“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”

—  Abigail Adams

Source: The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

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2nd First Lady of the United States (1797–1801) 1744–1818

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