Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Edith Abbott
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Abbott, Edith
Related Questions
Read Next
Women casting their vote in New York City, c. 1920s. At Fifty-sixth and Lexington Avenue, the women voters showed no ignorance or trepidation, but cast their ballots in a businesslike way that bespoke study of suffrage."
Voting in the U.S.A.
Girl student writing in her notebook in classroom in school.
10 Common Questions Kids Have About School, Life, and Being a Student
Standardized test. Multiple choice exam sheet with pencil
Pro and Con: Standardized Tests
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter, Harriot--from a daguerreotype 1856
Celebrating Elizabeth Cady Stanton at 200
A young black girl voting on election day
Pro and Con: Lowering the Voting Age in the United States
Discover
Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,
Which Religion Is the Oldest?
Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.
Where Is “Old Zealand”?
Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.
6 Wars of Independence
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

Edith Abbott: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Edith-Abbott
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born September 26, 1876 • Grand Island • Nebraska
Died July 28, 1957 (aged 80) • Grand Island • Nebraska
Founder “Social Service Review”
Notable Family Members sister Grace Abbott

Photos

Abbott, Edith
See All Images →
Jovita Idár
Jovita Idár
Mexican American journalist, teacher, and activist
Nina Otero-Warren
Nina Otero-Warren
American civil rights activist and educator
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
American activist
Jane Addams
Jane Addams
American social reformer
Breckinridge, Sophonisba Preston
Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge
American social worker, educator and lawyer
May Eliza Wright Sewall.
May Eliza Wright Sewall
American educator and reformer
Porter, Eliza Emily Chappell
Eliza Emily Chappell Porter
American educator
Mary Church Terrell
Mary Eliza Church Terrell
American social activist
Janie Porter Barrett
American welfare worker and educator
Ellen Gates Starr
American social reformer
Catherine Helen Spence
Catherine Helen Spence
Australian author
Johann Friedrich Oberlin, engraving by Henri Charles Muller (1784-1846)
Johann Friedrich Oberlin
German educator
August Hermann Francke
August Hermann Francke
German religious leader
Mary Garrett
American educator
Bob Jones, Jr.
American clergyman and educator
Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
A. Bartlett Giamatti
American baseball commissioner
Charles Frederick Menninger
American physician
Julia Evelina Smith
American suffragist
Karl Augustus Menninger
American physician