Abigail would grow to be an equal of john adams. Confident and dearest friend. She has really revealed to herself as yes as an 18th century woman, but her concern some very modern to us today. John and Abigail Adams had become so prominent in the minds of americans because of this collection of papers and publications that have opened up to the world. The story of Abigail Adams and the revolutionary war is the story of sacrifice and commitment to country. Abigail rose to the occasion. Abigail was adamantly opposed to slavery. She was a the scenes kind of women. She warned her husband. You cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. The backdrop to the and to the adams brief occupancy in the white house is one of political defeat and personal tragedy. She is worried about her husband and defensive against slander. Shes concerned about her children, their upbringing and education. She could hold her own with anybody in her own time and since. She was
Test defund, captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 they decided together they would stay at home. There wasnt a precedent for a first lady and the first the second first lady, the Vice President s wife, to be living with the men. It was by choice. Martha did it. But abigail had the liberty to choose to go home and she did for the next six years. We learned the city of philadelphia was decimated at the start of the second washington term by yellow fever. Did she have any illness related to that . No. What was her illness . Its very hard to tell all these years later. She describes symptoms, but its hard to put a name on the symptoms. Rum tism. She did have rum tism. Beyond that the symptoms are hard to diagnose. There was no role model for being the second lady at the time, but jean spear asked, did the newspapers of that time mention abigail . Im not sure about that. They certainly mentioned john from time to time, although was she a National Figure at that point . No.
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