Hide all research tools Print this article Link to this article
Link to this article

CloseClose

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Abigail_Kelley_Foster.aspx" title="Facts and informations about Abigail Kelley Foster">Abigail Kelley Foster</a>

Add this article to Del.icio.usShare this article on FacebookBookmark this article on FurlShare this article on Ma.gnoliaSubmit this article to RedditGive this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon
Show all research tools

Research topic: Abigail Kelley Foster

Related pictures

Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Rate these pictures

Abigail Kelley Foster

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Abigail Kelley Foster 1810-87, American abolitionist and advocate of women's rights, b. near Amherst, Mass. Abby Kelley, as she was known to her contemporaries, began her crusade against slavery in 1837 after teaching in several Quaker schools. In 1845 she married Stephen S. Foster, a radical abolitionist and reformer. As one of the first female lecturers before sexually mixed audiences, she was often greeted by listeners with extreme hostility. After suffering a great deal of abuse, even from fellow abolitionists, she began to devote more of her efforts toward women's rights. During the... Read more
Abigail Kelley Foster
Encyclopedia of World Biography Abigail Kelley Foster American reformer Abigail Kelley Foster (1810-1887) was a pioneer in the abolitionist...and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. In 1845 Miss Kelley married Stephen Symonds Foster. He too had endured many mob actions, was noted... Read more
Abigail Kelley Foster
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ...she married Stephen S. Foster (1809–81), a prominent abolitionist who joined her lecture tour. In the 1850s she added temperance and women's rights to her lecture topics. Abigail Kelley Foster Abigail Kelley Foster Abigail Kelley Foster Read more

Related research topics

Free newspaper and magazine articles

Free Article New/reinstated members, Winter 2006.
Magazine article from: Tennessee Nurse; 12/22/2006

For Students and teachers!

HighBeam Encyclopedia provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: