Abby Hadassah Smith

Abby Hadassah Smith (June 1, 1797 July 23, 1879) was an early American suffragist who campaigned for property and voting rights from Glastonbury, Connecticut. She was a subject of the book Abby Smith and Her Cows in which her sister Julia Evelina Smith told the story of a tax resistance struggle they undertook in the suffrage cause.

Abby Hadassah Smith
Abby Hadassah Smith (right) and her sister Julia Evelina Smith (left)
BornJune 1, 1797 
Glastonbury 
DiedJuly 23, 1879  (aged 82)
Occupation
  • Suffragist 
FamilyJulia Evelina Smith 
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