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Martha Elizabeth Beall Mitchell (September 2, 1918 – May 31, 1976) was the wife of John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General under President Richard Nixon. Her public comments and interviews during the Watergate scandal were frank and revealing.
Apr 22, 2022 · Martha Mitchell was the wife of John Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general and campaign manager. She became a public figure for her outspokenness and was silenced and discredited to hide White House involvement in the Watergate scandal.
Apr 25, 2022 · Martha Mitchell, the wife of Nixon's attorney general, leaked details of the Watergate scandal and claimed she was kidnapped and drugged by security guards. Learn about her life, role and legacy in this article from HISTORY.
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Apr 25, 2022 · Martha Mitchell was a socialite, former U.S. Attorney General's wife, and a whistleblower who predicted the Watergate scandal. She died of bone marrow cancer in 1976 and inspired the Starz show 'Gaslit,' starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn.
- Leila Kozma
Apr 21, 2022 · Learn about Martha Mitchell, the conservative activist who exposed Nixon's dirty tricks and became a target of his smear campaign. See her portrait and other artworks in the Smithsonian exhibition "Watergate: Portraiture and Intrigue."
Apr 21, 2022 · Martha was the wife of John Mitchell, President Richard Nixon's attorney general. But unlike other political wives who faded quietly into the background, Martha craved the spotlight and loved to talk. If there was a Republican fundraiser in 1970, Martha Mitchell was usually the top-billed speaker.
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Jun 7, 2022 · Martha and John Mitchell in 1971. (Bettmann Archive) 9 min. There was no mistaking the voice on the other end of the phone line. That twangy timbre. Brash and sass. Undiluted Arkansas Delta. Bob ...
