| Edith B. Gelles - 1992 - 266 páginas
...recommendation that resonated with the public rhetoric of 1776: "Do not put such unlimited power in the hands of the Husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could."71 It was not only the events in revolutionary America that convinced Abigail about the corruptibility... | |
| Myra Jehlen, Michael Warner - 1997 - 1148 páginas
...necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.) Do not put such unlimited...Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. (If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and... | |
| Susan Clair Imbarrato - 1998 - 200 páginas
...John, from the family home in Braintree: I long to hear that you have declared an independancy — and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose...Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and... | |
| Arnold B. Cheyney - 1998 - 180 páginas
...be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, & be more generous & favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited...Remember, all Men would be tyrants if they could." After the war Abigail sailed to England, where John was the new United States ambassador. The new United... | |
| Linda Wagner-Martin, Cathy N. Davidson - 1999 - 612 páginas
...necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited...Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and... | |
| Lorna Sage - 1999 - 708 páginas
...Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies ... Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of...Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If ... attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold... | |
| Harry M. Ward - 1999 - 324 páginas
...her husband that in the shaping of new codes of laws he should "Remember the Ladies." She pleaded: "Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of...Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If perticular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and... | |
| Peter Moore, Tyler - 1999 - 638 páginas
...ladies, and be more generous to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power in the hands of husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention are not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound... | |
| Derek H. Davis - 2000 - 328 páginas
...revolutionary affair. In a letter dated 31 March 1776, Abigail wrote, "I long to hear that you have declared an independency — and by the way in the new code of...Remember all men would be tyrants if they could." The letter is available in Kurland and Lerner, The Founders' Constitution, 1:518-20. 51. Hyneman and... | |
| Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 páginas
...— all unite with a cheer, In defense of our Liberty Tree. ABIGAIL ADAMS CORRESPONDENCE WITH JOHN Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of...Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. Abigail Adams (1 744-1 81 8) was born in Massachusetts; largely self-educated, she read widely in history.... | |
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