Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams (née Smith; November 22, [O.S. November 11] 1744 – October 28, 1818) was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, as well as the mother of John Quincy Adams. She was a founder of the United States, and was the first second lady of the United States and second first lady of the United States, although such titles were not used at the time. She and Barbara Bush are the only two women to have been married to U.S. presidents and to have been the mothers of other U.S. presidents.Adams's life is one of the most documented of the first ladies: she is remembered for the many letters she wrote to her husband John Adams while he stayed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the Continental Congresses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abigail Adams has received more than 3,731,434 page views. Her biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Abigail Adams is the 423rd most popular companion (up from 437th in 2019), the 1,978th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,072nd in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Companion.