Answer: It tells us that there was a lot of change going on as time progressed.
Seven years after their daughter's birth, they split up because Melba wants to be a reporter and work, and John wants a housewife. Melba goes to journalism school at Columbia and becomes a reporter.
Archaeologists and Anthropologists
The election was between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. It was a battle between Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans. Thomas Jefferson win supporting the Democratic-Republicans. John Adams lost who supported the Federalists. So because of Jefferson we now have the Democratic-Republican party.