Mrs. President: Abigail Adams - HISTORY

Was she really one of America’s first feminists? Meet Abigail Adams and find out what she meant when she asked her husband John to “remember the ladies.”

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See how the relationship between John Adams and Abigail Smith began. They wrote passionate letters to each other and talked for hours, but John's work made it hard for them to set a wedding date.

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