“…remember the ladies…”
Abigail (Smith) Adams (1744-1818)
Wife and counselor of President John Adams
If Abigail Adams had been named Absalom Adams, he surely
would have been a conspicuously good candidate to be a Massachusetts delegate
to the Continental Congresses.
Abigail was an indefatigable advisor to her husband, a
deeply wise observer of public affairs, a patriotic supporter of the
Revolutionary War and a staunch advocate of common sense and the public good.
In March 1776, when John was a delegate to the Second
Continental Congress in Philadelphia, Abigail took time and care to include the
following in one of her letters to him:
“…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 favorable to them than your ancestors…”
Abigail was a remarkable American in the 18th
century.
Source:
David G. McCullough, John
Adams (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001), 104.
Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2014
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