ABIGAIL
ADAMS: LETTER TO JOHN ADAMS
31 MARCH 1776
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Abigail
Adams |
I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And by the way, in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.
If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation.
That your Sex are Naturally Tyrannical is a Truth so thoroughly established as to admit of no dispute, but such of you as wish to be happy willingly give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing one of Friend.
From Familiar Letters of John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams (1875). Edited by Charles Francis Adams, p. 147.
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY! |
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Deena
and Ernie Harburg President and President Emeritus, Yip Harburg Foundation |
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E.Y.
"Yip" Harburg |
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A master lyricist, poet and book writer, Yip was always dedicated to social justice. He wrote the words to over 600 songs, most notably all the lyrics in the 1939 motion picture classic, “The Wizard of Oz” (and its signature song, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"), and such standards as "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?," "It's Only a Paper Moon" and “April in Paris.” His musicals included "Finian's Rainbow," "Bloomer Girl," "Flahooley" and "Jamaica." Visit our website.