Edith Abbott: Quick Facts


Facts

Born September 26, 1876 • Grand Island • Nebraska
Died July 28, 1957 (aged 80) • Grand Island • Nebraska
Founder “Social Service Review”
Notable Family Members sister Grace Abbott

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Clark Kerr
American educator
Jovita Idár
Jovita Idár
Mexican American journalist, teacher, and activist
Nina Otero-Warren
Nina Otero-Warren
American civil rights activist and educator
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
American activist
Jane Addams in a black-and-white profile portrait, facing right, wearing a high-collared dress, photographed in 1914.
Jane Addams
American social reformer
Breckinridge, Sophonisba Preston
Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge
American social worker, educator and lawyer
May Eliza Wright Sewall.
May Eliza Wright Sewall
American educator and reformer
Porter, Eliza Emily Chappell
Eliza Emily Chappell Porter
American educator
Mary Church Terrell
Mary Eliza Church Terrell
American social activist
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Janie Porter Barrett
American welfare worker and educator
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Ellen Gates Starr
American social reformer
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Australian author
Johann Friedrich Oberlin, engraving by Henri Charles Muller (1784-1846)
Johann Friedrich Oberlin
German educator
August Hermann Francke
August Hermann Francke
German religious leader
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Mary Garrett
American educator
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Julia Evelina Smith
American suffragist
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Abby Hadassah Smith
American suffragist
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Karl Augustus Menninger
American physician
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William Claire Menninger
American physician
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Charles Frederick Menninger
American physician