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Letter to John Adams, 31 March 1776 Quotes by Abigail Adams: Context & Meanings

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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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“I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.”

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Adams presses the revolutionary generation to consider women when creating new laws instead of reproducing inherited legal arrangements that concentrated authority in men.

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Abigail Adams to John Adams, March 31, 1776. The request appears in a private letter discussing independence, law and women’s lack of political voice; the original spelling and capitalization are substantially preserved.