{"product_id":"from-revolution-to-republic-early-first-ladies-contributions-to-the-nation","title":"From Revolution to Republic: Early First Ladies’ Contributions to the Nation - 29 Sep 2026","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003eThe first two U.S. first ladies, Martha Washington and Abigail Adams, were deeply involved in the fight for freedom. They and other early first ladies helped their husbands create a new nation through a combination of social and diplomatic skills and political savvy. Their impact on the republic's early years is examined through their words and their actions in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC. Martha created a role that had no precedent, Abigail brought political insights to supporting her husband, and Dolley Madison created an environment for bipartisanship during a fraught time in the young country's development and influenced future presidential couples and their contributions to shaping the nation. New Englander, Jane Pierce, rose above her personal tragedies to take a stance on an issue that would later tear the country apart. Learn their stories and how they influenced future generations of presidential wives to this day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003eGuest Speaker:\u003cbr\u003eDiana B. Carlin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e is professor emerita of communication at Saint Louis University and a retired professor of communication studies at the University of Kansas. She has taught courses on first ladies at three universities over the past 30 years.  She regularly teaches Osher Lifelong Learning courses on first ladies for the University of Kansas and Northwestern University. She is the author or co-author of book chapters on Martha Washington, Julia Grant, Lady Bird Johnson, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Michelle Obama. She is currently working on a biography of Betty Ford with Myra Gutin. She is the co-author with Anita McBride and Nancy Kegan Smith of the first textbook on first ladies, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/northshire.com\/book\/9781793545244\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eU.S. First Ladies: Making History and Leaving Legacies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/northshire.com\/book\/9798823313193\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRemember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America’s History-Making Women\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. She lectures and participates in panels on first ladies for local and national organizations either individually or with her co-authors and frequently gives interviews to national and international media on first ladies. She is the president of FLARE--First Ladies Association for Research and Education.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"event-calendar-app","offers":[{"title":"Registration Fee","offer_id":45492775715007,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4723\/6799\/files\/unnamed_7ff62696-c0a7-4285-8759-91fc7b3eea37.jpg?v=1776108101","url":"https:\/\/greenmtnacademy.org\/products\/from-revolution-to-republic-early-first-ladies-contributions-to-the-nation","provider":"Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}