Immediately, ripple effects were seen across the country from those affected by the revolution, mostly women. The revolution really opened up new opportunities for women to expand their repertoire in the community. They became more than ordinary housewives, they began to take more interest in politics and the education system. Abigail Adams, one of the most articulate and influential women of the Revolutionary era, believed that women should be thought of more equally than men and represented this with her husband, President John Adams (211). In one of Abigail Adam's letters to her husband, she reasons with him about men's treatment of women and asks him to only think about recognizing women in society while in the Continental Congress. Equality towards women grew a little, maybe it wasn't much, but it was a stepping stone for women to achieve true equality in the future. This hope for women's equality was a great incentive for women to join this country. This improvement in the status of women in society contributed to the growth of America during this period