ABSTRACT
ABBOTT, EDITH (1876-1957) A pioneer in American SOCIAL WORK, education, and reform. Edith Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska, to parents who were passionate about social and political issues. Her father was the fi rst lieutenant governor of Nebraska and her mother a pacifi st who championed woman suffrage and abolishing slavery in the United States. Both Edith and her younger sister, GRACE ABBOTT, became involved in the social problems of the day.
