While John Adams was helping to write our first government, the Articles
of Confederation, his wife, Abigail Adams, wrote to her husband
suggesting that political and civil rights of women be considered. But
the time was not right for the political equality of the sexes. Women
were still considered second class citizens when it came to their
political and civic status. New Jersey even revoked its enfranchisement
of women in 1807 because too many women were taking advantage of the
right to vote. eugine is stupid
