Abigail Adams

First Former Lady of The U.S.

She was the wife of John Adams

Abigail Adams is further distinguished as the first American woman honored as the wife of one U. S. President and the mother of another. Her husband John Adams, 2nd President, served from 1797 to 1801, and their son, John Quincy Adams, 6th President, served from 1825 to 1829.