Abigail adams. She uses their letters as evidence of their strong and successful partnership. Professor gelles spoke regarding the 250th wedding anniversary of john and abigail. This 45 minute event was covered cohosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Abigail Adams historical society. And i am thrilled and honored to present our keynote speaker, edith gelles, she is a Stanford University historian and the scholar at Clayman Institute for gender research. She is the author of numerous articles, reviews, and books among them are portia the world of Abigail Adams, which won the award from the american historical association, also Abigail Adams writing life, and also her most recent book, abigail and john portrait of a marriage. This was a finalist for the George Washington prize. Edith has appeared widely in the media talking about the adamses. She has also been, among her appearances has been cspans first ladies series. She is currently working on editing a collection of