viernes, 8 de abril de 2011 | By: Nydia Navarro & MariaJose Zuniga

Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams was born on November 11, 1744 and died in October 28, 1818  in Quincy Massachusetts, was the wife of John Adams, who was the second President of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams. On her mother side she was descended from the Quincy family, a well known political family in the Massachusetts colony, her father, William Smith a liberal Congregationalist. Abigail Adams is remembered for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he stayed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses she wrote a letter in March 1776 saying to "remember the ladies," and to treat them with more respect.
Abigail say that married women should have the ability to obtain their own property just like men and also single women are allowed to do it. Abigail Adams believed that women should be educated just as men.
Her husband, unfortunately, didn't amend to her wishes, even though they had an amicable relationship.
 
Adams died of typhoid fever. She is buried beside her husband in a crypt located in the United First Parish Church and her last words were, "Do not grieve, my friend, my dearest friend. I am ready to go. And John, it will not be long."

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