Abigail Adams

What an amazing women the wife of John Adams was!  During the times of the courtship and during the married lives when they were separated because of his ministerial duties, they wrote long letters to one another.  The letters between them shed light on early American life, but also gave insight into one of the first women who could be considered "liberated."

Abigail Adams once wrote to her husband while he was part of the Continental Congress drafting the first Constitution to "remember the ladies" because most men "would be tyrants if they could."  She and her husband agreed on many points, but where their ideas diverged, she had no issues with debating with her spouse.

Many of us cherish letters written by husbands and wives or their children. I treasure the poetry letters my grandmother wrote to her father and the ones he wrote back. They are a joy to read and share!