Abigail Adams American History - 1560 Words

Abigail Adams Throughout the early times of this country, the idea of women having rights was far from necessary, but there were a few women out there, such as Abigail Adams who held high hopes that one day this nation that the founding fathers were building up, would allow for women to be treated equally as men. Although Abigail Adams was filled with these hopes, she always found ways to be involved in political issues, not only because she was John Adams wife, but she also aspired that one day America would prosper as a nation. Abigail Adams is influential to American History for the reasons that she contributed her thoughts to John, her husband, and her son John Quincy who used her advice in political concerns; she also was a strong†¦show more content†¦Abigail grew up to be intelligent women since at home she was â€Å"a devoted reader studying the works of William Shakespeare and John Milton among others.† (Abigail Adams Bio) Only at the age of nineteen, Abigail married John Adams, who was her third cousin, his occupation being a lawyer at the time, and moved to a small cabin in Boston where John grew up in. Because her husband was away from home most of the time, Abigail had the responsibility of raising her children and taking care of the family farm. She also was one of the few women’s who took control over their home by earning money independently and deposited this money, and also giving away money to poor female relative members. Once John Adams became a member of the Patriot group in the Revolutionary War, she carried much more burden, this distance between them started a lifelong series of letters between them, â€Å"it is believed that they exchanged more than 1,100 letters† (Abigail Adams Biography) The letters exchanged between this married couple, â€Å"reflect not only Abigail Adams reactive advice to the political contentions and questions that John posed to her, but also her own observant reporting of New England newspapers and citizens response to legislation and news events of the American Revolution.† (First Lady Biography) Throughout the time that the