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Oct 22, 2009 · In a letter dated March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John Adams, urging him and the other members of the Continental Congress not to forget about the nation’s women when...
As examples of increased assertiveness among women of the Revolutionary era, how were Stratford, Connecticut’s petticoat army and Abigail Adams’s belief that the Continental Congress should “remember the ladies” similar and different? What factors seem most likely to have contributed to this increased assertiveness?
Abigail Adams frequently wrote to her husband John Adams, discussing on paper the happenings of the Revolutionary War, her life on the homefront, and political ideas. This letter contains one of her most well-known phrases "Remember the Ladies," and she wrote about considerations of liberty and hopes for women to be recognized by law in the new ...
Adams, "Remember the Ladies" (1776) Reproduced from the Original Electronic Text at the Massachusetts Historical Society. A reproduction of the handwritten letter is available here. Abigail Adams to John Adams. Braintree March 31 1776.
Abigail was an outspoken, intelligent woman concerned with the state of her country and its citizens. Of particular interest to her was the status of women and its improvement within the...
Hailed for her now-famous admonition that the Founding Fathers “remember the ladies” in their new laws, Abigail Adams was not only an early advocate for women’s rights, she was a vital confidant and advisor to her husband John Adams, the nation’s second president.
Mar 31, 2016 · Abigail Adams wrote these words to her husband, John Adams, on March 31, 1776, nearly 150 years before the House of Representatives voted to pass the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Her words urged him and the other members of the Continental Congress to consider the rights of women while laying the framework for the new ...
The following correspondence between John and Abigail Adams contains their famous “Remember the ladies” exchange: From Abigail Adams, March 31st 1776.
View the letter that Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John Adams in March 1776, as part of the virtual exhibit When Women Lose the Vote.
Apr 1, 2002 · Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.
