In 1776, Abigail Adams famously implored her husband ... Nearly 150 years later, the National American Woman Suffrage Association and its leader, Carrie Chapman Catt, asked for a specific law ...

Of all the words that spilled from Abigail Adams' pen, none are more famous ... nor was she advocating women's suffrage, although many historians have ascribed that meaning to her words.

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 ...