Gibson

(Ellen Elvira), American lecture , b. Winchenden, Ma . 8 May, 1821, and became a public school teacher. Study of the Bible brought her to the Free thought platform. At the outbreak of the American Civil War she organised Ladies’ Soldiers’ Aid Societies, and was elected chaplain to the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Artillery. President Lincoln endorsed the appointment, which was questioned. She has written anonymously Godly Women of the Bible , and has contributed to the Truth seeker , Boston Investigator , and Ironclad Age , under her own signature and that of “Lilian.”