Abigail Smith Adams

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Abigail Smith Adams

• Sophie La Biento
• English 1 Pre AP
• 2nd Period

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Early Life
-Abigail was born on Nov. 22nd (11th on the
calendar used back then) in Weymouth, Mass. To
William and Elizabeth Smith.
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Education

• Though she had no formal education,
• Abigails mother taught her and her sisters to
  read, write and cipher

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• On October 25, 1764 Abigail married John Adams,
  who later became 2nd president of the united
  states.
• Abigail was the first woman to be both the wife,
  and mother of an U.S. president

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Most Famous Quote

• "remember the Ladies, and be more generous and
  favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put
  such unlimited power into the hands of the
  Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if
  they could. 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

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Three of her greatest accomplishments, are siding
against slavery, fighting for a right for a
womans right to own property, and their right to
an education
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• She was a woman who truly cared for her country,
  and strived to make it better.

Flag with 20 stars and 13 stripes 1818
first American flag 1776
Flag with 15 stars and 15 stripes 1795
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Death

• On October 28, 1818, Abigail died of typhoid
  fever. She was 73 years old about two weeks shy
  of her birthday.

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Signature
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Works cited

• http//www.famousquotesandauthors.com/authors/abig
  ail_adams_quotes.html
• MPI. Abigail Adams. Getty Images. 01 Jan. 1775.
  eLibrary. Web. 01 Jun. 2010.
• http//www.masshist.org/adams/explore-adams/images
  /signature_aa.gif
• http//www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies
  .aspx?biography2
• http//www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagfact.html