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Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford

1829–1921

American Universalist minister and author. Educated in Nantucket, Massachusetts, in public and private schools. Married Joseph Hibbard Hanaford in 1849. Pastor, Universalist Church, Hingham, Massachusetts, 1868–70; New Haven, Connecticut, 1870–4. While in New Haven, served as chaplain of the Connecticut legislature. Moved to the Church of the Good Shepherd, Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1874, but from 1877, when the congregation split over the issue of women's rights, preached for seven years in a public hall. Pastor, Second Universalist Church, Jersey City, 1884–91. Took part in various women’s causes. Compiled a biographical survey of the work of American women in all fields.

Sources

DAB

Notable American women

Bibliography

DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.

Notable American women: Notable American women, 1607–1950: a biographical dictionary. Edited by Edward T. James et al. 3 vols. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1971.

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