Josephine Sophia White Griffing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josephine Sophia White Griffing

American activist

Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1814

Place of Birth: Hebron, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1872

Profession: writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Josephine Sophia White Griffing (December 18, 1814 – February 18, 1872) was an American reformer who campaigned against slavery and for women's rights.
She was born in Hebron, Connecticut on December 18, 1814 but later settled in Litchfield, Ohio.
There she worked as a lecturer for the Western Anti-Slavery Society and Ohio Women's Rights Association.
At the end of the American Civil War she moved to Washington, D.C., to help work with the unemployed freedmen.
Much of her work was done through the Freedmen's Bureau, where she worked as an assistant to the assistant commissioner and as an agent.
Griffing was also active in several women's rights organizations.
She died in Washington, D.C.
on February 18, 1872.