Question

What role did Abigail Adams envision for women in the new republic?

What does Murray’s essay reveal about women’s roles in the post-revolutionary United States?

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A staunch believer in improved educational opportunities for women, Murray's essays were vital to the post-Revolutionary notion of “Republican Motherhood.” Advocates, notably Abigail Adams and Murray, argued that the success of the new nation required intelligent and virtuous citizens—and since the education of ...