“Like others who had once enjoyed an elite lifestyle, Lucy craved its return and whenever opportunity arrived, attempted to recreate it...By then no one questioned Lucy's role as the reigning hostess of celebrations, a role she continued to hold in public celebrations during the early Federal period.” American HistoryLifestyle QuotesEliteHostessEarly Federal PeriodLucy Knox Nir Book:Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married Source: Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married