abigail adams

     

In 1776 she wrote, "Whilst you are... emancipating all nations, you insist upon retaining an absolute power over wives"

Trivia about abigail adams

  • Alphabetically, she's first on the list of first ladies
  • She was the second first lady
  • She ran the farm while the revolution kept her & future president John apart for most of 10 years
  • The first "Second Lady" & the second First Lady
  • Born in Massachusetts, she was descended from the Quincy family on her mother's side
  • In 1779 Adams wrote to her, "I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman"
  • Quincy was her mother's maiden name & the middle name of her son
  • Before she was First Lady, this woman from New England was the wife of the first U.S. vice president
  • Only 6 rooms were finished when she moved in in 1800, & she ended up using the East Room to hang laundry
  • Smiths in the Hall include Bessie, Margaret Chase & this 2nd first lady, whose maiden name was Smith
  • In November 1800 she wrote to her daughter that "The principal stairs are not up" in the White House
  • Our second first lady, she was married to the future president by her father, a minister
  • She didn't attend her husband's 1797 inauguration because her mother-in-law was ill
  • Only wife of 1 president & mother of another
  • 1797-1801
  • In 1776 she wrote to husband John, "Remember the ladies, and be more generous....to them than your ancestors"
  • On New Year's Day 1801, she opened the executive mansion to visitors for the first time
  • Ency. Americana calls her the "mother of the most important family dynasty in American public life"
  • She was the first first lady to live in the White House
  • In 1776 she asked hubby John to "remember the ladies and be more favorable to them than your ancestors"
  • The Natl. Women's Hall of Fame honored this 18th c. woman, "wife of one president and mother of another"
  • Remember this lady, seen here:(the second "First" one)

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  • “Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” —Abigail Adams
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  • Great necessities call out great virtues. -Abigail Adams
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  • We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), letter to John Adams, 1774
  • “We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.” - Abigail Adams
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  • Alas! How many snow banks divide thee and me, and my warmest wishes to see thee cannot melt one of them. ~ Abigail Adams
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  • "We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them." - Abigail Adams -
  • “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” ~Abigail Adams
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  • "Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence." Abigail Adams.