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Abigail Adams’ 1776 Smallpox Inoculation As Demonstration of Women’s Increased Independence in the American Revolution
Clarfield, Mary Lynn (2022-12-22)This thesis analyzes Abigail Adams’ efforts to inoculate herself and her children against smallpox in July 1776. She pursued the procedure independently, only informing her husband John Adams after the fact. Some scholarship ...