John Adams and His Wife Abigail Discuss Women and Republican Government (1776)

Posted by Maphesdus 10 years ago to History

This document contains the following four letters:

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, March 31, 1776
Letter of Response from John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 14, 1776
Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, August 14, 1776
Letter from John Adams to James Sullivan, May 26, 1776

Pretty interesting to read the opinions of such a prominent figure in our nation's history.

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Posted by Maphesdus 10 years ago in reply to this comment.

I would call her a feminist, not a progressive. Progressivism didn't exist back then.

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Posted by SRS66East 10 years ago

I love John Adams, so careful he was in the crafting of his responses to his progressive wife. "Despotism of the petticoat"

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Posted by CircuitGuy 10 years ago

I like reading it more for getting in the mindset of unlimited possibilities to try something new with no foreknowledge that it would actually work.

Thanks for posting it.

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John Adams and His Wife Abigail Discuss Women and Republican Government (1776)

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