WOMEN IN HISTORY - AGATHA CHRISTIE

English mystery writer.

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DATE OF BIRTH

September5 15, 1890

PLACE OF BIRTH

Torquay, United Kingdom

DATE OF DEATH

January 12, 1976

PLACE OF DEATH

Winterbrook, United Kingdom

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Abigail Adams was the second child of four children born to Reverend William and Elizabeth Quincy Smith. She married John Adams in 1764 at the age of twenty. The couple had two daughters and three sons: one daughter died in infancy; John Quincy, Charles and Thomas Boylston. Their family home was in Braintree, Massachusetts.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Mrs. Adams cared for her children at their Braintree home while her husband was an accomplished lawyer. With the American Revolution, she was left largely alone for ten years to run their household. She joined her diplomat husband in Europe in 1784 where they spent eight months in Paris and three years in London. They returned to the United States in 1788 where John Adams served as vice president and president. Abigail spent equal time at the capital and at her family home.

In reviewing her letters from her husband's political life, she shows her commitment to politics and her Federalist beliefs. Even though she suffered through periods of serious illness, she was known as a personable and pleasant individual. After the presidency, she was happy to return to Braintree and resume farming and caring for her family. She died at home of typhoid fever.

CITATION

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