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The Part Taken by Women in American History

1912

A 1912 book on women's roles in American history, with a biographical section on Abigail Smith Adams.

This secondary biography includes a sketch of Abigail Adams's early life and family.

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This is a 1912 written work that surveys the lives of notable American women, including a biographical sketch of Abigail Smith Adams covering her birth and family.

Why it matters

Published more than a century after Abigail Adams's life, the book reflects how later generations wrote women back into American history, often focusing on domestic details like family and birth that earlier histories ignored.

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  • Why might a 1912 author choose to highlight Abigail Adams's birth and family first?
  • What does this kind of book suggest about how women's history was often told separately from men's?
  • How reliable is a biography written over a century after its subject's life?

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