Abbie K. Mason

Abbie K. Mason (September 1861 – August 7, 1908) was a Black American suffragist. She was known as the president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and taught the lessons of Frederick Douglass at the Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Rochester, New York.

Biography Abbie K. Mason was born September 1861 in New York. In 1888, she married Reverend James Edward Mason. He served as a pastor at the oldest African-American church in Rochester, New York, at Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (also known as Memorial AME Zion Church or Zion Church). Frederick Douglass died on February 20, 1895, and Rev. James Edward Mason and Rev. Wesley A. Ely of Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church participated in the last rites.

In August 1901, Abbie K. Mason founded and was president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, their chapter had nine women and most had already been connected to the Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

Abbie K. Mason died on August 7, 1908.