Abigail Adams was one of the most politically engaged women of the American founding era, a sharp thinker who used her letters to advocate for women’s rights, challenge slavery, and shape her husband’s presidency from behind the scenes. This talk explores her remarkable life and political voice during the Revolution and early republic. But Abigail’s story didn’t end with her death: We’ll also trace how later generations, from suffragists to contemporary activists, rediscovered and reclaimed her words in their own fights for women’s full place in democracy.