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1898
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Born July 17 in Springfield, Ohio.
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1917
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Begins attending Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
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1918-1921
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Visits New York City, where she meets with Dadaists Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, as well as writers Djuna Barnes, Malcolm Cowley, and Sadikichi Hartmann.
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1921
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Arrives in Paris, France.
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1923
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Arrives in Berlin, Germany.
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1928
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Acquires Eugene Atget's (1857-1927) prints and negatives to promote his oeuvre. Later Abbott organizes publications of Atget's photographs, whose archive is purchased by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1968.
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1929
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Returns to New York City and opens a portrait studio.
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1935-1958
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Teaches photography at the New School for Social Research, New York.
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1956
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Purchases a roadside inn in Blanchard, Maine, which eventually becomes her new home, after she leaves her Commerce Street studio in New York City.
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1991
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Dies in Monson, Maine.
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