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QUINCY – Work is underway in downtown Quincy to install the base for a new, life-sized statue of Abigail Adams, and an existing sculpture of the first lady and her son has been moved to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
This year marks two decades since the Boston Women's Memorial was installed. It features statues of Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatley and Lucy Stone, three women who have important roles in the ...
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 ...
Abigail Adams refused to be a footnote. Born on November 22, 1744, she would go on to become the wife of one President and the mother of another. But it’s Adams’s first-rate political mind ...