Abigail and John Adams's letters to each other show a rare marriage of equals, historians say. Left: Abigail Adams, by Gilbert Stuart, in the collection of the National Gallery of Art; right: John ...

In a letter dated March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, in Philadelphia, urging him and other members of the Continental Congress to keep the interests of women in mind ...

Abigail Adams "would have been a better president than her husband," Lynch quoted Truman as saying. Catherine Allgor, the president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, said the group is the ...

Unlike Martha Washington, who destroyed nearly all correspondence with her illustrious spouse, John and Abigail Adams, present at the dawn of the American republic, knew that they wrote for posterity.

John and Abigail Adams knew where American history was headed. The couple’s letters provide an extraordinary window on the revolt brewing 250 years ago.

Of all the words that spilled from Abigail Adams' pen, none are more famous than those of March 31, 1776. With her husband at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia arguing the case for American ...

QUINCY — Her influence on this nation is reflected in the thousands of letters she penned to her husband as he helped lay the groundwork for American democracy. But some residents of Quincy, the ...

“Remember the ladies,” Abigail Adams wrote to her husband when he went off to help write the Declaration of Independence. “If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are ...

Nabby (1765-1813) Abigail Amelia Adams was born nine months after John and Abigail Adams were married. As the sole daughter, Nabby was her mother's constant companion during her father's and ...

The Massachusetts State House boasts one of the oldest public art collections in the country. Yet of its more than 300 works, only about 20 depict images of women.. That’s one reason state Senate ...