Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Abigail Adams (née Smith; November 22, [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) 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.
Other letters selected were addressed to people including her son, John Quincy, and Adams' sisters and nieces living in New England. The first letter was written when Adams was seventeen years old. [1] The Adams family included many avid writers, who wrote content they intended to remain private and content for the public.
In March 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John Adams, a leader in the Continental Congress, recommending "In the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of ...
Abigail Adams is perhaps most known for her now-famous words that America's founding fathers “remember the ladies" in matters of political and economic rights. She was an early advocate for ...
The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place at Quincy High School Auditorium, 100 Coddington St., on Saturday, March 9 from 2 to 5 p.m.
John Quincy Adams by Gilbert Stuart, 1818. John Quincy Adams was born into a family that never owned slaves, and was hostile to the practice. His mother, Abigail Adams, held strong anti-slavery views.
Title page of Recollections of Full Years by Helen Taft. Fourteen first ladies of the United States have written a total of twenty-three memoirs. The first lady is the hostess of the White House, and the position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, with some historical exceptions.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!