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3 unusual facts about Edith Abbott


Edith Abbott

Abbott was known to be a confidant and special consultant to Harry Hopkins, adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Othman A. Abbott

Abbott and his wife Elizabeth were married on February 9, 1873 and subsequently had four children; Othman A. Jr., Edith, Grace, and Arthur G. Grace Abbott and Edith Abbott became well-known social workers.

Paul Schuster Taylor

Taylor's research career was launched by the progressive sociologist Edith Abbott.


Julia Lathrop

In 1890 Lathrop moved to Chicago where she joined Jane Addams, Ellen Gates Starr, Alzina Stevens, Edith Abbott, Grace Abbott, Florence Kelley, Mary McDowell, Alice Hamilton, Sophonisba Breckinridge and other social reformers at Hull House.


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