Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by John Smith to discuss the unknown side of Abigail Adams. What made this first lady and mother of a president tick? Her letters reveal a saucier side never before seen.

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TRANSCRIPT: coming soon 

OUTLINE:

0:00 - Introduction

1:42 - Choosing Abigail Adams as a Subject

6:38 - How did John and Abigail Meet?

9:29 - Abigail’s Stubbornness

11:01 - Abigail's Letters and the Importance of Primary Sources

15:54 - The 'Remember the Ladies' Letter

22:47 - The Importance of Women's Education

27:53 - Abigail’s Connections

34:11 - Hating Alexander Hamilton

34:59 - Abigail's Practice of Physiognomy

36:49 - Abigail’s Sailor Mouth

38:46 - Abigail's Controlling Nature

41:45 - Things You Definitely Don’t Know About Abigail Adams

50:11 - Abigail as First Lady and John's Chief of Staff

54:09 - Where you can find the book and John

EPISODE LINKS:

The Unexpected Abigail Adams: A Woman “Not Apt to Be Intimidated”- https://www.westholmepublishing.com/book/abigail-adams-smith/

Abigail Adams - https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/abigail-adams

John Adams HBO Miniseries - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472027/

John Adams - https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Adams-president-of-United-States

Rheumatic Fever - https://www.cdc.gov/groupastrep/diseases-public/rheumatic-fever.html#:~:text=Rheumatic%20fever%20is%20a%20condition,important%20in%20fighting%20off%20infections.

Charles Francis Adams, Sr. - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Francis-Adams

Founders Online – https://founders.archives.gov

Massachusetts Historical Society - https://www.masshist.org

Abigail to John Adams, 1776, “Remember the Ladies” - https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17760331aa

Mercy Otis Warren - https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mercy-otis-warren

Sally Hemings - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sally-Hemings

Benjamin Franklin - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benjamin-Franklin

Samuel Adams - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Adams

Alexander Hamilton - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Hamilton-United-States-statesman

Physiognomy - https://www.britannica.com/topic/physiognomy-divination

Patience Wright - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Patience-Wright

Bohemia - https://www.britannica.com/place/Bohemia

John Quincy Adams - https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Quincy-Adams

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