Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893
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Gibbons, Abby Hopper, 1801-1893
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Surname :
Gibbons
Forename :
Abby Hopper
Date :
1801-1893
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Gibbons, Abigail Hopper, 1801-1893
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Surname :
Gibbons
Date :
1801-1893
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Hopper, Abigail, 1801-1893
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Surname :
Hopper
Forename :
Abigail
Date :
1801-1893
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Gibbons, Abigail, 1801-1893
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Surname :
Gibbons
Forename :
Abigail
Date :
1801-1893
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Biographical History
Abby Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893), daughter of Isaac T. Hopper (1771-1852), was an important figure in many of the reform movements of the mid- and late nineteenth centuries, especially abolition and her work with the Women's Prison Association and Isaac T. Hopper Home. In 1833, she married fellow Hicksite Quaker, James Sloan Gibbons (1810-1892), a member of the New York Yearly Meeting of Friends.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/40964180
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88678262
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n88678262
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2821620
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Society of Friends
Quakers
Quakers
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Abolitionists
Nurses
Prison reformers
Quaker abolitionists
Quakers
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Philadelphia
PA, US
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Birth
New York
NY, US
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Death
Point Lookout
MD, US
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Gibbons worked as a nurse here during the Civil War.
New York
NY, US
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