John Adams Quotes
I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.
John Adams, 1735-1826, 2nd President of the United States (Federalist, MA), Letter to Abigail Adams, February 13, 1779
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This particular rally targeted men rather than women. The nation was in a severe recession, and the audience of mostly men cried, “No!
He served a jail sentence in Britain for inciting race hatred.
Even as suave and sophisticated man as JFK was unsure of proper behavior with women involved in politics in the 1950s. In a way, this quotation shows us how far we have come in the half century following Kennedy’s statement.
Her husband had been assassinated. It is not uncommon that after a political assassination, the widow of the slain male politician, carries on the political legacy. But otherwise there are few female politicians in the Third World in general and the Middle East in particular. Arab and other cultures so severely restrict a woman’s mobility within the society that death of a husband or father seems to be the only vehicle whereby a woman enters politics.
Although she was living proof of a woman’s ability to accomplish what most men could not, she was always publicly differential to men and their sexism. Although she opposed women voting in Parliamentary elections, she did believe that women should vote in local elections where the understood the issues much better.
Actually, shortly thereafter some women in Egypt were allowed to be judges, but were not allowed to handle serious criminal cases on the grounds that women could not be hard enough to impose heavy punishment like the death penalty.
She was the 5th female member of the House and its first Jewish member. She was the first woman on the House Military Affairs Committee, and was one of the few Republicans who advocated spending for military preparedness. At the time of her service, many Republicans were strict isolationists and were opposed to peacetime military spending. They accused the Democrats of being war mongers for wanting preparedness and a stronger military, After WWII, most republicans became Hawks, and after the Vietnam War, many Democrats became Doves. After the Iraq War many Republicans became Doves when they discovered that the President (George W. Bush) had either lied to them and the public, or made a major intelligence blunder.
Nixon did however make some minor appointments of females. One irony of this statement is of all the Presidents in American history, he was probably the most erratic and emotional.
Puglia was an anti feminist. The stoa was the city square where men commonly congregated and discussed politicis.
John Adams Jr. was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain, and he served as the first vice president of the United States. Adams was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with many important figures in early American history, including his wife and adviser Abigail Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
