Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Kat Imhoff, president and CEO of the Montpelier Foundation, provided an overview of Dolley Madison, how she is remembered and her legacy. Dolley ...

Visitors to James Madison's Montpelier can now enjoy several pieces of splendid period furniture in the newly opened first floor Library and recently wallpapered Dining Room. The new objects, part of ...

Often called “the first First Lady,” Dolley Madison defined the role of the President’s wife and hostess. With her behind-the-scenes influence on political policy and her expansion of the expected ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Nancy Kegan Smith talked about the origin of the role of the "First Lady" and the impact of Martha Washington, Abigail Adams and Dolley ...

The National Portrait Gallery has acquired an image of Dolley Madison that's believed to be the first photograph of a first lady. The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery has acquired the first ...

Sometime around May 1846, Dolley Madison made her way from her home near the White House to the studio of an enterprising photographer who had begun a quixotic effort to create a daily publication ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, DC, has acquired the earliest known photograph of a US first lady. The quarter-plate daguerreotype of former First Lady Dolley Madison, ...

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., has acquired an image of Dolley Madison, believed to be the first photograph of a U.S. first lady. The circa 1846 daguerreotype was purchased for ...

Sotheby’s is offering a recently surfaced 1846 daguerreotype of Dolley Madison, who is credited with inventing the role of first lady. By Jennifer Schuessler Sometime around May 1846, Dolley Madison ...