csAbigail Adams’ 1776 “remember the ladies” letter sits at a turning point in how marriage was understood, as ideas shifted from Enlightenment coverture toward companionate marriage. Historians now read the letter less as a call for suffrage and more as a plea for women’s legal protection within marriage. #History #AbigailAdams #WomensHistory #MarriageHistory #AmericanRevolution 🎧 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/podcast/series/theres-more-to-that/season-2/real-story-behind-abigail-adams-remember-ladies-letter/
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