Born in Victoria, British Columbia - her father was Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1823-1915). She graduated from Oberlin in 1884 becoming one of the earliest graduates in the United States, was a teacher, social and civic activist, and author of journal and newspaper articles. She married Willliam Henry Hunt (1869-1951) who had been secretary to Mifflin Gibbs while Gibbs was U.S. consul to Madagascar at Tamatave. When Gibbs resigned in 1901 due to advanced age, Hunt was appointed to the position. Because William Hunt received various assignments as U.S. consul, the Hunts spent the next twenty-seven years abroad. William Hunt's work took him to Tamatave (1904-06); St. Etienne, France (1906-26); Guadeloupe, in the West Indies (1927-28); St. Michaels, in the Azores (1929); and Monrovia, Liberia (1931-32). In late 1932 the Hunts resettled in Washington when William Hunt was reassigned to the State Department for a brief period. He retired from public service in 1932 and died on December 19, 1951. He is most likely buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery also. More extensive bio info can be found in Jessie Carney Smith, ed., Notable Black American Women, Book II, Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Inc. (1996), pp. 212-213.
Born in Victoria, British Columbia - her father was Mifflin Wistar Gibbs (1823-1915). She graduated from Oberlin in 1884 becoming one of the earliest graduates in the United States, was a teacher, social and civic activist, and author of journal and newspaper articles. She married Willliam Henry Hunt (1869-1951) who had been secretary to Mifflin Gibbs while Gibbs was U.S. consul to Madagascar at Tamatave. When Gibbs resigned in 1901 due to advanced age, Hunt was appointed to the position. Because William Hunt received various assignments as U.S. consul, the Hunts spent the next twenty-seven years abroad. William Hunt's work took him to Tamatave (1904-06); St. Etienne, France (1906-26); Guadeloupe, in the West Indies (1927-28); St. Michaels, in the Azores (1929); and Monrovia, Liberia (1931-32). In late 1932 the Hunts resettled in Washington when William Hunt was reassigned to the State Department for a brief period. He retired from public service in 1932 and died on December 19, 1951. He is most likely buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery also. More extensive bio info can be found in Jessie Carney Smith, ed., Notable Black American Women, Book II, Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Inc. (1996), pp. 212-213.
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