Time For Kids: Abigail Adams: Eyewitness to America's Birth

About this book

Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams the nations second president. Abigail had strong opinions about war politics and the rights of womenand she wasnt shy about expressing them. Few women in her time were as outspoken. Abigail Adams helped mold John Adamss ideasand so too our history. TIME For Kids Biographies help make a connection between the lives of past heroes and the events of today. In Abigails times women were second-class citizens who were given little education and had few rights. Abigail wanted men and women to have equal rights. Her words have inspired women for centuries and today many of Abigails ideas have finally taken hold.