Bibliographic Entry Of Letters By Abigail Adams

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a. Bibliographic entry of Foner text. In the letter which wrote by Abigail Adams between 31 March to 5 April in 1776. This letter is write to her husband, John Adams who served as the second President of the United States (1797–1801), urged him and other members of the Continental Congress not to forget the right of women in the country when the nation independence from Britain. Abigail Adams wrote “in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors” that indicate she reminds her husband keeps the position of the woman in the new country. She devoted a lot of enthusiasm to women's rights. Since people who like Abigail Adams have always been the promotion of women's rights, women's equal rights were finally realized in the United States as same as the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Adams letter was the first step in the fight for equal rights for women. In addition, Declaration of Sentiments, States the rights that women should be entitled to as citizens, that bring from the Seneca Falls Convention in New York in July 1848. The declaration is exactly the continuation of women's pursuit of equal rights. The first step which Adams stepped on was the best example of these latecomers, she offered the forwards courage to the latecomers. …show more content…

Declaration states that women should be considered as formal citizens of the United States and enjoy the same rights and privileges as men. That is the milestone marked the beginning of the American women's rights

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