 | Kenneth C. Davis - 2009 - 717 páginas
...by ABIGAIL ADAMS to her husband, John, who was attending the Continental Congress, March 31, 1776: In the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be...would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited powers into the hands of the Husbands.... | |
 | Janet M. Martin, Associate Professor Emerita Department of Classics Janet M Martin - 2003 - 382 páginas
...Britain. I long to hear that you have declared an independancy — and by the way in the new Codes of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you...would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.... | |
 | John B. Roberts - 2003 - 406 páginas
...political patronage. band was drafting the Constitution, Abigail lobbied him to include women's rights. "I desire you would remember the ladies and be more...generous and favorable to them than your ancestors," she wrote. "Do not push such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would... | |
 | Jacqueline Glasthal - 2003 - 76 páginas
...these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness..." "I long to hear that you have declared an independency— and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I supposed it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies. ..Do not put... | |
 | Frank J. McVeigh, Loreen Therese Wolfer - 2004 - 466 páginas
...husband John Adams while he was at Philadelphia forging the Declaration of Independence. She wrote: "In the new code of laws which I suppose it will be...generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. If particular care and attention is not paid to us, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will... | |
 | Catherine Thimmesh - 2004 - 88 páginas
...constitutional code of laws. In her most famous letter. of March 3t. tJ7&. Abigail beseechedJohn: "An d by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary forjou to make I desirejou would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them thanjour... | |
 | Cokie Roberts - 2004 - 385 páginas
...memorable words: "I long to hear that you have declared an independency — and by the way in the new 1lode of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I destre you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your aneestors.... | |
 | Susan Wilson - 2004 - 372 páginas
...until fairly recent times. Back in 1776, the outspoken Abigail Adams implored of her husband John, "Remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors!" As it turned out, neither John nor the generations of men that followed did much to commemorate women's... | |
 | Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum - 2004 - 248 páginas
...his intellectual equal. (He must have been pretty stupid!) ln fact, she once wrote to her husband, "Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors," making her one of the country's first feminists. My guess? She was a dyke. Mary Hays, a/k/a "Molly... | |
 | Tom Meltzer - 2004 - 372 páginas
...women. Extra bonus points for including Abigail Adams's letter to her husband John, in which she writes: "Remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors." • That American distribution of wealth was not radically changed by the Revolution, which meant that... | |
| |
I long to hear that you have declared an independency — and by the way, in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. 
