Editing Martha Washington (section)

=== Honors ===
[[File:Martha Washington22 1903 Issue-8c.jpg|thumb|upright=.54|Martha Washington 1902 issue stamp]]During the Revolutionary War, one of the regiments at Valley Forge named themselves "Lady Washington's Dragoon" in her honor.<ref name="watson"/>{{Rp|page=14}}The Martha Washington College for Women was founded in [[Abingdon, Virginia]] in 1860.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tennis|first=Joe|title=Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See|year=2004|publisher=The Overmountain Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noiiZPTGk9IC&pg=PA76|access-date=July 31, 2012|page=76|isbn=9781570722561}}</ref> It was merged with [[Emory & Henry College]] in 1918,<ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief History of Emory & Henry College|url=http://www.ehc.edu/175/history/brief|publisher=Emory & Henry College|access-date=July 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517190913/http://www.ehc.edu/175/history/brief|archive-date=May 17, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the main original building of Martha Washington College was converted to the [[Martha Washington Inn]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 1, 1937 |title=Martha Washington Inn Opens for Business at Abingdon |pages=8 |work=The Bristol Herald Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-bristol-herald-courier/45687534/ |access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref> Martha Washington Seminary, a finishing school for young women in Washington, DC, was opened in 1905,<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 2, 1905 |title=Martha Washington Seminary |pages=14 |work=Evening Star |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-star-martha-washington-seminary/103017247/ |access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref> and it ceased operations in 1949.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cherkasky|first=Mara|title=Mount Pleasant|year=2007|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8leSBRqU5CYC&pg=PA62|access-date=July 31, 2012|page=62|isbn=9780738544069}}</ref>

A [[postage stamp]] featuring Martha Washington, the first stamp to honor an American woman, was issued as part of the [[Series of 1902 (United States postage stamps)|1902 stamp series]]. An {{nowrap|8-[[Penny (United States coin)|cent]]}} stamp, it was printed in violet-black ink.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Second Bureau Issues (1902-1908) |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps-bureau-period-1894-1939-definitive-issues/second-bureau-issues-1902-1908 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621234742/https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps-bureau-period-1894-1939-definitive-issues/second-bureau-issues-1902-1908 |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2023 |website=postalmuseum.si.edu |language=en}}</ref> The second stamp issued in her honor,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fourth Bureau Issues (1922-1930) |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps-bureau-period-1894-1939-definitive-issues/fourth-bureau-issues-1922-1930 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621212009/https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps-bureau-period-1894-1939-definitive-issues/fourth-bureau-issues-1922-1930 |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2023 |website=postalmuseum.si.edu |language=en}}</ref> a {{nowrap|4-cent}} [[definitive stamp]] printed in yellow-brown ink, was released in [[US Regular Issues of 1922–1931|1923]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=4c Martha Washington single |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/object/npm_1980.2493.2263 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621235951/https://postalmuseum.si.edu/object/npm_1980.2493.2263 |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2023 |website=postalmuseum.si.edu |language=en}}</ref> A {{nowrap|{{frac|1|1|2}}-cent}} stamp was issued in 1938 to honor Washington as part of the [[Presidential Issue]] series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidential Series (1938) |url=https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps-bureau-period-1894-1939-definitive-issues/presidential-series-1938 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601134341/https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/about-us-stamps-bureau-period-1894-1939-definitive-issues/presidential-series-1938 |archive-date=June 1, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2023 |website=postalmuseum.si.edu |language=en}}</ref> Washington's image was featured on the one dollar silver certificate banknote beginning in 1886, making her the second woman to appear on an American banknote after [[Pocahontas]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fuller |first=Harcourt |title=Who was the first woman depicted on American currency? |url=http://theconversation.com/who-was-the-first-woman-depicted-on-american-currency-58245 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |website=The Conversation |date=April 22, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> To prevent confusion with existing coinage, [[pattern coin]]s testing new metals have been produced by the U.S. mint, or a company contracted to it, with Martha Washington on the obverse.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Martha Washington featured on this fascinating 1965 pattern coin |url=https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/martha-washington-fascinating-pattern-coin.html |access-date=February 12, 2023 |website=CoinWorld |language=en}}</ref>