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Abigail Adams: “Remember the Ladies” Letter to John Adams

( 1776 ) Commentary by Richard Alan Ryerson, PhD, and Kenneth R. Shepherd, Henry Ford College
  • “The passion for liberty cannot be equally strong in the breasts of those who have been accustomed to deprive their fellow-creatures of theirs.” - Letter to John Adams, 1776
  • “I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” - Letter to John Adams, 1776
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