Ep. 112 – Abigail Adams
May 25, 2026 · 6 min · 7 segments
We can't talk about the life of John Adams without talking about his wife, Abigail. They were a team! This episode introduces Abigail Adams.
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May 25, 2026 · 6 min · 7 segments
We can't talk about the life of John Adams without talking about his wife, Abigail. They were a team! This episode introduces Abigail Adams.
[upbeat music] Abigail was born as Abigail Smith in 1744, so she was about nine years younger than her future husband, John.
But like her future husband, she was also from Massachusetts, a place called Weymouth, and her father was also in the clergy, but they were from very different social circles.
Abigail's mother, Elizabeth, came from the prominent Quincy family, and her dad, Reverend William Smith, was part of a prestigious part of the Congregational Church.
So she was of a much higher social rank.
And while women at that time didn't get a lot of formal education in a school, Abigail was still educated.
She had access to her father's library and was even encouraged to use it.
And her mother helped her study topics like politics that most women never learned about.
They also cared about the community, with Abigail and her mother taking care of the poor and sick around them.
[upbeat music] Abigail was born as Abigail Smith in 1744, so she was about nine years younger than her future husband, John.
But like her future husband, she was also from Massachusetts, a place called Weymouth, and her father was also in the clergy, but they were from very different social circles.
Abigail's mother, Elizabeth, came from the prominent Quincy family, and her dad, Reverend William Smith, was part of a prestigious part of the Congregational Church.
So she was of a much higher social rank.
And while women at that time didn't get a lot of formal education in a school, Abigail was still educated.
She had access to her father's library and was even encouraged to use it.
And her mother helped her study topics like politics that most women never learned about.
They also cared about the community, with Abigail and her mother taking care of the poor and sick around them.
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