Post-war
Following the war, Gibbons founded the Labor and Aid Society, which aided returning veterans find work. In furtherance of her mission with women prisoners, she co-founded The Isaac T. Hopper Home, named for her father. It assisted former women prisoners to integrate into society after their release. As a result of her working on notable social reform movements, she corresponded with other nationally prominent leaders, including Theodore Roosevelt, Lydia Maria Child, and Joseph H. Choate.
Her concern for women and children led Gibbons to found the New York Diet Kitchen (to serve infants, the elderly and the poor). She had also served as president of the New York Committee for the Prevention and Regulation of Vice, directed to control prostitution, drinking and gambling.
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