..."remember" women's rights; she explicitly invoked the potentially disastrous imbalance of power in marriage: "Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of...Husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could."70 Here Abigail Adams identified the frightening potential of the Revolution to make some men...

...divorce was one response to Abigail Adams's concern over men's abuse of their wives under the old order: In the new code of laws which I suppose it will be...husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. . . . Why then not put it out of the power of the vicious and the lawless to use us with cruelty and...

...new nation. She compared the rule of kings over their subjects to the rule of men over their wives: I desire you would remember the ladies and be more...care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we. . . will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation. She argued...

...during the spring of 1776 and admonished him to 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 perticular [sic] care and attention is not paid to the Laidies [sic] we are determined to foment a...

...place, however, they instead passed laws that were even more restrictive than before. Hear Me Roar Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of...Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. —Abigail Adams to John Adams, 1776 Women in the American colonies took up arms and fought side by...

...and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power in the hands of the Husbands. 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...

...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...

...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...

...the one-sided relationship between spouses. The letter contmues: "Do not put such unlmiited power mto the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could." Then she suggested a new mode of marital mteractton, one m which men such as her husband would "willmgly...

...independence, she wrote, "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...