"remember the ladies"

Abigail Adams (March 1776)  Asked husband John Adams to "remember the ladies" in an age when women were seen as strictly domestic.  Do not put such unlimited power into 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 determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.

Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814) was a political writer and propagandist of the American Revolution. In the eighteenth century, topics such as politics and war were thought to be the province of men 

The Cult of Domesticity/Republican Motherhood
Woman’s status was beginning to change slightly, albeit perceptually. Mothers were looked upon as needing to raise children and instill republican ideals into them; this is known as Republican Motherhood.  

According to the ideals of the cult of domesticity, women were supposed to embody perfect virtue in all senses. The women who abided by and promoted these standards were generally literate . Women were put in the center of the domestic sphere and were expected to fulfill the roles of a calm and nurturing mother, a loving and faithful wife, and a passive, delicate, and virtuous creature.