Title: Abigail Adams, an American woman
Description: 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.
Subjects: Presidents' spouses, Biography, Presidents, Wives, Adams, abigail, 1744-1818
Places: United States
People: Abigail Adams (1744-1818), John Adams (1735-1826)