Yet they had, at best, second-class legal and political status.Ībigail Adams's independent spirit, her sense of humor, and her remarkable intellect, as shown in her letters, open a wide window on a crucial period in our nation's history, and bring Abigail Adams and her time to life. Colonial women were called upon to make life-and-death decisions for their children, to educate their daughters, and to run their farms when their husbands were away for months, or sometimes for years, at a time. Mingling the intimate with the momentous, she documented what it was like to live at a time when education was not available to young women, and when pregnancy and childbirth meant the fear of death. Like Bobers earlier books on Abigail Adams and the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson: Draftsman of a Nation will appeal to students of history of all. Because she was so close to the scene, she was able to give firsthand reports of the American Revolution to her husband and other leaders creating a new government, as she wrote about the times and the people who played vital roles in the birth of our nation. She saw the Battle of Bunker Hill from a hilltop near her home, and soldiers marching past her door frequently stopped for a drink of water. She was a witness to the gathering storm of the Revolutionary War. Although her primary focus and concerns were in her role as wife and mother, she lives in history because of her extraordinary letters to her family and to her friends. Rarely is she described as a woman in her own right. Address: 7 Westfield Ln, White Plains, NY 10605, U.S.A.Abigail Adams is often referred to as the wife of one president and the mother of another. ed., 1991 Breaking Tradition: The Story of Louise Nevelson, 1984 (comp.) Let's Pretend: Poems of Flight and Fancy, 1986 Thomas Jefferson: Man on a Mountain, 1988 Marc Chagall: Painter of Dreams, 1991 Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution, 1995 Countdown to Independence: A Revolution of Ideas in England and the American Colonies 1760-1776, 2001. Abigail Adams was a humanitarian, activist, and leader with an acute sense of both Americas. Publications: William Wordsworth: The Wandering Poet, 1975 A Restless Spirit: The Story of Robert Frost, 1981, rev. Hunter College Alumnae Hall of Fame, 2001 International Center for Jefferson Studies, fellow, 2003 Jefferson Legacy Foundation, board of directors, 2003 consultant on Ken Burns's documentary film on Thomas Jefferson, 1997. Co-owner of children's bookstore, Once Upon a Time, 1985-93. Career: Educator and consultant at junior high school and college level author of biographies for young adults. Genres: History, Young adult nonfiction, Biography.
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