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Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Bell (November 25, 1857 – January 3, 1923) was an American businesswoman, and the daughter of Boston lawyer Gardiner Green Hubbard. She was the wife of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the first practical telephone. From the time of Mabel's courtship with Graham Bell in 1873, until his death in 1922, Mabel became and remained the most significant influence in his life. Folklore ...
Mar 13, 2020 · Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Bell, aeronautics financier, community leader, social reformer and advocate for the deaf (born 25 November 1857 in Cambridge, Massachusetts; died 3 January 1923 in Chevy Chase, Maryland). Bell actively supported and contributed to the work of her husband, inventor Alexander Graham Bell. Her financial investment in his work made her the first financier of the aviation industry in North America.
Other articles where Mabel Hubbard Bell is discussed: Alexander Graham Bell: One of Bell’s students was Mabel Hubbard, daughter of Gardiner Greene Hubbard, a founder of the Clarke School. Mabel had become deaf at age five as a result of a near-fatal bout of scarlet fever. Bell began working with her in 1873, when she was 15 years old. Despite a…
Feb 14, 2012 · Mabel Gardiner Hubbard was only five years old when scarlet fever rendered her deaf for life. At the age of 17, she would meet a young Scottish speech therapist who was destined to shape her life ...
Aug 14, 2018 · Mabel Gardiner Hubbard Bell was a leader in her adopted community of Baddeck, Nova Scotia, and the active partner of her husband, inventor Alexander Graham Bell. After losing her hearing as a child, American-born Mabel continued to speak and learned to read lips with the encouragement of her parents, who advocated the oral method of education for the deaf. She provided crucial support to Alexander Bell’s work as an inventor and scientist, personally financing the Aerial Experiment ...
Jul 5, 2024 · One of Bell’s students was Mabel Hubbard, daughter of Gardiner Greene Hubbard, a founder of the Clarke School. Mabel had become deaf at age five as a result of a near-fatal bout of scarlet fever. Bell began working with her in 1873, when she was 15 years old. Despite a 10-year age difference, they fell in love and were married on July 11, 1877. They had four children, Elsie (1878–1964), Marian (1880–1962), and two sons who died in infancy.
Mabel Hubbard Bellis remembered as far more than her husband’s companion. She was a tireless advocate, encouraging women to educate themselves and effect changes in various areas of society, including health, home industries, women’s suffrage, children’s labor and children’s education. Mabel’s contributions to the community of Baddeck, the province of Nova Scotia and to Canada spanned the years 1885 -1922. Many would say her prime accomplishment was as the first woman in the world ...
Oct 1, 2018 · Mabel Gardiner (Hubbard) Bell was born on November 25, 1857. Due to scarlet fever at age 5, she was completely deaf. She married Alexander Graham Bell on July 11, 1877 and the couple had four children. She funded her husband's formation of the Aerial Experiment Assocation, a research group formed to build flying aicraft. She died on January 3, 1923 of pancreatic cancer.
Jul 28, 2010 · Alexander Graham Bell married Mabel Gardiner Hubbard (1857–1923) in July 1877. Mabel Bell shared her husband’s scientific interests, and was co-founder (and funder) of the Aerial Experiment Association. She also undertook her own horticultural experiments. They enjoyed a close relationship with both sets of parents. Bell worked closely with his father-in-law, while his own parents moved to Washington, DC, to be close to their son and his family. ...
Born Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, Nov 25, 1857, in Cambridge, Massachusetts; died of pancreatic cancer, Jan 3, 1923, in Canada; dau. of Gertrude McCurdy Hubbard and Gardiner Greene Hubbard (lawyer, businessman, and member of Massachusetts State Board of Education, died 1897); m. Alexander Graham Bell (inventor), July 11, 1877 (died 1922); children: Elsie May Bell (b. May 8, 1878, who m.
