It is always within my power to build a bridge...
They still stand tall.
Women have been trying since the start. Abigail Adams begs her husband to listen. He was amused...
Abigail Adams, our first lady intellectual, John Adam’s wife, wrote desperate letters to her husband and urged Jefferson in writing the declaration to add “Women”, not just “men” to the document. It did NOT make it in! In 1776 she begs her husband to remember the ladies....
“I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could.” John Adams’ answer was that he could not help but laugh at her “saucy” letter..
image - Brooklyn Bridge (finished by Emily Roebling. In acknowledgment of her contributions, Emily was the first person to drive a team of horses across the new bridge. She fought for women's rights.)