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"Republican Motherhood" is a 20th-century term for an 18th-century attitude toward women's roles present in the emerging United States before, during, and after the American Revolution. It centered on the belief that the patriots' daughters should be raised to uphold the ideals of republicanism , in order to pass on republican values to the ...
Abigail Adams (née Smith; November 22, [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.
The idea of republican motherhood was born in this period and reflects the importance of Republicanism as the dominant American ideology. Republicanism assumed that a successful republic rested upon the virtue of its citizens. Thus, women had the essential role of instilling their children with values conducive to a healthy republic.
Abigail Adams is perhaps most known for her now-famous words that America's founding fathers “remember the ladies" in matters of political and economic rights. She was an early advocate for ...
Under the new government after the revolution, "republican motherhood" became an ideal, as exemplified by Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren. The first duty of the republican woman was to instill republican values in her children, and to avoid luxury and ostentation. [41]
The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place at Quincy High School Auditorium, 100 Coddington St., on Saturday, March 9 from 2 to 5 p.m.
Sargent Murray was a staunch believer in improved educational opportunity for women. Her essays were important to the post-Revolution "Republican Motherhood" movement, a movement led by Abigail Adams and other female revolutionaries which aimed to produce intelligent and virtuous citizens required for the success of the new nation.
JD Vance isn’t the first GOP vice presidential candidate to remark on women’s reproductive choices. We look back at when then-Vice President Dan Quayle rebuked the TV character Murphy Brown.