On this day November 22 in 1744, Abigail Adams was born. This is from her most famous letter to John Adams in 1776:
“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 favorable 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 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.”
Image: Statue of Abigail Adams dedicated November 10, 2022 in Quincy, Massachusetts and sculpted by Sergey Eylanbekov, photo by Robert Bosworth for the Quincy Sun.
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