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Abigail Adams

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Abigail Adams Quotes
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Abigail Smith Adams ( 1744-11-11 – 1818-10-28 ) was the wife of John Adams , the second President of the United States , and is seen as the second First Lady of the United States , though that term was not coined until after her death. She was also...


Biography

Name: Abigail Adams
Birth Date: November 22, 1744
Death Date: October 28, 1818
Place of Birth: Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Death: Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: political advisor, first lady, women's rights activist

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Biography of Abigail Adams
9,167 words, approx. 31 pages
[The following essay discusses Abigail Adams and her husband, John Adams.] John Adams's travels extended from his journey in August 1774 to Philadelphia, where he spent much of the next two and a half years as a member of the Continental Congress,...
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Biography of Abigail Adams
7,344 words, approx. 25 pages
Abigail Smith Adams is best known to the literary world for the letters she wrote during the half century crucial to U.S. nationhood. She is also historically important because she married John Adams (1735-1826), the second president of the United...
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Biography of Abigail Adams
3,344 words, approx. 11 pages
American First Lady Abigail Adams (1744-1818), an early proponent of humane treatment and equal education for women, is considered a remarkable woman for her times. Perhaps best known for her prolific letter writing, she is credited with having a...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Adams, Abigail Summary
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(b. November 11, 1744; d. October 24, 1818) Wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams, noted for her correspondence. Abigail Smith Adams is best known for the letters she wrote for over a half century, but also she is...
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Letters and Speeches Summary
6,257 words, approx. 21 pages
Source: Adams, Charles Francis, ed. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution (1876). Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1970. In this excerpt from a 1777 letter, Abigail Adams (1744–1818) describes...
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Adams, Abigail Summary
4,711 words, approx. 16 pages
Abigail Adams Born November 11, 1744 (Weymouth, Massachusetts) Died October 28, 1818 (Quincy, Massachusetts) Founding mother, letter writer, political adviser, wife and mother of U.S. presidents Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams (1735 Library....
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Abigail Adams Summary
2,428 words, approx. 8 pages
Born November 22, 1744Weymouth, MassachusettsDied October 28, 1818Quincy, Massachusetts Second First Lady of the United States, women's rights...
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Abigail Adams Information
1,698 words, approx. 6 pages
Abigail Smith Adams (November 11, 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and is seen as the first Second Lady of the United States and the second First Lady of the United States though the...
 


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
Strolling With Abigail Adams
07/08/2001: 1,007 words, approx. 3 pages
Abigail Adams laughs nervously and says she is embarrassed to mention this in public, but she was pregnant with her second child that fateful evening in 1770. As a result, she was at her home in downtown Boston, because home, after all, is where...
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The Historian
Portia: The World of Abigail Adams. (book reviews)
06/22/1995: 637 words, approx. 2 pages
Identifying herself as a feminist historian, Edith B. Gelles takes a topical rather than chronological approach in her study of the life of Abigail Adams, wife of the second president of the United States and mother of the sixth president. Referring to her method...
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AP News
Book looks at John and Abigail Adams
11/18/2007: 764 words, approx. 3 pages
In a flirtatious courtship letter to his future wife, Abigail, John Adams addresses her as "Miss Adorable." After she died 56 years later, the nation's second president writes his son that his capacity for grief was so exhausted that death "has no sting left for...
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AP News
First Lady debuts Dolley Madison coin
11/19/2007: 342 words, approx. 1 pages
First Lady Laura Bush paid tribute Monday to "one of America's most beloved first ladies" — Dolley Madison — at the unveiling of a coin in Madison's honor."America's first ladies have guided, comforted and sustained our nation in times of trial and triumph," Mrs. Bush...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 92%
Abigail Adams
528 words, approx. 2 pages
This essay explores the life and accomplishments of Abigail Smith Adams, wife of second president of the United States John Adams. Abigail Adams, an intellectual and politically astute person, fought for women's rights and tried to persuade her husband to do the same.


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