Edith Mitchell Dabbs (November 10, 1906–1991) was an American Civil rights activist and writer from South Carolina known for her focus on Saint Helena and Penn Center.
[6] She worked within the white women's progressive Christian organization to assist black Sea Islanders and to integrate churches.
[7] Dabb's compiled Face of an Island, a book presenting newly discovered Leigh Richmond Miner's photographs of Saint Helena residents in 1970.
The photographs, documented by Miner who was a teacher at the time, depicted the citizens of Saint Helena Island, their homes, and their surroundings.
[11] The Sea Island Diary was not well-received, one reviewer noted that Dabbs was a "very amateur historian" and that her book was flawed because it used only a few "primary resources" and lacked a map of Saint Helena.