Abigail Adams, an American woman

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Label

Abigail Adams, an American woman

Statement of responsibility

Charles W. Akers

Creator

• Akers, Charles W

Subject

• Adams, John, 1735-1826
• Biography
• Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818
• Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

• Abigail Adams in her life exemplified what it meant to be a woman, an American, and a revolutionary of the transitional period between colonial status and independence. Her aspirations were not precisely the same as those either of her seventeenth-century ancestors or of nineteenth- and twentieth-century descendants. The role she defined for herself as a woman was that of a wife, but a role entirely the equal of her husband's -- not the same but equal. - Editor's preface
• A biography of the unschooled daughter of a country minister who was the wife of the second President of the United States and the mother of the sixth President

Member of

• Library of American biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

The library of American biography