YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST
America holds great respect for the First Lady. The woman dubbed "The First First Lady," Dolley Madison, elevated the position to how we see first lady today - hostess, ambassadress, model of American womanhood. Dolley Madison embodied America's fighting spirit, saving important American artifacts the White House was engulfed in flames. She lived through personal and professional turmoil and held herself as a beacon of early American history. Dolley Madison was a bastion of American independence. Dolley Payne, born in a log cabin in 1768, lost her father at an early age. Her mother turn their home into a boarding house. Statesman Aaron Burr resided there; he and Dolley would remain friends for the rest of their lives. In 1790 she married John Todd, a Philadelphia lawyer. She and Todd had two sons, but in 1793 John Todd and their baby son died of yellow fever. Family friend Aaron Burr gave Dolley and her son financial support, and introduced her to James Madison. Madison
