August 19, 2020
Remember the Ladies: Woman’s Suffrage and the Black Holes of Local History
“Remember the Ladies” Abigail Adams implored her husband John in a letter from March 31, 1776. Her letter advocated that in the new Republic women be given more rights than they had been under English law. She went on to say, “be more generous and favorable to them [the Ladies] than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands.” Whether she argued for women to be given the right to vote or not is a matter of much scholarly debate. However, this letter does make Abigail Adams one of the first women to advocate for women’s rights in Quincy history. She would not be the last.”