Abigail Adams by Brooke Holmberg https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp Made with joy en-us 2018-12-18 16:13:41 UTC 2025-02-04 21:30:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Abigail Adams bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315582282 2018-12-18 16:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315582282 Born: November 22, 1744 in Weymouth, MA bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315582492 2018-12-18 16:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315582492 Died: October 28, 1818 from Typhoid fever in Quincy, MA bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315582869 2018-12-18 16:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315582869 She is the mother of 5 children bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315583937 2018-12-18 16:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315583937 bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315588364 2018-12-18 16:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315588364 She was the first second lady bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315920294 2018-12-19 16:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315920294 She was the second first lady bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315920564 2018-12-19 16:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315920564 She was politically active she was referred to as Mrs. President bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315920885 2018-12-19 16:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315920885 She was one of two women to have been both the mother and the wife of two U.S presidents bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315921286 2018-12-19 16:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315921286 She talked to her husband often about political issues and gave her input in many things bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315922204 2018-12-19 16:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315922204 She exchanged more than 1200 letters with her husband over the years bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315924440 2018-12-19 16:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315924440 She fought for women's rights bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315924753 2018-12-19 16:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315924753 She believed that women should be educated bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315924868 2018-12-19 16:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315924868 She believed women shouldn't give their husbands all the power bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315925210 2018-12-19 16:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315925210 She strongly against slavery bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315925465 2018-12-19 16:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315925465 She believed that slavery was evil and it threatened America's democratic experiment bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315925640 2018-12-19 16:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315925640 She tried to get John Adams to implement a code of laws for women bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315926156 2018-12-19 16:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315926156 John often asked her for her opinion on political issues bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315929180 2018-12-19 16:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/315929180 "We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them" bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316204610 2018-12-20 16:09:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316204610 She became one of the most knowledgeable women ever to serve as First Lady bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316205905 2018-12-20 16:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316205905 "Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could" bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316206340 2018-12-20 16:14:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316206340 "If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women" bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316206801 2018-12-20 16:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316206801 She had no formal education bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316207441 2018-12-20 16:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316207441 She traveled with John Adams throughout Europe for five years bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316209910 2018-12-20 16:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316209910 She often defended her husband’s positions bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316210456 2018-12-20 16:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316210456 She maintained correspondence with political leaders including presidents Thomas Jefferson bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316211752 2018-12-20 16:29:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316211752 She is remembered as an early age feminist bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316212168 2018-12-20 16:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316212168 Abigail followed her son's political career earnestly bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316214752 2018-12-20 16:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316214752 She brought the children of William Smith and Charles to live in the President's House because the children's fathers struggled with alcoholism bholmb61 https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316215653 2018-12-20 16:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bholmb61/pk20vhf467sp/wish/316215653