When his father died it prevented him to get a good education. Instead private tutors and possibly a local school in  Fredericksburg provided the young man with the only formal instruction he would receive.

Mrs. Washington was born June 2, 1731 in New Kent County, Virginia.  Martha did not get a formal education, but she got a typical education for a girl of her class. She was taught about housekeeping, religion, music, needlework, and dancing.                                                                                                            After the death of her first husband she met George Washington. Later they got married to him on January 6, 1759. Martha Washington was the first lady of the United States. She stood by her husband's side during the Revolutionary war. While she was the first lady, Martha Washington often felt and said "more like a state prisoner than anything else". 

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