American history tv is featuring cspans original series. At 8 p. M. Eastern on sunday night throughout the rest of the year. In a moment, we look at Abigail Adams. Cspan produce a series in cooperation of the White House Historical association. Video tours of Historic Site and questions from the cspan audience. We tell the story of americas 45 first ladies. Now, Abigail Adams. This is about 90 minutes. Abigail would grow to be the equal of john adam as confidant and dearest friend. She has really revealed herself as an 18thcentury woman, but her concerns sound very modern to us today. John and abigail had become so prominent in the mind of americans because this collection of papers in the publications that have open them up to the world. Its a story of sacrifice commitment to country, and abigail rose to the occasion. Abigail was adamantly opposed to slavery. She was she wore her husband, we cant rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. The backdrop is
And the revolutionary war is the story of sacrifice, commitment to country. She rose to the occasion. She was opposed to slavery. She was quite a behindthescenes dynamo,. She said cannot rule without including what women want. The backdrop to the occupancy of the white house is one of personal tragedy. She is worried about her husband. And defend 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 husband equal her husbands equal. Born in 1744, Abigail Smith married john adams at age 19. Over 54 years of including a future president. Ahead of her time in many ways and a writer perhaps unparalleled to any first lady, she pens this to her husband during the American Revolution susan good evening and welcome to first ladies. For the next 90 minutes we will be learning more about Abigail Adams the second first lady of , the United States. We have two guests, au
Something very strange pops out. If you look at where the profits are, you see are many, france, ireland. But if you look at where the data says the profits are you see ireland last. A disproportionate amount was in ireland. More with the chief economist for tax analyst, a nonprofit provider of tax analysis on c q a. s our first lady series looks at the life and times of Abigail Adams. Followed by a conversation with linkedin and twitter ceos. Abigail would grow to be the equal of john adams as confidante and dearest friend. She has really revealed herself as, yes, an 18thcentury woman, but her concerns sound very modern to us today. John and Abigail Adams have become so prominent in the minds of americans because of this collection of papers. The story of Abigail Adams and the revolutionary war is the story of sacrifice, of commitment to country. Abigail rose to the occasion. Abigail was adamantly opposed to slavery. She was quite a behindthe scenes dynamo. She warned her husband, you
Live at 7 00 eastern tomorrow night here on sees and. ,eason two of first ladies influence and image, began monday begins monday, and. Mber 9, with a second all this month, we are showing encore presentations of season one each weeknight at this time, 9 00 a. M. Eastern. Programs on every first lady tom barbara washington Abigail Adams. Tonight, Abigail Adams area adams. Abigail would grow to be the equal of john adams as confidante and dearest friend. She has really revealed herself as, yes, an 18thcentury woman, but her concerns sound very modern to us today. John and Abigail Adams have become so prominent in the minds of americans because of this collection of papers. The story of Abigail Adams and the revolutionary war is the story of sacrifice, of commitment to country. Abigail rose to the occasion. Abigail was adamantly opposed to slavery. She was quite a behindthe scenes dynamo. She warned her husband, you cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to cont
A wife and a daughter. The thing that i always think about with abigail is the relationship, the partnership. Without abigail, there is no john. Without john, there is no abigail. John is important to history. Yes. With the support she provided to him in europe, in the presidency, in the vice presidency, she was so trustworthy that she could to take care of things. So he could go off and be this great public person, which was exactly what she wanted. To our guests, our thanks for helping us understand more about the life and legacy of americas second first lady Abigail Adams. Thank you for your time. Thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] wednesday night, we continue our encore of the first season ladies, with dolly madison. , september 9, a look at the life of Edith Roosevelt. Our website has a special section on the first ladies, including welcome to the white house, which chronicles life in the exec