Abigail Adams was the closest advisor and wife of John Adams, as well as the mother of John Quincy Adams. She is remembered for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he stayed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses. John frequently wanted the advice of Abigail on many matters, and their letters are filled with intellectual discussions on government and politics. In one of her more famous letters she implores her husband and his colleagues, all of whom were male went to school and were treated right, attention is not paid to ladies instead men thought women were just there for taking care of children making children taking care of there home and belongings.
Adams died on October 28, 1818 of typhoid fever. She is buried beside her husband in a crypt located in the United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts She was 73 years old, exactly two weeks shy of her 74th birthday.
Her last words were, "Do not grieve, my friend, my dearest friend. I am ready to go. And John, it will not be long."
Abigail Adams wrote about the troubles and concerns she had as an eighteenth-century woman and she was an advocate of married women's property rights more opportunities for women, particularly in the field of education. Abigail believed there should not submit to laws not made in their interest or should they be content with the simple role of being companions to their husbands.so they could guide and influence the lives of their children and husbands. She is known for her March, 1776 letter to John and the Continental Congress requesting that they 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. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies.
