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John Adams Petticoat Analysis

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John Adams laughed at Abigail petition for women to have equability. John Adams meant by the “Despotism of the petticoat,” that the women have the power of their womanhood. Because of the power women held, Adams argued that they didn’t need to have the power of suffrage and equality, because in that way they were better off than the men so it would create more

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