Abigail Adams Archives

Authors: Abigail Adams

1764–1787

Remember the Ladies

Sources: Abigail Adams to John Adams, March 31, 1776, Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-01-02-0241; J. Adams to A. Adams, April 14, 1776, Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-01-02-0248; A. Adams to

1764–1787

Correspondence on Representation

Independence sparks a deeper question: if all are equal, why shouldn’t women—and others—claim political rights too?

1764–1787

Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams (1776)

I wish you would ever write me a letter half as long as I write you, and tell me, if you may, where your fleet are gone; what sort of