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    In reality, the bond among John Adams and Abigail Adams was more than beyond passionate and safe. After all, the two were deeply in love and composed over a thousand intense and heartwarming letters to one another. Despite, the relationship between John and Abigail Adams as shown in the letters the two exchanged are a partnership. Nevertheless, the two both will go out there way to communicate with each other no matter the distance between them. Although, she sets the standard of opening doors that women in this period may possibly couldn 't have achieved. First and foremost, Abigail was more than just a typical housewife in a first lady 's job position. Secondly, she demanded respect for women 's rights for not just married couples but…

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    “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…

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    Abigail Adams Thesis

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    When most people think about revolutionary people in history, they don’t think about John Adams. And even more people don’t think about Abigail Adams, either. Though women didn’t have as big as a role as the men did back in the 1700’s, Abigail went above and beyond with making sure she wasn’t the stereotypical housewife. Alongside of her cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the kids, and with her husband gone most of their marriage fighting the war for independence, she proved that she was…

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    Abigail Adams Sacrifice

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    Without the people that helped to prosper this country, the United States wouldn't be where it is today. The people that were the founders of this country had to do a lot of work and make a lot of sacrifices, like Abigail Adams when she choose to devote her life to her husband, John Adams, and whatever his life held. Abigail is not recognized much in history but she still did play a big part. It is always important to try to tie scripture with whatever you're doing. The scripture chosen to help…

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    Abigail Adams was born on November 11, 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay. Her parents were William and Elizabeth. William was a Congregationalist minister. The importance of his position was to reason the rights and wrongs in his speaking. Elizabeth came down from the Quincy’s, “a family of great prestige in the colony.” (White House) She wasn’t the only child. William and Elizabeth had another son and two daughters, Abigail was the second child born. Abigail was not like every other…

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    are rarely noted for their successes and involvement in main events during the colonial and post-war times of America; yet, women were directly and indirectly essential to the success of the nation. Women helped shape not only gender roles, but the nation’s outcome through their influence over their husbands. Prominent men such as George Washington and John Adams stayed in constant contact with their partners throughout the shaping of America, causing their wives to be…

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    The biography of Abigail Adams by Charles W. Akers is absolutely remarkable. He’s managed to capture who Mrs. Adams was and how her everyday life and character influenced her family, friends and country. Akers captures Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of 6, life and major political and social developments throughout her time in one single piece of writing. As we explored the initial chapters we learned that Abigail came from a prominent family via her mother. Her mother’s family included…

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    Many people are not aware of the impact that Abigail Adams had on breaking gender roles. Abigail Adams was married to John Adams the second president of the United States. John Adams was involved in Congress, and traveled a lot to support his family. While he was away, she was home supplying John with a numerous amount of strategies. During the Revolutionary Era most women stayed home up and cared for the children, while the men were fighting. However, Mrs. Adams stepped up to run the farm,…

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    John Abigail Adams Family

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    well-known to ever in American society, and for good reason. Most of the members in this prominent family contributed something in their lifetime that would change the course of American history. John Adams is the most well-known for being the first vice president and the second President of the United States but that is not all he achieved. During the first stages of the revolution, he was a strong spokesperson for Independence and led widespread opposition to the Stamp Act further he was…

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    Abigail and John Adams’s correspondence, spanning the years 1762 to 1801, covers the most important forty years in American history. The topics that are most monumental: revolution, independence, and nation building. From the time when John left Abigail in Braintree “...to represent Massachusetts at the First Continental Congress in August 1774 until he returned home to the renamed Quincy in 1801, upon his completion of presidency, he spent twenty-seven years in almost uninterrupted public…

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