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Abigail Adams

Born

in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America

November 22, 1744

Died

October 28, 1818

Genre

Nonfiction

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Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She was a founder of the United States, and was both the first second lady and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women in American history who were both married to a U.S. president and the mother of a U.S. president.
Adams's life is one of the most documented of the first ladies; many of the letters she wrote to her husband John Adams while he was in Philadelphia as a delegate in the Continental Congress prior and during the American Revolution document the closeness ...more

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	My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams by Abigail Adams, John Adams, Joseph J. Ellis (Foreword) 4.19 avg rating — 2,381 ratings — published 1840 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784 by Abigail Adams, John Adams, L.H. Butterfield 4.13 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 1975 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abigail Adams: Her Letters by Abigail Adams, Anna Sofia Botkin (Editor), Victoria Botkin (Narrator) 4.58 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters by Abigail Adams, Edith Gelles (Editor) 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters of Mrs Adams, Wife of John Adams Vol 1 by Abigail Adams, John Adams, Charles Francis Adams 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remember the Ladies 3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters of Mrs Adams, Wife of John Adams Vol 2 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quotable Abigail Adams by Abigail Adams, John P. Kaminski (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letters of John and Abigail Adams, 1762 to 1826 (Westvaco, 2001) by Abigail Adams, John Adams 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Letter Collection 2008 by Abigail Adams (Contributor), Honoré de Balzac (Contributor), Eliza Cook (Contributor) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”
― Abigail Adams, The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

tags: feminism

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“My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.”
― Abigail Adams

tags: historical, inspiring, literacy, women, writing

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“...remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.”
― Abigail Adams

tags: gender, gender-equality, gender-politics, law, men, politics, women, womens-rights

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