Today we are gathered to honor the loss of a wonderful life. The life of Abigail Adams. Abigail Adams was often thought of as one of our country’s greatest silent heroes. Despite many hardships, she still led a wonderful life.

Abigail was born on November 11, 1744, in Weymouth, Massachusetts. As a young girl, she didn’t receive a proper education due to her poor health. Because she was always home and her father had a huge library, she was always reading and was even taught French by her mother. On October 25, 1774, when she was only 19 years old, she married country lawyer, John Adams. Together they had five children, but one daughter sadly died after two short years.

In March of 1797, Abigail’s husband John Adams was elected President of the United States. As the fight for independence from England continued, she was elected to talk to fellow women who were being charged for still being loyal to England. This was the first time a First Lady had ever held any partial-official government position. Abigail was also the first First Lady to live in the white house. During the time of the Revolutionary War, women were spies because all of the men spoke freely around them. Abigail wasn’t a spy but she helped in many other ways. She nursed injured soldiers, provided them with supplies and even created ammunition for the soldiers. …show more content…
While he was gone, she tended to the house and farmland. Not only did she do this, but she engaged in business enterprises, purchased land and dealt with tenants. In the time when the Declaration of Independence was being debated and written up, Abigail greatly stressed one issue to her husband. She said that the creation of a new form of government was the perfect chance to make the legal status of women equal to that of men’s. While she was never able to convince him of this, her letters are the earliest known writings calling for women’s equal