Abigail Adams....
Wife, Mother, Farmer and First Lady
John had returned to Congress
in Philadelphia.....still working on
the Declaration of Independence.
What was Abigail doing?
Running the farm, home-schooling
and raising the
children....alone.
She would write to John almost daily.....
Rampant Inflation,
shortages of nearly every necessity made the day-to-day
struggle at home increasingly difficult. A dollar was not
worth what a quarter had been, Abigail reported.
"Our money will soon be as useless as blank paper."
Bread, salt, sugar, meat and molasses, cotton and wool,
had become dear beyond measure. Farm help, help of
any sort, was impossible to find. Yet she managed....
scrimped, saved, wove her own wool, made the family's
clothes....determined not only to stay free from debt,
but to make improvements. She would do her part in
her way, as a patriotic duty but also because it was
expected of her in his absence.
"I believe nature has assigned each sex its particular
duties and sphere of action," she would write,
"and to act well your part, 'there all the honor lies.'"
~Source: John Adams by David McCullough
Yes, I'm impressed with Abigail Adams, thinking
her a good role model for young ladies.
Have a blessed day.......Dee Dee
