Abigail Adams: An American Woman

by Charles W. Akers and Akers Charles W

Book Overview

This lively biography of Adams details the life of a revolutionary, mother, activist and wife who engaged in the building of the America nation. Abigail Adams campaigned for the education of women and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321043707
• ISBN13: 9780321043702
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.8"

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Abigail Adams Is An American Heroine

I think everyone should know about this incredible woman and this biography is a good place to start. Everyone is always talking about (and writing about) the fathers of the country. What about the mothers of the country? Charles Akers does a good job of bringing Abagail alive.

THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY FROM THE ADAMS MANUSCRIPTS

This is the first biography of Abigail Adams after the Adams manuscripts were opened to biographers. The wife of the second president and the mother of the sixth, her greatness also sprang from her determination to live the life of an American woman as fully as possible within the limits her society imposed on females. Her life illustrates the politics and wars of her day, but also the plight of all women. This short, sprightly book opens a large window on the period of the American Revolution and the foun