Modern to us today. John and Abigail Adams have become so prominent in the minds of americans because of this collection of papers and the publications that have opened them up to the world. The story of Abigail Adams in the revolutionary war is a story of sacrifice, of commitment to country and abigail rose to the occasion. Abigail was adamantly opposed to slavery. She was quite behindthescenes dynamo, i think. She warned her husband. You cant rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. The backdrop to the adams brief occupancy of the white house is one of political defeat and personal tragedy. She is worried about her husband and defends him against slander. She is concerned about her children, their upbringing their education. She could hold her own with anybody, in her own time and since. She was in every way her husbands equal. Susan swain born in 1744, Abigail Smith married john adams at age 19. Over 54 years of marriage, they have five Children Toge
Fact, he admits he is working as he can on a wide variety of projects. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this was touted as the biggest day of the year for Online Shopping, as hundreds of retailers tried to lure millions of Holiday Shoppers on cyber monday. Early numbers suggested a sharp increase over last year, after a fourday Holiday Weekend that turned out to be disappointing. In a few minutes, well take a deeper look at the numbers and retailers prospects. The u. S. Supreme court declined today to decide w
He can on a wide variety of projects. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this was touted as the biggest day of the year for Online Shopping, as hundreds of retailers tried to lure millions of Holiday Shoppers on cyber monday. Early numbers suggested a sharp increase over last year, after a fourday Holiday Weekend that turned out to be disappointing. In a few minutes, well take a deeper look at the numbers and retailers prospects. The u. S. Supreme court declined today to decide whether big online retailers have
Captioning made possible by the Annenberg Cpb project at first, the doctors thought it was sciatica, and then they admitted it was gangrene. The old man suffered greatly those last days, and then, on the 31st of august 1715, the clergy gathered around him, and they began, timidly, to chant the ave maria. All through the night, they carried on chanting. Then, at 8 15 in the morning in the royal bed in the Great Chamber in the center of the palace, louis xiv, the sun king, died, like every man. So wrote a contemporary diarist. Its often said that when louis died, an age died with him. The age of absolute monarchs, the age of which versailles is a symbol, was drawing to an end. Things would never be the same. For louis, versailles was intended first to be a garden, and he imagined that garden as an outdoor palace built next to the one constructed in stone, and the one could not be understood without the other. In the garden, louis exercised the same despotism over nature that he did indoo
Captioning made possible by the Annenberg Cpb project at first, the doctors thought it was sciatica, and then they admitted it was gangrene. The old man suffered greatly those last days, and then, on the 31st of august 1715, the clergy gathered around him, and they began, timidly, to chant the ave maria. All through the night, they carried on chanting. Then, at 8 15 in the morning in the royal bed in the Great Chamber in the center of the palace, louis xiv, the sun king, died, like every man. So wrote a contemporary diarist. Its often said that when louis died, an age died with him. The age of absolute monarchs, the age of which versailles is a symbol, was drawing to an end. Things would never be the same. For louis, versailles was intended first to be a garden, and he imagined that garden as an outdoor palace built next to the one constructed in stone, and the one could not be understood without the other. In the garden, louis exercised the same despotism over nature that he did indoo