Abigail Smith Adams

1. Abigail Smith Adams By Taylor A Work in Progress(Working on Citations)

2. Date of birth. • On November 11 , in Weymouth Massachusetts, Abigail Smith Adams was born.

3. Family members. • Abigail had a mother and father named Elizabeth Quincy Smith and Reverend William. • She also had a brother named William and two sisters named Mary and Elizabeth.

4. Early childhood • When Abigail was young she realized that girls didn’t have equal rights like men did. • She also liked to listen to her father and grandfather talk about politics and local events.

5. Education • As a child Abigail never attended school. • She learned her education from reading books in her father’s library. • Abigail learned French, Pope, Milton, and Shakespeare in the library.

6. Adult Life • Abigail was a mother and wife she also managed the family farm because her husband was gone most of the time doing business trips. • Abigail also made the farm into a home for people during the Revolutionary War.

7. Important events • During the Revolution , Abigail Adams spoke out against and was apposed to slavery . • She also wanted women to have equal rights like men did. Doing these actions in the 1700’s was very unusual for someone to do especially for a woman. • Abigail Adams second daughter Suzanna died at the age of one was also an important event.

8. Date of death • Abigail Adams died on October 28, 1818. • She was only 74 years old. • The cause of Abigail’s death was of sickness and poor health.

9. How she was known • Abigail Adams was remembered as the second First Lady of the United States. • She is also remembered as a woman that wanted women to have right and didn’t want slavery.

10. Interesting facts • During the revolution Abigail often wrote in her letters to her husband, John Adams not to forget the ladies meaning don’t forget to give rights to women. • Abigail Adams was also the first “first lady” to live in the white house.

11. Important Lesson • I learned that Abigail Adams is one of the first women to want women to have equal rights like men did because were not able to vote or own property. • Women were also just items that men owned. • I also learned that women can make a difference in there life time because I think that Abigail might be one of the reasons that women have rights.

12. Hero or Celebrity • I thing that Abigail Adams is a celebrity because she didn’t any lives or that sort of thing, but she did show that you didn’t have to go to school to have a good education. • I thing a hero is different from a celebrity because a hero make a difference in the world and a celebrity is a famous person that people know.

13. Other information • Facts were found at • Wallner. Alexandra ,Abigail Adams Established in Washington D.C. 2oo1, • “First Ladies of the United States” by John T. Marck at http:/www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/aa2.html • "Adams, Abigail Smith." World Book Student. 2008. [Place of access.]  11 Dec. 2008 <http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/article?id=ar723781>.