" I long to hear that you have declared an independency- and by the way , in the Code of Law which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would Remember the Ladies , and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power in the hands of Husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have not voice , or Representation. "
Abigail Adams to Her Husband John Adams ( prominent member of the second continental congress which crafter the Declaration of Independence ) Boston 1776