![]() ![]() ![]() Why did her contemporaries adore and revere a lady so little known today? In A Perfect Union, historian Catherine Allgor explores the mystery of Dolley's fame and examines her subtle yet profound influence on American politics during the volatile era surrounding the War of 1812, when the republic was just taking shape. And yet, to most Americans, she's best known for saving the portrait of George Washington from a burning White House, or as the namesake for a line of ice cream products. By her death in 1849, Dolley was the most celebrated person in Washington. As the wife of the secretary of state, the charismatic, gracious, and ubiquitous Dolley was the primary architect of the social and political intricacies of the city as the president's wife, she dominated the Washington scene. ![]() ![]() Into this atmosphere of uncertainty, picking their way along Washington City's rutted, muddy streets, entered Dolley Madison and her husband, James. When the roar of the American Revolution has subsided and the British forces had withdrawn, a new generation of American politicians was summoned to a half-built city on the Potomac to establish a national capital and a kind of government never seen before-a modern republic capable of ruling a vast continent. Media Issues, Communication & Journalism.Computer Science & Information Technology. ![]()
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