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Abigail Adams was a great read! One thing that seemed important is that she mentioned women's right to vote in her letter to Mercy Warren, which is one of the first times we've seen that. I also liked her ambition to join a petition to Congress with Warren, showing that they did not fear facing males. --Mary Beth M | Abigail Adams was a great read! One thing that seemed important is that she mentioned women's right to vote in her letter to Mercy Warren, which is one of the first times we've seen that. I also liked her ambition to join a petition to Congress with Warren, showing that they did not fear facing males. --Mary Beth M | ||
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| + | Abigail Adams is one of my personal favorites when discussing women in the Revolutionary time period. She is an important icon in the future women’s rights movements as she was a major voice advocating for them from the beginning. She was an empowered woman, and I respect her because even though she lived during a time when women were meant to be submissive to their husbands, she had no problems in expressing her beliefs to her husband. She advocated for equal rights for women and women’s suffrage and I especially loved the line when she wrote to John Adams stating “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.” By reading through these few letters between John and Abigail, there is no doubt that they loved each other. They joke with each other (referring to one another as being “saucy”) and even reading through John’s letters to Abigail, it is obvious that he respects her. -- Lindsey S. | ||
== Benjamin Rush, “Thoughts upon female education,” 1787 (Philadelphia) == | == Benjamin Rush, “Thoughts upon female education,” 1787 (Philadelphia) == | ||
