First Lady Abigail Adams has a statue. But not all of the First Ladies Have One

 

1.     ABIGAIL ADAMS

Born 1744 in Massachusetts

Died: 1818

Adams served as First Lady from 1797 to 1801. She was married to President John Quincy Adams.

It is noted that one of the letters written to her husband, President Adams, encouraged him to “remember the ladies”. That women should be able to claim their own liberty. She expressed that she thought it wrong that women could not own property and that unlimited powers should not be given to husbands. She apparently went on to say that if attention is not paid to the ladies there would for sure be a rebellion and, “will not hold ourselves bounds by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”

 

·         Statue: A statue of Abigail Adams and her son: 1306 Hancock St, Quincy, Massachusetts.

·         Statue: A statue of Abigail Adams, Boston Women’s Memorial, Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, MA

·         Portrait & Profile: in the National Women’s Hall of Fame, 76 Fall St, Seneca Falls, NY 13148

·         BIRTHPLACE: 180 Norton St, North Weymouth, Mass. The actual home, built in 1685 is now a part of the Abigail Adams Historical Society in Weymouth. Abigail lived there until she was 20 years old.

·         GRAVESITE: United First Parish Church in Quincy, MA

 

Abigail is on the 22c stamp, unveiled June 14, 1985

 

http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=2

Accessed March 2018

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/4/Abigail-Adams

Accessed March 2018

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abigail-Adams

March 2018

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