Common Assignment “Remember the Ladies", said Abigail Adams to John Adams during the American Revolution. What Abigail meant by this is that to never forget the amount of work that women had to do when the men were off at war and how they had to take care of everything but are still treated as if they were nothing but house slaves. Abigail wanted for things to change for women, women now wanted more rights, they wanted to be taken seriously, and they were now willing to fight for it.
During the American Revolution many people’s lives were affected in many different ways especially for women. Women’s roles in society have changed a lot through the years but the start was probably during the American Revolution. Women had to take most of the men’s jobs like tending the farms and …show more content…
Women wanted to be part of protest and not be considered “improper women” just for participating. The only way for women to be taken seriously during that time was to be able to earn their right to vote. The start of women fighting for their right to vote all started when Abigail Adams spoke to her husband John Adams asking him to “remember the ladies”. When Abigail Adams said that to her husband, John Adams he wrote a letter to James Sullivan. In the letter her wrote he stated “consider them as the Commencement of a Correspondence, which will not only give me Pleasure, but may be of Service to the public”, (Evidence 9: John Adams to John Sullivan) when he mentioned them he was talking about women, Adams really took his wives words to heart as it was brought out in his letter. Although Adams letter was convincing many men did not like the idea of women being able to vote, but after years and years of protesting the 19th amendment was finally passed and women received the right to
During the American Revolution many people’s lives were affected in many different ways especially for women. Women’s roles in society have changed a lot through the years but the start was probably during the American Revolution. Women had to take most of the men’s jobs like tending the farms and …show more content…
Women wanted to be part of protest and not be considered “improper women” just for participating. The only way for women to be taken seriously during that time was to be able to earn their right to vote. The start of women fighting for their right to vote all started when Abigail Adams spoke to her husband John Adams asking him to “remember the ladies”. When Abigail Adams said that to her husband, John Adams he wrote a letter to James Sullivan. In the letter her wrote he stated “consider them as the Commencement of a Correspondence, which will not only give me Pleasure, but may be of Service to the public”, (Evidence 9: John Adams to John Sullivan) when he mentioned them he was talking about women, Adams really took his wives words to heart as it was brought out in his letter. Although Adams letter was convincing many men did not like the idea of women being able to vote, but after years and years of protesting the 19th amendment was finally passed and women received the right to