You’re right! Abigail did write to John, on March 1, 1776, saying, in part, “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 pu…
You’re right! Abigail did write to John, on March 1, 1776, saying, in part, “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.”
John's reply was not so enlightened . . . He told her she was being saucy and that she should rest assured that he and his allies would never relinquish their "masculine institutions" in order to aid women. Abigail didn't talk to him for several months after that reply because she was so pissed off.
You’re right! Abigail did write to John, on March 1, 1776, saying, in part, “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.”
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John's reply was not so enlightened . . . He told her she was being saucy and that she should rest assured that he and his allies would never relinquish their "masculine institutions" in order to aid women. Abigail didn't talk to him for several months after that reply because she was so pissed off.