Explores the 54year marriage between john and Abigail Adams. She uses the couples letters as evidence of their strong and successful partnership. Professor gist spoke at a celebration of john and Abigail Adams 250th wedding anniversary in massachusetts. This 45 minute event was cohosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Abigail Adams historical society. And i am thrilled and honored to present our keynote speaker shes a Stanford University historian and a senior scholar at the institute for gender research. She is the author of numerous articles reviews in books. Among them are of course the world of Abigail Adams, which won the Herbert Feist award from the american historical association. Also Abigail Adams a rising life and her most recent book having to do with the adams is abigail and john portrait of a marriage which she will discuss today. This book was a finalist for the George Washington prize. Edith has appeared widely in the media, talking about the adams. And s