Abby Kelley Foster | |
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 Abby Kelley Foster | |
| Born | Abigail Kelley January 15, 1811 |
| Died | January 14, 1887 (aged 75) |
| Other names | Abby Kelley |
| Occupation(s) | American abolitionist and women's suffragist |
| Spouse(s) | Stephen Symonds Foster (m. 1845)[1] |
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Abby Kelley Foster (January 15, 1811 – January 14, 1887) was an American abolitionist and radical social reformer active from the 1830s to 1870s. She became a fundraiser, lecturer and committee organizer for the influential American Anti-Slavery Society, where she worked closely with William Lloyd Garrison and other radicals. She married fellow abolitionist and lecturer Stephen Symonds Foster in 1845, and they both worked for equal rights for women and for Africans enslaved in the Americas.[2]
Her former home of Liberty Farm in Worcester, Massachusetts, has been designated a National Historic Landmark.[3]
- ^ "Yours for Humanity -Abby: Timeline". Worcester Women's History Project (WWHP). 18 October 2008.
- ^ Sterling 1991, pp. 1–3, 14.
- ^ "Liberty Farm". NPS. Retrieved 2010-07-23.