Abby Hopper Gibbons (1801–1893)

[Abigail].  American philanthropist, born in Philadelphia, PA, on the 7th of December 1801; died in New York City on the 10th of January 1893. She was a daughter of Isaac T. Hopper, an abolitionist; married James Sloan Gibbons in 1833, and early became interested in the reform movements of the time, giving particular attention to the condition of women and children. She was instrumental in the act of the legislature of New York establishing the State Reformatory for Women and Girls, and was one of the directors of the Diet Kitchen Association, of the Isaac T. Hopper Home and of the Women’s Prison Association.