Oh You're Going To "Love" This!!!!
Posted: February 12th, 2006, 9:57 am
That is what she wrote. This was his snippy little replyEven as John Adams was in Philadelphia working on the Declaration of Independence and its assertion that "all men" are created equal, his loving spouse, Abigail, sent the future second president a blistering letter about the subjugation of wives — this, way back in March 1776.
"That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth," she wrote. "Men of Sense in all Ages abhor those customs which treat us only as the vassals of your Sex."
http://www.thelizlibrary.org/suffrage/abigail.htm"We have only the name of masters, and rather than give up this, which would completely subject us to the despotism of the petticoat..."
I wonder if he was sleeping on the couch for a while.
Sounds like it would be interesting reading Dav. Thanks for posting.
I found this link in the Studio 8 archives. I thought it relates to your post.
ELLEN GOODMAN
Does Jane speak for John?
By Ellen Goodman | July 31, 2005
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editor ... _for_john/
surfermike used to have a word for mining through the archives for stupid posts that could be thrown back in a person's face like a custard pie. I got a million pies coming my way.