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GodlessBiker

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32. I think he had her arrested under the Alien and Sedition Acts.

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Sun Mar 31, 2013, 10:47 PM

Mar 2013

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abigail adams to john adams [View all] niyad Mar 2013 OP

Jackie Speier posted that quote on Facebook yesterday. Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #1

it is one of my favourites niyad Mar 2013 #4

DU Rec Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #2

I adore Abigail MadrasT Mar 2013 #3

The world will be saved by the western woman. -- Dalai Lama alterfurz Mar 2013 #5

They wrote wonderful letters to each other over the years. Brigid Mar 2013 #6

K&R midnight Mar 2013 #7

Excellent. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #8

funny??? niyad Mar 2013 #10

I guess I took it wrong. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #12

no, it was about the new constitution and women's place (or lack thereof) in it niyad Mar 2013 #17

Boy, I just ran afoul of the smartest guy in the room. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #22

no, you did not run afoul of the smartest guy in the room, and, that quote of abigail's is fairly niyad Mar 2013 #27

I just looked at your page and saw that you're a woman. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #31

there isn't anything on my page about my sex, you know. and, I don't know what kind of coffee niyad Mar 2013 #33

I'm sure I'm much too pedestrian for your pals. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #35

nah, I think you might actually enjoy yourself. none of us actually bite or anything, and the topic niyad Mar 2013 #36

I was just being humorous. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #38

THATS AWESOME. Volaris Mar 2013 #25

that might prove helpful niyad Mar 2013 #28

lol yeah, because it's the same argument Volaris Mar 2013 #15

So I was right that there was some humor in there. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #21

Sarcasm isn't new, even IF it didn't used to have a smiley. Volaris Mar 2013 #23

did you actually read those two paragraphs? if so, please explain the humour. niyad Mar 2013 #24

Ya know, it's been a long month, I'm just not in the mood for a flame war about Abigail Adams UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #26

it has been a long month, and nobody is starting any flame wars. but you go right on feeling niyad Mar 2013 #29

K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #9

K&R defacto7 Mar 2013 #11

I wonder what her thoughts would be in 200 years later in 1976 snooper2 Mar 2013 #13

And here we are in 2013, CrispyQ Mar 2013 #14

I agree with that sign--have been saying this for ages. niyad Mar 2013 #19

whenever I hear that bs about "american women have it so much better", my response is, "but niyad Mar 2013 #30

The best play we read while learning all about drama.... WCGreen Mar 2013 #16

been advocating that for decades niyad Mar 2013 #18

Word! (nt) NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #20

I think he had her arrested under the Alien and Sedition Acts. GodlessBiker Mar 2013 #32

I used to teach that letter to h.s. students. :-) WinkyDink Mar 2013 #34

so glad to hear that niyad Mar 2013 #37

Same unit as "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth: WinkyDink Apr 2013 #39

and we never learned about these remarkable women except in the most cursory way even in niyad Apr 2013 #40

. . . niyad Apr 2013 #41

Gosh, it took until 1920 or so for us to get voting rights.... LeftInTX Apr 2013 #42

you are most welcome, and thank you for pointing that out. it is kind of sobering to realize niyad Apr 2013 #43

. . . . niyad Apr 2013 #44