Abigail Adams

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Editor’s Preface.

Author’s Preface
1. “You May Take Me” 1744-1764.
2. “An Important Trust” 1764-1774.
3. “Remember the Ladies” 1774-1776.
4. “Bereft of My Better Half” 1776-1778.
5. “Patriotism in the Female Sex” 1778-1784.
6. “The Amazing Difference” 1784-1785.
7. “I Will Not Strike My Colours” 1785-1788.
8. “In Their Proper Sphere” 1788-1792.
9. “Telegraph of the Mind” 1792-1797.
10. “Fellow Labourer” 1797-1798.
11. “What I Cannot Remedy” 1798-1801.
12. “The Mother of Such a Son” 1801-1818.
Study and Discussion Questions.
A Note on the Sources.
Acknowledgments.
Index.

• A new preface by Series Editor Mark Carnes illustrates why this biography is such a valued addition to the series.

• Study and Discussion Questions at the end of the book help students check their reading and comprehension. These questions can also be used to facilitate discussions in the classroom or student study groups.

• A new preface by author Charles Akers incorporates the most recent scholarship on Abigail Adams’ life and legacy.

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 pioneered the role women were to play in the American Revolution and the new Republic. The life of this one woman forms a large window on society during the 75 years that saw the birth and cultural maturation of the United States.

The titles in the Library of American Biography Series make ideal supplements for American History Survey courses or other courses in American history where figures in history are explored. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each interpretative biography in this series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. At the same time, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times.

• Biography from the Library of American biography series – intended for US History Survey I.

• Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each interpretative biography in this series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life.

• Available at a deep discount (1/2 price) when packaged with any Longman U. S. History survey text.

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 pioneered the role women were to play in the American Revolution and the new Republic.  The life of this one woman forms a large window on society during the 75 years that saw the birth and cultural maturation of the United States.

The titles in the Library of American Biography Series make ideal supplements for American History Survey courses or other courses in American history where figures in history are explored. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each interpretative biography in this series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. At the same time, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times.

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