Document · March 31, 1776
Abigail Adams to John Adams: “Remember the Ladies”
private political correspondence · Abigail Adams
Read in context
Writing during constitution-making, Adams linked independence from arbitrary rule to women’s legal subordination within households.
Why it matters
The exchange tests whether revolutionary arguments about consent were meant to reorder power inside the family.
Selected passage
In the new Code of Laws… I desire you would Remember the Ladies.