News and World Report 1 August 2005 | Interview with Cormac O’Brien, author of The Secret Lives of the First Ladies. |
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| First Ladies of the United States: A Biographical Dictionary | Watson, Robert P. | 2001 | Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers | |
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| The First Lady: A Site of 'American Womanhood' | Anderson, Karrin Vasby | 2004 | Inventing a Voice: The Rhetoric of American First Ladies of the Twentieth Century | Vasby's essay can be found in Inventing a Voice: The Rhetoric of American First Ladies of the Twentieth Century, ed. Molly Meijer Wertheimer |
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| Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation | Roberts, Cokie | 2004 | New York: William Morrow | An examination of the ways in which gender shaped the reaction of women at the time of the American revolution. |
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| How to be First Lady | Hofstadter, Beatrice K. | 1983 | American Heritage September 1983 | |
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| Inside History of the White House | Willets, Gilson | 1908 | New York: The Christian Herald | |
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| Jefferson | Padover, Saul K | 1942 | New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich | |
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