Abby W. May [photograph], [ca. 1850].

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Abby W. May [photograph], [ca. 1850].

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Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case of the Boston, Mass. reformer Abby W. May (1822-1891), attributed to John Adams Whipple and taken circa 1850.

1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w ; visible image 7 x 5 1/2 cm. (sixth-plate), in case 9 x 7 3/4 cm.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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May, Abby W. (Abby Williams), 1829-1888

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Chairman of the New England Women's Auxiliary Association which was a branch of the U.S. Sanitary Commission. The organization provided hygienic and sanitary help not provided by the government during the Civil War. From the description of Copy book, March 22, 1865-March 21, 1866. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52751215 Abby W. May was a social reformer living in Boston, Massachusetts. From the description of Letter of Abby W. May, n....

Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891

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Served with the New England Women's Auxiliary Association of the United States Sanitary Commission, 1861-1866; Freedmen's Aid Society, 1866-1873; founded the New England Women's Club, 1868; Boston School Committee representative, 1875-1878; member of the Massachusetts Board of Education, 1879-1888; president of the Massachusetts School Sufrrage Association, 1880-1888; member and president of the Massachusetts Society for the University Education of Women, 1880-1886; and member of the Association...