Abigail Bush

Abigail Bush
Abigail Norton Bush
Born
Abigail Norton

(1810-03-19)March 19, 1810
DiedDecember 10, 1898(1898-12-10) (aged 88)
Burial placeAlhambra Pioneer Cemetery
38°01′06″N 122°08′43″W / 38.0182°N 122.1452°W / 38.0182; -122.1452
EraWomen's Rights Movement
Organization(s)Rochester Female Charitable Society
Western New York Anti-Slavery Society
Known forFirst woman to preside over a public meeting
Spouse
Henry Bush
(m. 1833)
Children4
RelativesBush family (through marriage)

Abigail Norton Bush (March 19, 1810 – December 10, 1898) was an abolitionist and women's rights activist in Rochester, New York. She served as president of the Rochester Women's Rights Convention, which was held in 1848 immediately after the first women's rights convention, the Seneca Falls Convention. By doing so, Bush became the first woman to preside over a public meeting composed of both men and women in the U.S.[1]

  1. ^ Mary Huth (1995). "Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement: The Seneca Falls and Rochester Conventions". University of Rochester Library. Retrieved October 4, 2016.