Born: March 19 1810, United States
Died: December 10 1898
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Abigail Norton
Abigail Norton Bush was an American abolitionist and women’s rights activist in Rochester, New York. She served as president of the Rochester Women’s Rights Convention, held in 1848 immediately after the Seneca Falls Convention. As such, Bush became the first woman to preside over a public meeting composed of both men and women in the U.S.