Politician's Spouse. She is remembered as an outspoken Republican socialite during the 20th-century American political scandal, "Watergate." Born Martha Elizabeth Beall into a well-to-do conservative Southern family, on December 30, 1957, she married a lawyer in what became a prestigious New York law firm, John N. Mitchell. This was her second marriage as she married shortly after World War II on October 5, 1946 to a former Army officer, Clyde Jennings. The couple had a son and were divorced by August 1, 1957. She and Mitchell had a daughter in 1961. She became known for her flamboyant personality, not only in her fashion style but her mannerisms. She had always been known to be outspoken about politics. After high school graduation, she attended acting classes at Stephen College in Missouri and the University of Arkansas, before graduating with a BA in history from the University of Miami in Florida. Before her first marriage, she had been a school teacher in Mobile, Alabama and a secretary in her hometown. Her husband, John Mitchell, would become Attorney General under United States President Richard Nixon from January of 1969 to March of 1972, when he resigned to run Nixon's second-term election campaign. Her husband was the chairman of Nixon's election campaigns in both 1968 and 1972. In 1966 her husband's law practice had combined with Nixon's law firm. After relocating to Washington D.C., her family resided at the fashionable Watergate complex. In 1970 her image graced the magazine covers of both "Time" and "Life." While in this public spotlight, her husband, who was head of Nixon's re-election campaign, became entangled in the Watergate scandal, which was the break-in and bugging of the Democratic Party's National Committee's headquarters on June 17, 1972 in the Watergate Office Building in Washington, D.C. During this time in June of 1972, she was allegedly kidnapped, abused, and obtained injuries that required suturing for telling the truth to the news media about illegal activities. She became known as the heroic "Watergate Whistleblower" but in other circles as "Martha the Mouth." Although there were others, she was the first and maybe the most covered in the media. For many months, her statements were credited as illusions with the word "insane" being used to described her before the truth was fully disclosed. This impacted her own personal life as she and her husband separated in 1973, leaving her nearly penniless. This followed in 1975 with a divorce and having to return for payment of court-ordered alimony. During this time, her health started to decline. On August 4, 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace, and on January 1, 1975, her husband was convicted for his part in the Watergate scandal. Her husband was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury for his role in the Watergate break-in and cover-up and served nineteen months in a federal prison, being released early for health reasons. At this point, most of her family and friends abandoned her, yet 400 attended her funeral, including her two children and John Mitchell. At age 57, she died after being diagnosed in 1975 with advanced multiple myeloma. A huge white chrysanthemum arrangement at her graveside read, "MARTHA WAS RIGHT." Her childhood home in Pine Buff, the Martha Mitchell Home and Museum, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. A full portrait of her in white evening attire is on display at the museum as well as an oil-on-canvas on display at the National Portrait Gallery in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., which was donated by "Time" magazine. There has been at least one biography, two films, and two television cable network productions: Starz eight-episode series "Gaslit" and the Netflix documentary "The Martha Mitchell Effect", which aired in 2022. Used by mental health professionals, the psychological term "the Martha Mitchell effect" came about to describe her experiences of the world doubting her claims, which were later found to be true.