Abigail Adams Letters To Her Husband Summary
Abigail Adams:
Abigail Adams is often considered one of the first to push for equality between men and women. She was the wife of the second President of the United States and the mother of the sixth. Because of her position in life and American History her correspondence between her husband and many others has been preserved and gives readers a glimpse into American society during some of the most crucial events that shaped America as we know it. Though her words did not start a revolution of women rising up against men to claim equal rights, they did serve as inspiration and helped shape the minds of women for generations. The writings of Abigail Adams were just building blocks that led to the Women’s Rights Movement. “Rome was not …show more content…
She believed that all children regardless of social standing deserved the right to receive an education. In one of her letters to her husband she tells him how poor children do not have schools and are left to roam the streets with nothing to do but get into trouble (Adams 373). Abigail Adams appeals to the senses of her husband by using the example of uneducated kids roaming the streets to show that the future of America depends on educating these children. Abigail tells her husband after he complains of the lack of education of his countrymen that the source of the problem is unequal education rights for all children (Adams 373). She even goes on from there to state that not only boys need an education that the girls need education as well (Adams 373). Abigail writes, “If you complain of the neglect of Educations in sons, What shall I say with regard to our daughter, who every day experience the want of it (Adams 373). Abigail Adams is very clear in the points that she makes on education, she is very specific in her theme of equality in education for all children regardless of sex or social
Abigail Adams is often considered one of the first to push for equality between men and women. She was the wife of the second President of the United States and the mother of the sixth. Because of her position in life and American History her correspondence between her husband and many others has been preserved and gives readers a glimpse into American society during some of the most crucial events that shaped America as we know it. Though her words did not start a revolution of women rising up against men to claim equal rights, they did serve as inspiration and helped shape the minds of women for generations. The writings of Abigail Adams were just building blocks that led to the Women’s Rights Movement. “Rome was not …show more content…
She believed that all children regardless of social standing deserved the right to receive an education. In one of her letters to her husband she tells him how poor children do not have schools and are left to roam the streets with nothing to do but get into trouble (Adams 373). Abigail Adams appeals to the senses of her husband by using the example of uneducated kids roaming the streets to show that the future of America depends on educating these children. Abigail tells her husband after he complains of the lack of education of his countrymen that the source of the problem is unequal education rights for all children (Adams 373). She even goes on from there to state that not only boys need an education that the girls need education as well (Adams 373). Abigail writes, “If you complain of the neglect of Educations in sons, What shall I say with regard to our daughter, who every day experience the want of it (Adams 373). Abigail Adams is very clear in the points that she makes on education, she is very specific in her theme of equality in education for all children regardless of sex or social