page_title: Octavia Walton Le Vert
hierarchical_section_title: Octavia Walton Le Vert
caption_attribution_description: Painting of Octavia Celestia Valentine Walton while her family was living in Pensacola, Florida. They relocated to nearby Mobile, Alabama in 1835, where she married Dr. Henry Le Vert. She later became a noted socialite and author in that city. She was best known then simply as Madame Le Vert.
context_page_description: Octavia Walton Le Vert, née Octavia Celestia Valentine Walton was an American socialite and writer born in Augusta, Georgia. She moved with her parents to Mobile, Alabama in 1835, where she married Dr. Henry Strachey Le Vert in 1836. She became one of the first female southern writers to achieve national recognition. Although largely faded from history today, she was a well-known figure during her own time. From the 1830s through the 1850s she was noted for hosting gatherings of prominent politicians, noted literary figures, and professionals of all types. She was friends with a variety of prominent 19th century figures.
  During her travels to Europe she was presented at the courts of several countries. She also received an audience with the Pope during her time there. Following her last European tour and return to the United States, she took on a role in the successful national campaign to purchase and restore Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. Following the American Civil War, with her husband dead and much of her fortune gone, she returned to her birthplace of Georgia and embarked on an ultimately unsuccessful lecture tour.
context_section_description: Octavia Walton Le Vert (August 11, 1810 – March 12, 1877), née Octavia Celestia Valentine Walton was an American socialite and writer born in Augusta, Georgia.  She moved with her parents to Mobile, Alabama in 1835, where she married Dr. Henry Strachey Le Vert in 1836.  She became one of the first female southern writers to achieve national recognition.  Although largely faded from history today, she was a well-known figure during her own time.  From the 1830s through the 1850s she was noted for hosting gatherings of prominent politicians, noted literary figures, and professionals of all types.  She was friends with a variety of prominent 19th century figures.
  During her travels to Europe she was presented at the courts of several countries.  She also received an audience with the Pope during her time there.  Following her last European tour and return to the United States, she took on a role in the successful national campaign to purchase and restore Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. Following the American Civil War, with her husband dead and much of her fortune gone, she returned to her birthplace of Georgia and embarked on an ultimately unsuccessful lecture tour.  She was posthumously inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1990.
caption: Octavia Walton Le Vert, painted in 1833 by Thomas Sully.
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