Abigail Adams (1744-1818)
Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, she was the wife of the second President of the United States and the mother of the sixth. Her letters establish her as a perceptive, social and political commentator and a strong voice for women's advancement.
Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, she was the wife of the second President of the United States and the mother of the sixth. Her letters establish her as a perceptive, social and political commentator and a strong voice for women's advancement.
Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753-1784)
Born in West Africa and sold as a slave from the ship Phillis in colonial Boston. She was a literary prodigy whose 1773 volume Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was the first book published by and African writer in America.
Born in West Africa and sold as a slave from the ship Phillis in colonial Boston. She was a literary prodigy whose 1773 volume Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was the first book published by and African writer in America.
Lucy Stone (1818-1893)Born in Brookfield, she was one of the first Massachusetts women to graduate from college. She was an ardent abolitionist, a renowned orator, and founder of the Woman's Journal, the foremost women's suferage publication of its era.
The legal right for woman to record her opinion wherever opinions count is the tool for whose ownership we ask.Woman's Journal, 1891
Happy Mother's Day... your opinions count here!
12 comments:
hi bob,
thanks for this one. my girls are fighting and my boys are doing homework in between annoying the girls so it's nice to think that someone is interested :)
This is why I love you so. What a beautiful post. I'm not a mom, but all of this matters so much to me because I'm a woman, a sister, an aunt and a daughter. You have no idea how much all of this matters to me. Thank you darling. I love you so.
XO Blottie
Nice one, Bob! Cheers!
this was a lovely post. :)
ditto - thanks!
This was so nice to read. Thanks, Bob.
Great post! Thank you ;-)
Hi Bob! I like this.
What a lovely tribute! Thanks so much for posting this.
xo
ATM
Hi Bob!
You rock!
Bob, you know you're killin' me.
XO
Well, your damn blog won't let me outta here, so just stopped by to say "Hey!" Okay, gotta go. Double click, triple click. Exit. I don't know. I'll figure it out. Want you to know I appreciate all the warmth over on my blog. Thanks darling.
Love you,
Blottie XO
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