October 26, 2016
I long to hear that you have declared an independancy—and by the way 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 favourable 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 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.6
Abigail was making her purpose clear and made sure it was known that women would no longer stand for unfair and unjust treatment.Abigail Adams
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Perla Ramirez
Women have always had the short en do the stick. They are always put in last and often all there effort is gone unnoticed. Abigail Adams was one of the most influential women because she changed the perspective of women. They were no longer just “housewives” they could do much more than that now. Fore example, she couldn’t attend school like the other boys instead she was taught taught at home. But she was taught how to sew and cook.
15/09/2021
11:23 am
Aidan Fitzgerald
Hello Mia, I very much enjoyed this article. I believe you make some very important points and then back them up by then relating it to the life of Abigail Adams. and how she was a major advocate for women’s rights. I think the letter you included in this article written to her husband is of extreme importance. Asking to give women power to one of the most powerful men in the American Revolution was a major step for women in the right direction, and it shows the type of person Abigail Adam’s was. As you said women’s rights are still not at a standard we would call “acceptable” but women like Abigail Adam’s are the reason there was initial change in the first place.
15/09/2021
11:23 am
Ariette Aragon
Very well-written article, Mia! I only knew Abigail Adams as the wife of the second President of the United States John Adams, and it makes me really happy that you shared her true and deep story. Also, the pictures you showed caught my attention, especially the written letter that Abigail sent to John while he was forming a new government. It is disappointing thinking about how the world used to revolve around men and women were so mistreated. She was brave and is very inspiring for me.
15/09/2021
11:23 am
Eliana Villarreal
This is a great article about the impact Abigail Adams had on the role of women during the Revolutionary War. It’s unfortunate that she could not earn much of an education growing up due to the social norms of boys receiving an education over girls, but it is apparent that she had a desire to learn, even if it was house duties. I believe that effort helped her in the long run so that she could stand up for other women during the war. She was not afraid to speak up in not only her defense, but other women’s defense too. She was such a strong and admirable first lady.
16/09/2021
11:23 am
Jourdan Carrera
This article does an excellent job in covering the American revolution from the perspective of feminism. Too often scholar works are focused on the battles and politics, and while all of that is still very important, many groups who, although did participate in these various areas, are often left on the sidelines due to their social status in society at the time. The article does a great job covering the letter sent by Abigail Adams to her husband as well as detailing the life of Abigail Adams in her early life and why she is rembered as the woman she was.
16/09/2021
11:23 am
Travis Green
Very informative and well written article. I really felt like I learned something that I didn’t know before. Abigail Adams is a really underrated figure in history I feel she doesn’t get the credit she deserves. I feel like her contributions shouldn’t be ignored because she helped get women’s suffrage and they’re rights to education on track. I feel if it wasn’t for her we would have gotten those things a little later than we did.
16/09/2021
11:23 am
Amelie Rivas-Berlanga
Abigail Adams was an advocate for women’s right to an education. I’ve only read a little about her impact on women’s rights, but reading more in depth about the things she did is amazing. As a female education major this article means a lot to me. During the Revolutionary War women were left to run society. After the war they started questioning their role in society and things started to change. Great article!
19/09/2021
11:23 am
Angelo Oliva-Noeggerath
The article is very detailed and was informative about Abigail Adams. Abigail Adams and her effect on women’s rights and basically women’s suffrage progress was a big push. The pictures further show us how her efforts and letters she had written were to effect. The photos better help the reader understand who Abigail was as well. The article further summarizes Abigail’s actions and the effect it made very well and is able to connect and portray it wonderfully to the reader.
19/09/2021
11:23 am
Seth Roen
This is an excellent article on the beginning of women’s rights in the US and one of its founders Abigail Adams. She used the same argument that her husband and many others used to gain freedom from Great Britain. While also throwing the view that without women, men become savages. Guest the saying, “behind every great man is an even greater woman.”
20/09/2021
11:23 am
Sabrina Drouin
This was such a well written article, I loved how you included a part of the “Remember the Ladies” letter in your article because it really brings to life the purpose that she had behind that letter. It’s cool to think about the origins and beginnings of feminism and women’s rights and this article really comes to show how these powerful figures had to get rights for women across the country.
15/09/2021
11:23 am