Abigail Adams Remember The Ladies Summary

This letter is a fine example of Abigail Adams' strong feminist and strong federalist views. These letters represented the turmoil felt by women during the uncertain times facing the colonies. The views of Abigail Adams became the first in a long line of cries out for women's equality.

In a letter from Abigail Adams, on March 31, 1776, to her husband, John Adams, who was the president of the United States at the time, she wrote “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.” Adams would secretly advocate for women’s right to her husband. She felt that it was completely unfair that women had to abide by the rules and laws in

* After his commission to France, John was elected minister plenipotentiary which extended his stay in Europe.

As members of Congress drafted laws to guarantee the independence for which the colonies were fighting, Abigail wrote to John begging him to remember that women also needed to be given the right to independence. Her most famous letter about the need for women's rights was written to John on March 31, 1776:

Abigail Adams married a man destined to be a major leader of the American Revolution and the second President of the United States. Although she married and raised men that become such significant figures during their time, her herself was played an important role in the American society. The events that happened in her life, starting from childhood and ending in her adult years, led her to be a Revolutionary woman. Three main reasons behind her becoming such a strong, independent woman was the fact that she married a man who had an important role in politics, growing up with no education, and raising a family basically by herself.

As an adult woman treated as property or told what to do is vandalizing once freedom to have a saying in the world. Abigail Adam’s, “Last Act of Defiance” uses diction and tone to help emphasize the unalienable rights women do not have and are being seen as property than an individual citizen with rights. In addition, Abigail Adam writes to her husband John Adam to not forget the rights for women. The reason for that is because women right were limited; not consider too much freedom when giving the meaningful signature signing away their freedom to their man; which is a sad challenge a woman had to face back in 1776. Another thing Mrs. Adams stood up for the rights of women by being a mini revolution. One

For example, “If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies,” she wrote, “we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.” Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John Adams in 1776, but the letter was later cited in “Abigail Adams’ Last Act of Defiance.” Written by Woody Holton. In this letter Abigail was telling John that she, and other women wanted freedom as well as the men did. Telling him not to be hypocritical like the British. But, knowing her letter probably wouldn’t have been accepted she threatened to form a rebellion with the ladies. I believe strongly “Remember the ladies” was a great way of her expressing her loyalty to her own opinions and/or ideas. Along with this idea she also had thought that women should be properly educated just like men are. “She argued that if women were not better educated, then how could they adequately teach their sons to be future leaders of this new country?” Stated in Stevenson’s article, “Abigail Adams.” Without the knowledge for women to teach their children how will they have a new better, more powerful country, Overall, though Abigail was a very loyal person to her country, husband, children, and

Abigail Adams was one of the first advocates for women's rights in the American Colonies

Equality served as a cornerstone of America's foundation, but its people have not fulfilled its potential.

Abigail even went so far as to ambiguously threaten her husband and the social order of the day by stating that if care and attention are not paid to ladies, they would rebel and would not consider their selves bound to obey laws in which they have no representation. This statement was eerily similar to the declaration that Mr. Adams wrote in the declaration against England. In defiance to his wife’s request, Adams, underscored “all men are created equal.”

Abigail Adams’ views on the struggle for independence differed from those of most colonial leaders by including the rights of women to be equal to man specifically into the whole struggle as well for independence as well. Due to her belief of the fact that men can be more “tyrannical” than women. Which is focused on in Abigail’s first letter to John in the second paragraph. Although she still states her appreciation and want for the independence of America in general.

In the last 100 years since the woman’s suffrage movement took off, the United States has made tremendous changes toward gender equality. In that time, this country has gone from fighting for women’s right to vote to having a female candidate being a frontrunner in the race for the White House. Although women have made great strides in trying to attain equal and fair treatment, women are sadly still valued more for their appearance rather than their intellect in comparison to their male counterparts.

In the documentary Miss Representation, the producers interviewed many powerful women such as Rachel Maddow, Condoleezza Rice, Rosario Dawson, etc. to talk about the oppression of women in American society. This film opened the eyes of many Americans because a lot of Americans never noticed the inequalities that women experience daily. Women in our society are subject to body shaming, hyperfemininity, and discrimination in politics and leadership positions, for simply being a women. In order for society to move towards a more positive future, we must accept women intellectuals just as much as we praise a woman's body.

As a young female growing up in the United States of America, I have not quite understood why certain gender roles still exist in my home. My family instills traditional values, including the role of women and men in the house, and in society. In school we have learned about the role that men played in the history of almost everything, from Ancient Rome to the Spanish Civil War. Yet, very few of these lessons have focused on, or even spoke about, the role of women during these times. That is because women generally, international speaking have not always been granted the same rights as men. Over time, some rights have been granted to women, such as the right to vote or even to get an education, yet the voices of women in career fields dominated by men are continuously being ignored. Therefore, I question: to what extent have the rights of women in the United States of America evolved? Have the rights of women in the United States come to a “maximum” evolution? If not, then how much further do we have to go to ensure that men and women are truly equal in the United States of America? These are the questions that this essay will attempt to answer, as it explores the rights given to women in the United States, the role they play in the steps taken to receiving these rights and the importance of these steps, and how much further society needs to evolve in order to ensure that men and women in the United States are afforded the same rights and are all equal.

“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” A small yet powerful quote stated by Maya Angelou demonstrates the small amount of equality that exists between men and women in today’s society. Being such a controversial matter that has been debated time after time, gender discrimination and double standards between men and women exist and we need to act. For as long as those can remember, society has always pushed specific roles targeted to both men and women holding high expectations for each. Studies show that many have struggled to achieve the goal of illustrating that men and women are indeed equal; although, biologically women cannot do as much as men.