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...

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....

Born November 22, 1744Weymouth, MassachusettsDied October 28, 1818Quincy, Massachusetts Second First Lady of the United States, women's rights...

When the North and South mobilized for war in 1861, women on the homefront knew little of the four-year struggle that lay ahead. Imbued with a sense of patriotism, northern and southern women extended their domestic and maternal skills into new areas...

(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...

(born Nov. 22, 1744, Weymouth, Mass.—died Oct. 28, 1818, Quincy, Mass., U.S.) U.S. first lady. She was the daughter of a Congregational minister. Educated entirely at home, she became an avid reader of history. She married John Adams in 1764 and...

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...