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"A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women" by Lynne Cheney

Item Number
252
Estimated Value
25 USD
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 "When John Adams began considering what laws should be made, his wife Abigail wrote from the family farm: "I desire you would remember the ladies." A familiar line in American history, but here is the rest of it: "If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound to any laws by which we have no voice or representation."

 
This review is from: A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women (Hardcover)
My daughters and I can sit for hours on each page, discussing the women profiled and their impact on history. I loved discovering favorites of mine such as on the Anne Sullivan/Helen Keller picture my six year old delightedly intoned: �It�s the teacher!!� referring to the play �The Miracle Worker� we saw several months ago).
There are also lesser known forerunners: Mary Katherine Goddard, first woman publisher in America in the 18th Century, Elizabeth Blackwell, the 1st Woman to earn a medical degree.
Another story about the books namesake: A is for Abigail: we read about the impact Abigail Adams had upon the political process within the context of her time. How she participated in the US Revolutionary war in a different way than the men AND it was significant as well. We also learned how her vast letter writing to her husband, future president John Adams, effected our history, especially in her words, �I desire that you should remember the ladies.�
Excellent for girls and boys alike, this is one that can be visited again, and again, and again.

Item Special Note

Biography

Lynne Cheney's most recent book is the New York Times bestseller, We the People: The Story of Our Constitution, illustrated by Greg Harlin. She is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers America: A Patriotic Primer, A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women, When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots, A Time for Freedom: What Happened When in America, and Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America, and has written a memoir, Blue Skies, No Fences. Mrs. Cheney is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Vice President Richard B. Cheney.