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Abigail Adams. Paola Flores Period 3. (Bottom Right) Statue of Abigail and son in Quincy Massachusetts. Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams, was a woman who undertook the duties of fighting for equality. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Abigail Adams
Paola FloresPeriod 3
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Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams, was a woman who undertook the duties of fighting for equality.
(Bottom Right) Statue of Abigail and son in Quincy Massachusetts.
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A Life Through Letters…
John left Abigail to raise the family and manage the farm alone, over 2,000 letters sustained their relationship.
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“I wish most sincerely that there wasn't a slave in the province... To fight ourselves for what we are robbing daily from those who have just as good a right to freedom as we have!Abigail Adams
Abigail opposed slavery.
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“Men of Sense in all Ages abhor those customs which treat us only as vassals of your Sex”
Abigail fought for many women rights
including the right to own property.
+Although Abigail did not receive formal education, she believed the nation needed women with
proper schooling in order to excel.
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Abigail did not let laws prevent her from carrying out
her ambitions. She successfully
managed a farm to her name, even if women were not allowed to do so.
+Abigail was the
first First Lady to
occupy the White
House.
She was
also the
first
woman to
be wife of
a president
and
mother of
another.
+ ABIGAIL ADAMS INFLUENCED MANY WOMEN
Before her death, Abigail ignored the laws and
created a will, an action only men were allowed to
fulfill.
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