Remembering the Ladies: From Patriots in P etticoats to Presidential Candidates \;(based on her book of the same name). Carol Simon Levin portrays Abigail Adams &mdash\; who famously wrot e to her husband John asking that the Continental Congress\, &ldquo\;Remem ber the ladies&rdquo\; when drafting new laws for the new nation &mdash\; something the new Congress definitely did not do! \; &ldquo\;Abigail&r dquo\; then looks forward in time to tell the stories of courageous and te nacious women of all colors and creeds who fought to enhance women&rsquo\; s political participation &mdash\; from Dolley Madison to the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848\, the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment granting wome n the right to vote and the pioneering female activists and politicians wh o&rsquo\;ve worked to extend women&rsquo\;s economic\, social\, and politi cal rights into the 21st century.
\n"Remembering the Ladies: From Pa triots in Petticoats to Presidential Candidates" is available as a free e- book here: \; https://tellingherstories.com/book-remembering-the-ladies/ \;
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