Abigail Adams

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Abigail Adams

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Abigail Adams is well-known for her progressive views on women's rights for her time. She famously wrote to her husband, John Adams, urging him to "remember the ladies" and not to put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands when drafting new laws. This shows her criticism of the absolute power husbands had over wives, but there is no historical evidence that she fought disguised as a man, rejected women's primary responsibility to family, believed women should stay out of politics, or petitioned for women's right to vote.