Founder of the Society of the Colonial Dames in Washington, DC. Daughter of James Blair and Mary Serena Eliza Jesup. Married (Judge) Albert Covington Janin, 14 May 1874. One daughter, Mary, who was born prematurely on 14 May 1878 and died the next day.
Violet was the subject of a biography, "Love and Power in the Nineteenth Century: The Marriage of Violet Blair" by Virginia Jeans Laas (1998). Violet Blair was born to a prominent Washington political clan, whose family home on Washington's Lafayette Square, Blair House, is now the president's guest house for visiting heads of state. In her book, Laas uses Violet's extensive letters and diaries to tell the story of her unconventional 54-year marriage to Albert Janin. Violet grew up in an era when most women defined themselves as wives and mothers, submissive to and dependent upon men. But Violet was hardly typical. By her choice, she and Albert did not regularly live together; and she used her inherited wealth to provide for her own financial support. Although they were devoted to each other, their marriage was truly a partnership in which each retained practical autonomy while remaining emotionally dependent upon the other.
Violet was the subject of a biography, "Love and Power in the Nineteenth Century: The Marriage of Violet Blair" by Virginia Jeans Laas (1998). Violet Blair was born to a prominent Washington political clan, whose family home on Washington's Lafayette Square, Blair House, is now the president's guest house for visiting heads of state. In her book, Laas uses Violet's extensive letters and diaries to tell the story of her unconventional 54-year marriage to Albert Janin. Violet grew up in an era when most women defined themselves as wives and mothers, submissive to and dependent upon men. But Violet was hardly typical. By her choice, she and Albert did not regularly live together; and she used her inherited wealth to provide for her own financial support. Although they were devoted to each other, their marriage was truly a partnership in which each retained practical autonomy while remaining emotionally dependent upon the other.
Founder of the Society of the Colonial Dames in Washington, DC. Daughter of James Blair and Mary Serena Eliza Jesup. Married (Judge) Albert Covington Janin, 14 May 1874. One daughter, Mary, who was born prematurely on 14 May 1878 and died the next day.
Violet was the subject of a biography, "Love and Power in the Nineteenth Century: The Marriage of Violet Blair" by Virginia Jeans Laas (1998). Violet Blair was born to a prominent Washington political clan, whose family home on Washington's Lafayette Square, Blair House, is now the president's guest house for visiting heads of state. In her book, Laas uses Violet's extensive letters and diaries to tell the story of her unconventional 54-year marriage to Albert Janin. Violet grew up in an era when most women defined themselves as wives and mothers, submissive to and dependent upon men. But Violet was hardly typical. By her choice, she and Albert did not regularly live together; and she used her inherited wealth to provide for her own financial support. Although they were devoted to each other, their marriage was truly a partnership in which each retained practical autonomy while remaining emotionally dependent upon the other.
Violet was the subject of a biography, "Love and Power in the Nineteenth Century: The Marriage of Violet Blair" by Virginia Jeans Laas (1998). Violet Blair was born to a prominent Washington political clan, whose family home on Washington's Lafayette Square, Blair House, is now the president's guest house for visiting heads of state. In her book, Laas uses Violet's extensive letters and diaries to tell the story of her unconventional 54-year marriage to Albert Janin. Violet grew up in an era when most women defined themselves as wives and mothers, submissive to and dependent upon men. But Violet was hardly typical. By her choice, she and Albert did not regularly live together; and she used her inherited wealth to provide for her own financial support. Although they were devoted to each other, their marriage was truly a partnership in which each retained practical autonomy while remaining emotionally dependent upon the other.
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