 | 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.... | |
 | Joseph C. Morton - 2003 - 256 páginas
...long to hear that you have declared an independancy — and by the way in the new Code of Laws which 1 suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire...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 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... | |
 | Ashlyn K. Kuersten - 2003 - 294 páginas
...government, Abigail Adams urged her husband, John, one of the framers of this second constitution, to "remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors [had been]." But no provision for gender equality found its way into the newly organized document that... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Barbara C. Burrell - 2004 - 295 páginas
...now famous plea to her husband, future president John Adams, that in writing the new constitution, he "remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. ... If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion,... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
