Thank you. The last day of march 1776 three months before america broke free from britain ab gal adams told her husband, i hope you have declared an independency. John adams let me look for my slide. Here we are. Better get these going. There we are. John adams was then serving in the Second Continental Congress in ffl, urging congress to do just that. Abigail, at the familys house in braintree, massachusetts, fully concurred. Her letter went to denounce Unlimited Power and legislation without representation and to predict a rebellion. The latter part of the letter did not refer to the colonies but to women. The new nations law code abigail advised, ought to remember the ladies. John responded two weeks later that women already had power in practice. Aabigail completed the discussion of the topic three weeks later. Although john was not being very generous, she concluded, women could still defeat mens absolute power. The exchange between abigail and john has long attracted attention, b
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