USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THOMAS JEFFERSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who wrote letters to her husband, John Adams, and worked to have the rights of women included in the Declaration of Indepence?
A
George Washington
B
Abigal Adams
C
Benjamin Franklin
D
George Washington
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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 as they prepared to fight for American independence from Great Britain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abigail Adams wrote these words to her husband, John Adams, on March 31, 1776, nearly 150 years before the House of Representatives voted to pass the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-3: -In a letter dated March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John Adams, urging him and the other members of the Continental Congress not to forget about the nation’s women when fighting for America’s independence from Great Britain.

Detailed explanation-4: -Abigail Adams is probably best remembered for urging her husband, John Adams, to “Remember the Ladies.” At a time when John was working on the Declaration of Independence, Abigail specifically lobbied her husband to, "be more generous and favorable to [the Ladies] than your ancestors.

Detailed explanation-5: -March 31, 1776 “I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, 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.

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