Wednesday, March 9, 2011

George Washington's World - Abigail Adams


Abigail Adams hated sewing. Time after time, she kept doing her stitches too big. Her grandmother patiently ripped them out over and over, and kept teaching her the same old pattern. This time, Abigail threw down her sampler. Her grandmother picked it up, ripped out the few stitches she had made, and taught her over again. Abigail was being taught by her grandmother and grandpa, for her parents wouldn't teach her.

Abigail Adams


She married John Adams when she grew up - that's why she was called Abigail ADAMS. They named their son John Quincy Adams, after Abigail's grandfather and grandmother who had taught her school.
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  1. UnknownMarch 15, 2011 at 9:45 PM

    Abigail adams was a very intelligent woman and she wrote numerous letters to her husband (when he travelled) and to her friends. We have so much from her letters about how people lived, what they were thinking, what they wanted to accomplish.
    She and her husband John Adams discussed ideas of freedom, rights, democracy, quality of life, slavery etc. He became president of the United States they were both very influential in the birth and early years of our nation.

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