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one of our Grandmothers, Abigail Adams
who was Wife of one President, and
Mother of another, to her Husband,
John Adams; - March 31st 1776; in which
she says: -"In the new code of laws
which it will be necessary for you
to make, I desire that you would
remember the ladies, and be more
generous and favorable to them,
than your ancestors. Do not put such
unlimited power in the hands of
the Husbands. - Remember all men
would be tyrants if they could. If
particular care and attention is
not paid to the ladies, we are deter-
mined to forment a rebellion, and
will not hold ourselves bound by any
laws in which we have no voice or
representation."

The article on "Self Control",
by Mrs. M. E. Holden, urged that of [/u]all[/u]
powers, that of [/u]self control[/u] should be
most earnestly cultivated. - In the
child, by the Parents, and that [/u]we[/u]
should [/u]all[/u] of us discipline ourselves
in little victories over little conflicts,
until the gradual subjugation of our
impulses to our judgment have devel_
oped [/u]wisdom[/u].

In the extract from "Duties of Women"
by Francis Power [Cobb], women were
advised caution in dealing with the
physician - To exercise their own judg-
ment as to their physical conditions