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Woman of the Century — Abby Hopper Gibbons (1893)

“ In 1871 she aided in founding the New York Infant Asylum. In 1873 she founded the New York Diet Kitchen She has for years been active in the management of these and other institutions. Her life has been one of singular purity and exaltation With all her charity for the criminals, she believes in the prevention of crime by reasonable methods. All the prominent philanthropies of New York bear the impress of her spirit and hand. ”
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