Cuffed & Coiffed

10/16/2026

Come to Peacefield tomorrow to meet Abigail Adams during Quincy Open Heritage Day!

10/11/2026

Not for the first or last time, I spent this morning at the top of a hill in the middle of a residential neighborhood in Quincy, dressed up like Abigail Adams, hanging out with a cairn that bears her name, probably making the neighbors think I'm a ghost.

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09/01/2026

Website upgrade! I've added a few pages to reflect more of the living history work I've been doing, as well as wig services. Check it out, and let me know if you want to plan a program with Abigail Adams or another revolutionary figure!

Living HistoryPrograms Plan a Living History Event With Me "An Extraordinary Code of Laws"Abigail Adams's hopes for a better America in 1776 Created in collaboration with Adams National Historical Park in honor of the 250th anniversary of Abigail Adams’s "Remember the Ladies" letter in March 2026 ...

07/26/2026

Today, Abigail Adams, not one to let time go to waste while sitting outside speaking with visitors in the yard, alternately mended children's clothing and critiqued edits made to the final draft of the Declaration of Independence.

One more day of 250th programming at Adams NHP tomorrow!

By the way, can you tell how much I love Burnley and Trowbridge reproduction prints? So sad my little one has grown out of the toddler gown I'm mending!

07/23/2026

I'll be back at Adams NHP this weekend, July 25-26!

Join me outside of the JA and JQA birthplaces for readings of the Declaration of Independence, followed by Abigail Adams's reflections on the Declaration and the American Revolution - 10:15 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.

Adams Farm at Penn's Hill, 141 Franklin St, Quincy, MA

https://www.nps.gov/adam/planyourvisit/250-anniversary.htm

07/06/2026

Next up - Tea in Early America at the Salisbury Public Library, tomorrow 7/7 at 5pm!

04/01/2026

To top off Women's History Month and the 250th of the Remember the Ladies letter, on Monday I had the pleasure of joining Phillis Wheatley, Mercy Otis Warren, and Martha Washington at for the reception preceding their program "Founding Women: Ideas of Independence." The panel discussion was stimulating, and we got to visit artifacts such as Abigail's letters from the Adams Papers and the hair jewelry she exchanged with Mercy Otis Warren. I have such a cool life!

04/01/2026

Some stills of "An Extraordinary Code of Laws" performed in the John Quincy Adams Birthplace in Quincy, MA for the 250th anniversary of Abigail Adams's "Remember the Ladies" letter, March 29, 2026.

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04/01/2026

There are no words to describe how meaningful it was to craft and perform my new play "An Extraordinary Code of Laws" with Adams National Historical Park for the 250th anniversary of Abigail Adams writing "Remember the Ladies." Debuting the program in the Church of the Presidents (the final resting place of Abigail, John, John Quincy, and Louisa Catherine), discussing her life and legacy with an esteemed panel of experts whose work I've studied extensively in the creation of this portrayal, and staging the one-woman show comprised of Mrs. Adams's letters in the house where she wrote them - I don't think I'll ever feel worthy of it all.

As we examine her undoubtedly remarkable fortitude, ingenuity, grace, and intellect,  it is tempting to view her as a singular example of an extraordinary woman in a time and culture where women were barred from being extraordinary. Mrs Adams, however, would caution you from holding any one woman up as an emblem of female accomplishments. “It is a pity,” she once lamented to her cousin John Thaxter, “a mind contracted enough to wish that but one woman in an age might excel, and she only for the sake of a prodigy. What must be that genius which cannot do justice to one lady, but at the expense of the whole sex?” Let us honor her legacy, then, by remembering all ladies. As Mrs. Adams both preached and practiced: remember the women of the past,  support the women of the present, and build a better world for the women of the future.