What: Local actress Raylene Hlavaty portrays Abigail Adams, the wife of John Adams, second president of the United States and leader of the revolution. Adams was one of the most accomplished women ...

QUINCY — A new children's book about founding mother and local heroine Abigail Adams is sure to enlighten both kids and parents about her underrepresented impact on American history. The book ...

Abigail Adams gave birth to six children, three daughters and three sons, four of whom would live to adulthood. One of those four, John Quincy, would achieve the office of president. The other ...

The future first lady feared inoculation, but she feared smallpox more. It was 1776, and Abigail Adams had decided that she and her four children would seek protection from a deadly epidemic.