Read more about the portraits:
- Martha Dandridge Custis Washington by Rembrandt Peale / c. 1853, Oil on canvas / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of an anonymous donor / NPG.75.3
- Dolley Dandridge Payne Todd Madison by William S. Elwell / 1848, Oil on canvas / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution / NPG.74.6
- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt by Bernard T. Frydrysiak / 1946, Oil on canvas / Collection of Ford and Marni Roosevelt / PC992501
- Nancy Davis Reagan by Aaron Shikler / 1984-1985, Oil on paper / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Time magazine / NPG.88.TC160
More by Cokie Roberts:
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts / Harper Perennial Feb 15, 2005.
Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Cokie Roberts / Harper Perennial, March 24, 2009.