Phebe Ann Hanaford’s Followers (2)

Phebe Ann Hanaford

Born

in Nantucket Island, The United States

May 06, 1829

Died

June 02, 1921

Genre

Biography, Memoir

edit data

By Loretta Cody:

Phebe Ann Coffin was born on May 6, 1829 into a Quaker family on Nantucket Island. Attending Friends Meetings as a child she learned to trust the Inner Voice giving her personal faith in Divine guidance. She lived amidst women who bore the responsibilities of daily life as the whaling men were at sea. These two influences made Phebe an extraordinarily independent woman. She was educated in public and private schools on the island, tutored in mathematics and Latin and her talents were encouraged at home. She spoke openly of her desire to be a Quaker preacher. She took the pledge at an early age and at age 18 was chaplain and treasurer of the Daughters of Temperance and Deputy Grand Worthy Chief Templar in the Grand Lodge of M By Loretta Cody:

Phebe Ann Coffin was born on May 6, 1829 into a Quaker family on Nantucket Island. Attending Friends Meetings as a child she learned to trust the Inner Voice giving her personal faith in Divine guidance. She lived amidst women who bore the responsibilities of daily life as the whaling men were at sea. These two influences made Phebe an extraordinarily independent woman. She was educated in public and private schools on the island, tutored in mathematics and Latin and her talents were encouraged at home. She spoke openly of her desire to be a Quaker preacher. She took the pledge at an early age and at age 18 was chaplain and treasurer of the Daughters of Temperance and Deputy Grand Worthy Chief Templar in the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.

She taught school on Cape Cod and in Nantucket until her marriage in 1849 to Dr. Joseph H. Hanaford, a homeopathic physician and school teacher. She joined her husband’s Baptist church. Their son, Howard, was born in 1841 and their daughter, Florence, in 1854.

Living in Beverly during the Civil War, her commitment as an abolitionist led her to relinquish her Quaker pacifism. As her marriage was failing she supported and educated her children with her writing. Her contact with Universalist women opened up a world of activism for the rights of women. In 1870 she began a forty year friendship with coworker Ellen Miles. Ellen was her constant companion until her death in 1914. After Ellen’s death Phebe lived with her granddaughter in Basom, New York where she was isolated from the activities she enjoyed. Both her children predeceased her. She voted in the New York election but not in the federal election of 1920. The family moved to Rochester, New York where she died alone in her bedroom on June 2, 1921. She was buried in an unmarked grave in Orleans, New York next to her daughter Florence Hanaford Warner.

Loretta Cody is author of 'A Mighty Social Force: Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford 1829-1921'
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8... ...more

Combine Editions
Phebe Ann Hanaford’s books

Average rating: 4.44 · 9 ratings · 0 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Daughters Of America: Or Women Of The Century 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1877 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public Service 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1883 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	FROM SHORE TO SHORE And other poems it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lucretia, The Quakeress or Principle Triumphant 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1853 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Martyred President 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Captive Boy in Terra Del Fuego (Classic Reprint): Being an Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the Ship Manchester, and the Adventures of the Sole White Survivor 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The life and writings of Charles Dickens 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frank Nelson, or the Runaway Boy 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart Of Siasconset 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of George Peabody: Containing a Record of Those Princely Acts of Benevolence Which Entitle Him to the Esteem and Gratitude of All Friends of 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Phebe Ann Hanaford…

Quotes by Phebe Ann Hanaford (?)

“The Dedication: "TO ALL LYOAL MEN AND WOMEN, NORTH AND SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, TO THE UNION ARMY AND NAVY, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE LONG-OPPRESSED RACE FOR WHOM PRESIDENT LINCOLN WROTE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, THIS RECORD OF HIS STAINLESS LIFE AND MARTYR'S DEATH IS NOW INSCRIBED.”
― Mrs. P. A. Hanaford

0 likes

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Goodreads Librari...: Clean up X	856	1003	Aug 07, 2023 05:03AM
Goodreads Librari...: Clean Up XI	973	1117	Jul 26, 2026 06:23PM