Even though that put Martha in the most danger, she remained the most composed, the most ready to accept unpleasant conditions, the most sympathetic to the soldiers throughout the war. " (Roberts (1), p.87) While Martha was not always pleased that George was in charge of the army, she did what she could to keep up morale and help the troops; so much so that she earned herself the affectionate title: "Lady Washington. " In all the camps that she was at, she was often visited by the local women. ... In the afternoon her ladyship took occasion to say, in a way that we could not be offended at, ...

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Her portrait on the Harvard website shows that she rides her horse astride, against the normalic of sidesaddle for women. We can imagine that WB puts aside the more "lady-like" style of riding at her own convince while traveling the road to Canterbury (Biebel 64). ...

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This portrays her as having very little wealth and a low socio-economic status as she is not able to dress like or look like a lady. ... Pinned up on the wall of Eliza's small room is a portrait of a popular actor and a fashion plate of ladies dresses torn from newspapers, an example of Eliza wanting articles to aspire for to decorate her life. ...

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