"Record of a Life, or My Story"

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"Record of a Life, or My Story" is the autobiographical memoir of Louisa Catherine Adams, offering a rare first-person account of her experiences as the wife of U.S. President John Quincy Adams and an observer of early American and European political life.

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instanceOf autobiographical memoir ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
about John Quincy Adams presidency ⓘ
Louisa Catherine Adams ⓘ
U.S. foreign relations with Europe ⓘ
social expectations of women in the early 1800s ⓘ
associatedWith Adams political family ⓘ
linked to: Adams family

John Quincy Adams ⓘ
author Louisa Catherine Adams ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
describes diplomatic life in Europe ⓘ
experiences as wife of John Quincy Adams ⓘ
role of women in early American politics ⓘ
social life in early Washington, D.C. ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
hasNotableCharacteristic eyewitness perspective on early American diplomacy ⓘ
focus on personal and political experiences ⓘ
rare first-person account by a U.S. First Lady ⓘ
historicalPeriodCovered early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
mainSubject European political life ⓘ
early American political life ⓘ
life of Louisa Catherine Adams ⓘ
marriage to John Quincy Adams ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
workLocation Europe ⓘ
United States ⓘ

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Louisa Catherine Adams → notableWork → "Record of a Life, or My Story" ⓘ