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.
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
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
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
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