Abigail Adams was an advocate for women’s rights, women’s education, and slavery abolition. She was the wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams, the second and sixth presidents of the United States, respectively. She is known for the extensive correspondence between herself and her husband and for being outspoken about political issues throughout her life.

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**Think Further Questions:
1. Why do you think Abigail Adams believed so strongly in the value of formal education for women? Why is education important, and how can it help give people a political voice?
2. Why are first-person accounts such as letters so important to historians? What do they have that more formal documents might not?
3. Abigail Adams advocated for women’s education. What other things have women’s rights advocates fought for in the years since? How have these fights contributed to the larger goal of giving women equal political voices and opportunities?

**Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
00:15 - Explanation
00:29 - Department of Transportation
00:50 - The History
03:56 - Applying It

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