Remember When: A Founding Father Was Asked to Remember the Ladies?

October 30, 1735—John Adams was born
He would go on to become a founding father, the nation’s second president, and one of the loudest voices for American independence. A fierce defender of liberty, Adams helped shape a democracy built on bold ideals—but also bound by the limits of his time.

He fought for freedom from monarchy—yet never imagined a world where women, Black Americans, or Indigenous people would share equally in that freedom.

But someone close to him did.

In 1776, his wife Abigail wrote him a letter urging him to “remember the ladies” as he and his colleagues forged a new government. She warned that if women were left out, “we are determined to foment a rebellion.”

John Adams laughed off her words. But history didn’t.

Centuries later, the nation he helped found is still reckoning with that unfinished promise.
Every march. Every vote. Every protest. Every woman who speaks out and leads—it’s part of that long, unfinished American story.

John Adams helped ignite a revolution.
But it's the people—all the people—who keep it going.

🗳️ When we vote, we shape the democracy he helped imagine.
When we demand more, we bring it closer to justice.