BACON, Margaret Hope

ABBY HOPPER GIBBONS; Prison reformer and social activist

Albany NY: State University of NY, (2000). First printing. 8vo, pp. xvii, 217. Notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated with several portraits. Paper wraps. About as new. Item #47936

Gibbons (1801-1893) was an abolitionist/feminist who was especially concerned with the treatment and rehabilitation of women prisoners. She also served as a nurse during the Civil War, and protected escaping slaves.

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