Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portrait of Dolley Madison - Stock Montage/Getty Images Spilling the tea has been a part of the American fiber since that first ...

Dolley Madison’s White House was one of the few places in the nation where hope and determination continued to flourish. Although she was born a Quaker, Dolley saw herself as a fighter. “I have always ...

Some historians and curators suspect that the empire-style gown, which Dolley Madison owned until her death in 1849, may have been made from the curtains she salvaged ...