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" I long to hear that you have declared an independancy — 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.... "
Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World
por Dorothy A. Mays - 2004 - 495 páginas
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Portia: The World of Abigail Adams

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...
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The English Literatures of America, 1500-1800

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...
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Declarations of Independency in Eighteenth-century American Autobiography

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...
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People of Purpose: 80 People Who Have Made a Difference

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...
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The Oxford Book of Women's Writing in the United States

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...
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The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English

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...
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The War for Independence and the Transformation of American Society

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...
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Freedoms Ferment

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...
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Religion and the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Contributions to Original ...

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...
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

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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