Abigail Hopper Gibbons, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Abigail Hopper Gibbons

American abolitionist, reformer, activist and Civil War nurse

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1801

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 16-Jan-1893

Profession: teacher, nurse

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Abigail Hopper Gibbons, née Abigail Hopper (December 7, 1801 – January 16, 1893) 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.
Her father, Isaac Hopper, opposed slavery (as did many among Quakers by then) and aided fugitive slaves.
She grew to share her father's beliefs and spent much of her life working for social reform in several fields.
In 1841, the New York Monthly Meeting disowned Gibbons' father and husband for their anti-slavery writing.
Abigail Gibbons resigned the following year, also removing her minor children.Gibbons was prominent during and after the American Civil War.
Her work in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C.; and New York City, New York, was for civil rights and education for blacks, prison reform for women, medical care for Union officers during the war, aid to veterans returning from the war, to help them find work; and welfare.
Because Gibbons was a known abolitionist, her house had been among those attacked and destroyed during the New York City draft riots of July 1863.