# General Washington and Mrs. French: Widows and Power in Eighteenth-Century Virginia

Watch a discussion centering on Penelope French, a wealthy widow who did not want to sell her land to George Washington, despite his attempts to purchase it. Special guests include, Martha Saxton, Amherst College historian emerita and author of "The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington", and Jennifer Stertzer, director of the Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2022
- By: John W. Kluge Center (library Of Congress)
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024698120/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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