Abby Fisher Leavitt (1836 – May 23, 1897) was an American social reformer and one of the prominent figures of the Ohio Women's Crusade.

[5] In 1854, at the age of nineteen, Leavitt graduated from the Young Ladies' High School of her native town.

Besides leading in plans for the promotion of home and foreign missionary work, teaching in Sunday-school, visiting the poor, and interesting herself particularly in the young people of the church, Leavitt was State Secretary of the Baptist Women's Foreign Missionary Society of Ohio, where her efforts resulted in a marked increase in contributions to the work.

[4] When the crusade burst upon the women of Ohio, Leavitt was among the first to take her place in the ranks of workers, and, on the principle of the "survival of the fittest," was at once promoted to the leadership of the "Praying Band."

[4] On May 16, 1874, while engaged in this work, Leavitt, with forty-two others, wives of clergymen and other leading citizens, was arrested and taken to jail.

Being denied admission to a saloon, they knelt upon the pavement, and just as Leavitt began singing, "Rock of ages, cleft for me," a policeman laid his hand on her shoulder, saying, "You are my prisoner."

There, they held a prayermeeting, in the midst of which stood the mayor, unable to escape, while men were weeping on every side.