Abigail Goodrich Whittelsey was an American educator, magazine founder, and editor from Connecticut. A teacher and a matron at a female seminary in her early career, she helped to establish a female seminary in Utica, New York. Whittelsey was actively involved with the Maternal Association. She also founded two periodicals, Mother’s Magazine and Mrs. Whittelsey’s Magazine for Mothers.
- Occupation
- magazine editor, writer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 29, 1788
- Died
- July 16, 1858
