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ENTITY reports on abigail adams quotes on women's rights.

Abigail Adams, First Lady to John Adams, quickly found power in her pen. While she wrote letters to her husband reminding him to stand up for women’s rights, Adams also ran her entire household on her own.

While her husband was busy with the revolution, Adams took care of her four children, ran the family farm, dealt with business enterprises, purchased land and handled tenants. Overall, she was a fearless and hardworking woman.

Once Abigail Adams learned to read and write, she realized “my pen is always freer than my tongue.”

So, during her separation from her husband, she learned to write letters to him. Using a pen and paper, she wrote to her husband to “remember the ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands” as he was crafting the American government. This was in response to the legal oppression of married women at the time.

She later became the closest advisor to her husband. Her son, John Quincy Adams, became the sixth president of the country. It wasn’t until her grandson, Charles Francis Adams, published her letters that people realized Abigail’s impact for women’s rights.

So, we compiled a list of famous Abigail Adams quotes to remind you of the power of your words.

1 On education

“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.”

2 On the importance of women’s rights

“If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.”

3 On the danger of giving men all the power

“Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.”

4 On intelligence

“I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.”

5 On men

“I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.'”

6 On action

“I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.”

7 On virtues

“Great necessities call out great virtues.”

8 On the power of the pen

“My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.”

9 On adversity

“I hate to complain…No one is without difficulties, whether in high or low life, and every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.”

10 On achieving your goals

“Its never to late to get back on your feet though we won’t live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for.”

11 On getting through hard times

“Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.”

12 On being shaped by experiences

“These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.”

In a time when women’s voices were being oppressed, Abigail Adams’ determination allowed her to use other forms to express her powerful ideas.

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