The Unexpected Abigail Adams - John Smith

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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