Abigail Adams, the first second wife and second first wife.  But that riddle is just a slice of her story. In episode ten of Loud Women Podcast I dig into the life of Abigail Adams and a few of her most iconic statements made in letters between her and her husband, John Adams.  What set Abigail apart from the other women of her day? Why was education so important to her? And what was the infamous line, remember the ladies, really all about. Listen today to get the behind the scenes story of one of America’s first loud women.

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Sources used to write this episode:

Women of Independence, The Life of Abigail Adams but Susan Provost Beller

First Family, Abigail & John Adams by Joseph J. Ellis

GBH video New England’s Ageless Love Story: John and Abigail Adams

Unusual for their Time with Andrew Och

Revolution and Ideology Podcast: Abigail Adams - Abolitionist, Feminist, Badass - Myth is America #013

www.whitehouse.gov

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/abigail-adams

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/adams-abigail/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/adams-dearest-friend/

https://www.history.com/topics/first-ladies/abigail-adams 

https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/letter/

https://abigailadamsbirthplace.org/abigails-letters/

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All episodes are written and produced by Abby Myette and are her original work.

Intro music We Just Have Fun by GoMordecai