As the first Europeans to cross the Atlantic into a New World, they brought with them conventions about family life that endured long after their migration. Their children then inherited these beliefs and continued to practice in what they believed to be the appropriate role of each family member. In 1776, in what was considered to be the family of the New World, these roles and expectations of what a father, a mother, a husband, a wife, and children should be and do were much like those of their ancestors. Within these conventions, women had only one role in society, which was to be a constant caretaker. Many women, although agreeing their most important role was to be a wife and mother, sought the right to exemplify what it meant to be an independent American woman.

Although not anticipated to be more than an exclusive observer and devotee of her husband's public career, Abigail Adams was one of the first women to seek glorification of the revolutionary era of women. At that time the only political existence wives and daughters experienced was through their relations with men. Abigail sought to break the barrier of women simply standing outside of the political process.

The authors in the articles each portray the beginning influences into a new cultural and equal rights opportunity world. Although John Adams did not act on the requests of his wife, he did agree that women one day would be given the opportunity to be involved in politics. Abigail Adams was one of the first of many women to recognize the significance of a women's outlook upon society's important issues. The anonymous author also showed the major influence women had in the role of shaping the minds of the men who were at that time the dominant leaders of the country. To this day women are still facing the same challenges of women ancestors in the past. However, with the influences of other Abigail Adams' that continued on throughout history, women are now listened to and are able to exemplify what it means to be an independent American woman.

As a result, both John and Abigail Adams both came to their own mutual understanding of the role of women in the new republic. John was willing to admit that females were as legitimate of voters as were men. However, he felt that women's principal concern for their children left them more effective as an exclusive persuasion on husbands and sons then they could possibly be in any public political position. Abigail seemed to accept this outlook John held toward women and understood that the liberal and loyal mother would be the main method for the passing on of those virtues vital for the stamina of a free r

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