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Mrs. or Mrs is a commonly used English honorific for women, usually for those who are married and who do not instead use another title or rank, such as Doctor, Professor, President, Dame, etc. In most
Mrs. used in 1899 to distinguish a married woman from her husband whose name she is using
Abigail Adams
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Abigail Adams was the wife and closest advisor of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States. She is widely co
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…may be used as is in written correspondence, or it may be abbreviated Mmes. Originally, Mrs was used with a woman's own first name and married surname. Abigail Adams, for example, was addressed as Mrs. Abigail Adams. In the 19th century, it became common to use the husband's first name instead of the wife's. Jane…
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800–1815
Abigail Adams's birthplace in Weymouth, Massachusetts
Abigail Smith Adams – 1766 portrait by Benjamin Blyth
John Adams – 1766 portrait also by Blyth