The phrase "Remember the Ladies" was famously written by Abigail Adams in a letter to her husband, John Adams, in March 1776. In this letter, Abigail urged John and the other founding fathers to consider the rights and interests of women as they were forming the new government of the United States. Her full appeal was: "Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors," highlighting an early call for women's rights and recognition in the new nation's laws.