Editing Abigail Adams (section)

===Women's rights===
Abigail Adams wrote about the troubles and concerns she had as an 18th-century woman.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gelles |first1=Edith Belle |title=Portia: The World of Abigail Adams |date=1995 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-21023-4 }}{{page needed|date=May 2021}}</ref> She was an advocate of married women's [[Property|property rights]] and more opportunities for women, particularly in the field of education. Women, she believed, should not submit to laws not made in their interest, nor should they be content with the simple role of being companions to their husbands; they should educate themselves and thus be recognized for their intellectual capabilities so they could guide and influence the lives of their children and husbands. She is known for her March 1776 letter to John and the [[Continental Congress]], requesting that they, "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."<ref name="uua"/>

John declined Abigail's "extraordinary code of laws", but acknowledged to Abigail, "We have only the name of masters, and rather than give up this, which would completely subject us to the despotism of the [[petticoat]], I hope [[George Washington|General Washington]] and all our brave heroes would fight."<ref name="JAAA">{{cite web|title=Adams Family Papers |url=https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17760414ja&hi=1&query=saucy&tag=text&archive=all&rec=8&start=0&numRecs=15 |work=Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 April 1776 |publisher= Adams Family Papers: An Electronic Archive. Massachusetts Historical Society. |author=Adams, John |author2=Adams, Abigail |date=March–May 1776 }}</ref>