Dolley Madison

James Madison was born in 1751 and in the state of virginia in the town of Montpelier where he would live his entire life. He was born into a wealthy family but grew up skinny and sickly. But even with all this happening he studied even when it endangered his own life studying. When he was 29 he served in the continental congress. When he was 36 in 1787 he kept a written record of the constitutional convention. In 1787-1788 James Madison helped write the federalist papers. In 1801-1809 He…

Today I am gonna talk about two people with many amazing accomplishments. Who did more? Who made life better? Who was selfless? Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts. She was the second of seven children born to Daniel and Lucy Read Anthony. She was enrolled in public school however once she was seven and the teacher refused to teach her long division. Her father then decided to make an educational program in her neighborhood where Susan and her…

Have you ever been in the White House. Have you ever seen the president in real life. Do you know where he even lives. Well you guessed it the White House. The White House is where the president of the United States live ever known president lived there except president washington according to DC Ducks. But don't you want to know how the White House was built and how it was designed. James Hoban (the designer of the White House born in 1758 in County Kilkenny the republic of Ireland and died…

sketching, and used his talents to draw portraits of his family and friends. When his father earned a high post in Washington D.C., his career boosted as he was given the opportunity to paint portraits of famous people such as John Quincy Adams and Dolley Madison. His painting style was highly realistic, paying careful attention to light sources. Though it is not known why he painted…

It is the minds of powerful and brilliant thinkers from every era of history that have led to the world we live in today. James Madison made a positive impact on the United States through his many political actions. During the Constitutional Convention, Madison created the Virginia plan. While he was the secretary of state, he acquired the Louisiana Territory. While he was the fourth president of the United States, he lead the country defiantly against the British during the War of 1812. While…

Over the course of American history, specifically the era known as the Roaring Twenties, there have been both cultural advancements and moral setbacks. The 1920s brought Americans jazz music and technological advancements, but it also was tinged with the stain of organized crime, bootlegging, and, sadly, racism. Perhaps the most prominent aspect of the Roaring Twenties was the fight for women’s suffrage as women had to gain their right to vote. Not only did women have to fight to vote, they also…

on important leaders and such as Abraham Lincoln. In 1844 Johnson moved to Washington, D.C., and began to draw crayon portraits. Johnson drew a portrait of John Quincy Adams, which was mantled in the National Portrait Gallery and a portrait of Dolley Madison, which was put in the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University. At this point in his career, Johnson was becoming famous. In 1846 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow invited him to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to draw portraits of his…

viewed her platform as important, and she felt the need to make substantial change to politics. Thus, she engaged with the political realm unlike First Lady Washington. There would be First Ladies that would follow her footsteps like Sarah Polk and Dolley Madison, but the full evolution of the role of First Lady did not happen until one hundred years…

was a major change in the roles of women and slaves. The revolutionary rethinking of standards of society led to the reconsideration of the role of the woman. Before women were considered inferior to men and lacked legal rights. For example, Dolley Todd Madison, even though she was first lady, she still had to fight for the control of her estates after the death of her husband. The Revolution led…

The white house reconstruction was also called the truman reconstruction they started doing the interior of the house in 1949-1952. There were plans of tearing down the hole white house and building it the same way as it was before. Theodore roosevelt put in a tennis court at the white house on the near south side wing of the white house. president obama plays basketball a lot at the white house. Basketball is obama's favorite sport. The tennis court has changed 3 times since 1984.The white…