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Abigail Adams Childhood Abigail Adams was born in 1744 on the 11 th of November. That year they had a leap year so her birthday became the 22th of November.

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  • Abigail Adams
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  • Childhood Abigail Adams was born in 1744 on the 11 th of November. That year they had a leap year so her birthday became the 22th of November. She had 2 sisters and 1 brother. Their names were Billy, Betsy, and Mary. She was home schooled. Then her mom said they could go to real school.
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  • Childhood She went to an all girls school called Dame. She grew up in Weymouth. As a child, her last name was Smith.
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  • Teen/Mother Abigail meet John Adams because Johns friend wanted to ask out her older sister Mary. By the time they saw each other again, he was a young Boston lawyer. They married on October 25 th,1746. They had five children, two girls and three boys.
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  • Accomplishments Helped the woman's rights grow. Most of the letters she wrote were published.
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  • First Ladys Life She took a role in politics. She knew Thomas Jefferson.
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  • Kids When her daughter was a teen, she went to Europe and only took her brother and her dad. Their names were Susanna, Charles, Thomas, Amelia, and John.
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  • Abigail and Reading She shared her fathers passion for reading. When she got taken out of school, all she did was read.
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  • Death Died in Massachusetts in October 1818 at age 73.
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  • Did you know? When she died, she was buried next to the sixth President and her family. She married at age 19. Her husband was way older then her.
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  • Quotes Learning is not attained by chance, but through hard work. A little of what you call frippy is looking like the rest of the world.
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