Thread by @CBoomerVazquez

“The American resistance placed a great deal of emphasis on property rights, but marriage laws prevented most married women from enjoying property rights.” amrevmuseum.org/virtualexhibit… #July4 #IndependenceDay #womenshistory 1/

#womenshistory: “In a letter dated March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John Adams, urging him and the other members of the Continental Congress not to forget about the nation’s women when fighting for #America’s #independence.” history.com/.amp/this-day-… 2/

#WomensHistory: “I desire you would Remember the Ladies.” -Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, 31 March #1776 masshist.org/digitaladams/a…
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“We know better than to repeal our Masculine systems.” -Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 14 April 1776 masshist.org/digitaladams/a… 3/

“Abigail’s letter clearly connected the fight against the tyranny of the British king to women’s, and more specifically wives’, fight against the tyranny of husbands and long-standing laws that limited women’s rights.” amrevmuseum.org/virtualexhibit… #July4 #womenshistory 4/

“#Women served in #combat during the #RevolutionaryWar. They defended their homes from attack, acted as spies, and hundreds, if not thousands, followed the army in the field.” amrevmuseum.org/virtualexhibit… #July4 #IndependenceDay #womenshistory 5/

“Enslaved women began questioning their status in the new nation as a result of the #AmericanRevolution. In 1781, Freeman won her freedom in court. Her case helped set a precedent prohibiting #slavery in the state of Massachusetts.” amrevmuseum.org/virtualexhibit… #womenshistory

Museum of the American Revolution’s Index:
#StateConstitutions (1776-1790) amrevmuseum.org/virtualexhibit…

“July 5, 1852, Douglass gave a speech at an event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence…’This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.’” pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4… #4thOfJuly #AmericanHistory #IndependenceDay ushistory.org/declaration/mo…

“we cannot forget, even in this glad hour, that while all men of every race, and clime, and condition, have been invested with the full rights of citizenship under our hospitable flag, all women still suffer the degradation of disfranchisement.” awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/2017/03/21/dec… #July4th

July 4, 1876—Susan B. Anthony:” “‘The history of our country the past hundred years has been a series of assumptions and usurpations of power over woman, in direct opposition to the principles of just government’” awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/2017/03/21/dec… #july4thweekend #women #History

“appreciation to the figures in our history who battled for the reforms that allowed us to adhere more closely to the commitment to equality embodied in the Declaration of Independence.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/… 📸: “Liberty and Washington, 1800-1810, oil on canvas” #July4th

“Anthony ‘envisioned a Nation where women helped make the laws and elect the lawmakers. She envisioned a Nation that protected the rights and privileges of all Americans, regardless of skin color, sex, or any other physical characteristics.” govinfo.gov/features/susan… #SusanBAnthony

“Civil War and Reconstruction: In 1861, the nation erupted into civil war over the issue of slavery. #FrederickDouglass worked tirelessly to make sure that emancipation would be one of the war's outcomes.” nps.gov/frdo/learn/his… #USHistory

“#AbigailAdams was one of the first advocates of women’s equal education and women’s property rights. Adams had strong feelings about marriage and believed women should take more part in decisions rather than simply serve their husbands.” nps.gov/wori/learn/his… #USHistory

“‘all men are created equal’: ‘With each passing generation, our notion of who that statement covers has expanded. It is that promise of equality that has always defined our constitutional creed.’” news.stanford.edu/press-releases… #4thOfJuly #IndependenceDay #USHistory