Abigail Adams played many different roles throughout her lifetime: devout Puritan, persevering feminist, adoring wife, devoted mother, influential political adviser, First Lady, and American. She was opinionated, very well-read (especially for a woman of her time), and extremely supportive of her husband and children. Abigail was a strong believer in the American cause and sacrificed years of her marriage for it, as well as years with her eldest son. She encouraged political activism and education. …showed first 75 words of 2697 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2697 total…birthday. She had given birth six times, outlived two of her children, lived in five large cities, and been married for over fifty years. She was the first First Lady and was not only the wife of a U.S. president, but also the mother of one. (John Quincy Adams was elected the sixth president of the United States.) Abigail's life was chronicled through her numerous and extensive letters to her husband, sister, and friends.