Bianka Sauceda Add-A-Chapter: Abigail Adams As John Adams continued his work as a lawyer and being busy, he spent a lot of time away from home. It got worse when he became a member of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War. The couple kept in contact with each other by exchanging letters, more than 1,100. As being like many other women in her time, she was concerned about the social and political issues during that period. She felt that women were not given sufficient status and rights, Mrs. Adams felt that the girls should get similar education to boys so they could be prepared for their role as republican women. In one famous letter to her husband, she requested that he, “Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.” After the Revolution, she joined her husband in France and later in England where he served as the first American minister to the Court of St. James. When Mr. Adams became vice president she stayed with him part of the time, when going back to Massachusetts to look after the farm and take care of business. She was a good friend helping the First Lady Martha Washington with entertaining other officials. When her husband became President in 1797, she remained supportive and his confidante. She was known to some as Mrs. President. At the time of the XYZ Affair they did not see eye to eye, but they did agree on Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. During the time of the elections of Mr. John Adams and Mr. Thomas Jefferson, there was much conflict between the two good friends. Mrs. Adams was the main one who kept on insisting that they should regain the friendship. When Mr. Adams was defeated in the...