1206. Forging Character During an Epidemic: The Example of Dolley Madison By Rodney K. Smith, in Meridian Magazine
This lovely lady, Dolley Madison, has quite an interesting history of surviving some very heart rending experiences. We can learn from her courage! It helps to understand what people before us have done in very sad and difficult losses. Forging Character During an Epidemic: The Example of Dolley Madison By Rodney K. Smith · April 13, 2020 From August 1 through November 9, 1793, Philadelphia, which was then serving as the nation’s capital, was ravaged by one of the most severe epidemics in American history. The fever, as it was called, was transmitted by mosquitoes and took the lives of 1 out of every 10 Philadelphians, totaling over 5,000 deaths. Dolley Madison, America’s “first, First Lady,” was among those who suffered great loss at the hand of the fever, but never lost hope. Here is that part of her story as told in Dolley and James Madison: An Unlikely Love Story that Saved America : “As had become all too common in the Payne and Todd house