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Dolley Madison

Dolley Madison was married to our 4th President James Madison. When he was Secretary of State for President Jefferson, Dolley helped the President host parties because he didn't have a wife to host them. She was friendly and hospitable. Everyone liked her and wanted to go to her parties.
When she was a little girl she wore dark clothes because she was a Quaker. But when she got married to James Madison, she started wearing colorful dresses and fancy turbans with feathers in them.
During the War of 1812 she saved a painting of George Washington before the British burned the President's House. She was one of the last people to leave the capital to go to safety.