Abigail Hopper Gibbons
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 130 years ago |
Date of birth | December 7,1801 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Philadelphia |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | January 16,1893 |
Died | New York |
New York | |
United States | |
Resting place | New York |
Parents | Isaac Hopper |
Other name | Abby |
Books | Life of Abby Hopper Gibbons: Told Chiefly Through Her Correspondence |
Children | Lucy Gibbons Morse |
Current partner | James Sloan Gibbons |
Known for | abolitionism |
prison reformation | |
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ID | 825152 |
Abigail Hopper Gibbons Life story
Abigail Hopper Gibbons, née Abigail Hopper was an American abolitionist, schoolteacher, and social welfare activist. She assisted in founding and led several nationally known societies for social reform during and following the Civil War. She grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a Quaker family.