DollyMadison was a granddaughter of John Payne, an English gentleman who migrated to Virginia early in the 18th century.
Dolly served as unofficial first lady to President Thomas Jefferson, who was a widower.
Raised as a Quaker, Dolly did not acquire such "graceful and ornamental accomplishments" as music, dancing, painting and foreign languages, considered then as the most important parts of female education.
Dolly Payne Madison (1768-1849) was highly respected by some of history's greatest politicians during an age when it was considered appropriate for women to be seen and not heard, and was accepted equally by both men and women.
Madison eventually became a very beautiful woman, and was considered to be the greatest beauty of her era.
Madison made certain that her husband's important and secret papers were saved, along with the silver and a few small portable treasures and a portrait of George Washington, yet she left all of her own frivolities behind.
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