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Creates a portrait of a truly remarkable woman, Abigail Adams--prolific writer, First Lady, fighter for independence and equality, wife, mother, and confidante of John Adams--based on her extraordinary letters
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Dearest Friend is the biography of Abigail Adams, the unschooled minister's daughter who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America. With excerpts from her incomparable letters and alive with the ferment of a new nation, Dearest Friend captures both the public and the private sides of this fascinating woman. She was a keen observer of the politics of her time and fully grasped the Revolution's implications for women and slaves. She was an advocate of black emancipation and urged her husband to "Remember the Ladies" as he framed the laws of their new country.
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