Abigail Adams : Exemplary And Stereotypes

Abigail Adams was an influential woman of her time and one of the first avid supporters of women’s rights. Abigail Adams was important to history because without her contribution and hard work the women’s suffrage movement may have never been started or would not have been as successful as it is today.

Abigail Adams an American Woman was written by Charles W. Akers. His biographical book is centered on Abigail Adams the wife of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president. She was the All-American woman, from the time of the colonies to its independence. Abigail Adams was America's first women's rights leader. She was a pioneer in the path to women in education, independence, and women's rights.

Like most women at the time, she didn’t get much of a formal education, like the males, but a curiosity for education did spike in her. It states in C-SPAN First Ladies that, her mother did indeed educate her at home. “Abigail was a delicate child, and for that reason was never sent to school. Change of air was a favorite specific for health, and this added to care for her education, was a basis of her variety of domicile” (Whitney 10). This was one of the reason why she didn’t go to school to get an education, because she was delicate with any change of weather that can make her sick. She was like Belle from Beauty and the Beast, she was fascinated with her

But Abigail was educated at home by her father and grandfather. She took advantage of her father libraries and visited often. Her religious affiliation is Congregationalist. Abigail takes special interest in philosophy, theology, Shakespeare, the classics, ancient history, government and law. On the other hand, her mother and grandmother taught her social graces, homemaking, and handiwork. In her earlier years, she was often poor in health.

She also was the second lady. Abigail Wrote letters to her husband and told him to not forget about the girls. She was very strong about education for

Almost everyone’s heard of her, there have been numerous books written about her, several thousand letters accounted for that she wrote. She was also the wife of the second president and the mother to the sixth American president, who was this woman? She was Abigail Adams. Abigail Adams life didn’t acquire meaning solely from knowing and being around these two great men however, Adams was eminently worth knowing as an individual herself. Throughout the ages, women have always been involved in war but Abigail Adams brought a new concept to women and war with her involvement in the early colonial years and the American Revolution. Abigail Adams did many things in her lifetime but the questions I will be attempting to answer is how

Abigail writes in her letters to remember the ladies and talks about how women did not have the right to many things because their husband had most of the power. Also, she explains how women did not have the right to vote but property owners did.

Abigail Smith was the daughter of a preacher from Massachusetts and was a “feisty female” (61) from the beginning.

Abigail conformed to the society's norms so that the townspeople wouldn’t question her. She states, “I want

As the colonial fight for independence from the mother country started, Abigail Adams was appointed by the Massachusetts Colony General Court in 1775, along with Mercy Warren and the governor’s wife, Hanna Winthrop, to question their fellow Massachusetts women, who were charged by their word or action, of remaining loyal to the British crown and working against the independence movement. “...you are now a politician and now elected into an important office, that of judges of Tory ladies, which will give you, naturally, an influence with your sex”, her husband wrote her in response to the appointment.4 This was the first time for a First Lady to hold a quasi-official government position.

This means she is in a low place in the Puritan Salem society. Only the citizens under her are outcasts and slaves. In a place like Salem, the older men are said to be God’s commissioners on earth with their positions looked highly upon. The girls are allowed to act as if they are directly connected with God. This then gives power to the previous helpless Abigail.

housewifery, we know very little about Abigail, including where she was born and who her

Abigail is a selfish person since the beginning she was willing to do anything to get Proctor to herself and get out of trouble. For example she falsely accused people of witchcraft like Mary Warren and Elizabeth Proctor just so that she won't get in trouble and get Proctor to himself.. She wanted Proctor to herself even though he was married to Elizabeth and was willing to do anything to take her spot.

I was awakened by the sunlight streaming through my curtains. Yesterday was my eleventh birthday and the last spent with my family in my home. I was a live-in servant for the Proctors, Mrs. Proctor was very uneager about me being there, but I think Mr. Proctor has taken quite a liking to me. While I was cleaning up the dishes, I caught Mr. Proctor staring at me. He’s quite old, turned sixty not too long ago, but he does seem to be a nice man.

Abigail’s behavior reflects on her past when her parents were killed by Native Americans. After her parents were killed, she went to live with her uncle, which is the Reverend of the town, and her cousin Betty Parris which she is part of the girls that were accused of witchcraft. Abigail lies get bigger to cover up the things she did. Stated in the textbook