Category: abigail adams

First Lady Abigail Adams Was a True Helpmate to America’s First Vice President and Second President

Abigail Adams has been lauded by historians and at least one president, Harry Truman, for her grit and keen insight. As the second of the first ladies, Abigail experienced firsthand the fight for a nation and the establishment of America. In fact, it was perhaps the Revolutionary War that shaped who she would become as…


Accidental Advantages: Lessons From Young Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams was an amazing woman. No—that compliment cuts in half her talents and her ardor. She was an amazing human being. “Faced with the unfamiliar task of providing financially for her children while her husband was in Europe for four years, Abigail used her imagination and discovered talents she hadn’t realized she possessed to…