Dolley Payne is born in the Quaker community of New Garden (now part of Greensboro), North Carolina to parents John Payne and Mary Coles Payne. Dolley’s father, John Payne, liberates his slaves and ...

HELLO, DOLLEY! Dolley Madison was portly, she was over-the-top, so why shouldn’t a book about her -- and the advance for it -- be the same? Catherine Allgor, an assistant professor of history at the ...

The role of the first lady as the hostess of the White House has evolved over time, but much of the tradition can be traced back to Dolley Madison, wife of the nation's fourth president James Madison.

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 ...

At James Madison’s Montpelier, the mission is to educate people about the roles those who lived there played in history. While James Madison is famous for being the father of the Constitution, his ...

James Madison’s Montpelier hosted the dedication of the first and only commissioned statue of James and Dolley Madison late last month on the back lawn of the Madison home in Orange. The dedication of ...

She looked like royalty, or so thought many guests at the sight of Dolley Madison in her velvet inaugural gown and velvet and white satin turban with towering bird-of-paradise feathers. In full naval ...

Carpenters' Hall re-creates the tea parties Dolley Madison hosted that helped build a young nation. Tuesday Tea with Dolley Madison at Carpenters Hall offers an array of scones, tea sandwiches, and ...

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, ...