Selasa, 09 Januari 2018

Abigail Adams’ Last Act of Defiance

Weeks before the Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Abigail Adams penned a now famous letter to her husband, John, admonishing him to “Remember the Ladies” when drawing up a new code of laws. “If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies,” she wrote, “we are determined to foment …

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