Martha's Childhood
When Martha
was still young enough to go to school, she studied arithmetic alone because
females weren't supposed to learn ciphering or arithmetic. Martha's parents
hired a tutor to teach
his oldest three children the four R's, reading,
writing, arithmetic, and religion. The children called their teacher Master
Crow although his name is Master Thomas.
Martha
enjoyed riding horses, gardening, sewing, playing the spinet and dancing.
Her father saw to it that she received a good education in basic mathematics,
reading and writing. Something that girls didn't receive very much. Her
brothers
couldn't see why this entrusted her so. They told her that because interested
Mother never had to use any of this, that Martha didn't need to know it
either.
Source:
Why we study United States
History
By Herman J. Viola
and
www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/firstladies/html/mw1.html
and
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/martha.html
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