Though not brilliant nor possessed of a profound mind, she was a woman of much good sense with an understanding heart.

Nor did she lack firmness or public spirit.

Edmund Pendleton relates that when on his way to the Continental Congress in 1774 he stopped at Mount Vernon, "She talked like a Spartan mother to her son on going to battle.

'I hope you will all stand firm--I know George will,' she said." The poorest artisan in Boston with nothing to lose but his life did not embrace the patriot cause with any greater eagerness than did these Washingtons with their broad acres and thousands of pounds on bond.
There is every reason to believe that Martha Washington was helpful to her husband in many ways.

At home she was a good housewife and when Washington was in public life she played her part well.