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Originally Posted by Who?Me?!
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but, ya know, just getting a book out there ABOUT women in history is great!
Especially the part where 1st Ladies had such influence on their husbands from the beginning
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You got that right.
I'm just now finishing up the biography,
John Adams.
I knew Abigail had been an influence on her husband, but reading about her in this bio was still quite enlightening.
I am sure many of you have already read this quote from her letter to John, but it bears repeating:
"...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."
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What a little troublemaker!