Hannah Tobey Farmer

Hannah Tobey Farmer
19th-century B&W portrait photo of a standing woman wearing a dark long dress with a white collar.
ca. 1880
Born
Hannah Tobey Shapleigh

March 20, 1823
Berwick, Maine, U.S.
DiedJune 27, 1891
Eliot, Maine, U.S.
Other names
  • (Mrs.) M. G. Farmer
  • Mabelle
Occupations
  • Philanthropist
  • social reformer
  • writer
Known forRosemary Cottage
Spouse
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(m. 1844)​
Children2, including Sarah Jane Farmer
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Hannah Tobey Farmer (née, Shapleigh; pen names, (Mrs.) M. G. Farmer or Mabelle; 1823-1891) was a 19th-century American philanthropist, writer,[1][2] and social reformer affiliated with the abolition and women's rights movements.[3]

  1. ^ The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. White. 1892. p. 362. Retrieved 28 April 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ McKanan, Dan (2017). "Hannah Tobey Farmer, "Hymn", 1870. By Patrice K. Curtis.". A Documentary History of Unitarian Universalism, Volume One: From the Beginning to 1899. Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. ISBN 978-1-55896-789-2. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  3. ^ Burr, Steven (1 April 2009). Lost York County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-62584-287-9. Retrieved 28 April 2024.