We explore the history of the second First Lady, Abigail Adams, in this episode of the podcast. Abigail transforms the role and is remembered as one of the most interesting female characters in American political history.

Shownotes:

American National Biography Database
David S. Shields and Fredrika J. Teute, ‘The Court of Abigail Adams,’ Journal of the Early Republic, Vol. 35, No. 2, (Summer 2015) pp. 227-235
Linda Garbaye, Women and Politics in North America: The Experience of Abigail Adams, Nuevo Mundo Mundos Nuevos, 09 April 2014,
Woody Holton, Abigail Adams, Bond Speculator, The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol., 64, No. 4, (Oct 2007) p. 821-838
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-ladies/abigail-smith-adams/
Edith B. Gelles, ‘A Virtuous Affair: The Correspondence Between Abigail Adams and James Lovell,’ American Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 2, (Summer 1987) pp. 252-269
Elaine Forman Crane, ‘Abigail Adams, Gender Politics, and “The History of Emily Montague”: A Postscript,’ The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 64, No. 4, (Oct 2007) pp. 839-844
Edith B. Gelles ‘bonds of Friendship: The Correspondence of Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren,’ Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. 108, (1996) pp. 35-71
Edith B. Gelles, ‘Abigail Adams: Domesticity and the American Revolution,’ The New England Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 4, (Dec 1979) pp. 500-521
 Richard Alan Ryerson, ‘The Limits of a Vicarious Life: Abigail Adams and Her Daughter,’ Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Third Series, vol. 100 (1988), p. 1-14
Wolfgang Mieder, book chapter from ‘Proverbs are the best policy: folk wisdom and American politics,’ University Press of Colorado, 2005
http://www.john-adams-heritage.com/abigail-adams-biography/
G. J. Barker-Benfield, ‘Stillbirth and Sensibility: The Case of Abigail and John Adams,’ Early American Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1, (Winter 2012) pp. 2-29
Edith Gelles, ‘The Adamses Retire,’ Early American Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, (Spring 2006) pp. 1-15
Meade Minnigerode, Some American Ladies, Seven Informal Biographies, (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1926)
 Laura E.Richards, Abigail Adams and Her Times, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1917
https://cdn.loc.gov/service/rbc/rbpe/rbpe05/rbpe052/0520050a/0520050a.pdf
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/abigail-adams
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-01-02-0241
https://millercenter.org/president/adams/adams-1797-abigail-firstlady
Jeanne E. Abrams, First Ladies of the Republic: Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Dolley Madison, and the creation of an Iconic American Role, (NYU Press, New York, 2018)