Rebecca Salome Foster, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rebecca Salome Foster

missionary/prison relief

Date of Birth: 24-Oct-1848

Place of Birth: Alabama, United States

Date of Death: 22-Feb-1902

Profession: missionary

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Rebecca Salome Elliott Foster (October 24, 1848 - February 22, 1902) was an American woman from Alabama known as a City Missionary and prison relief worker in New York City at the city jail.
She became known as the "Tombs Angel" because she attended to suspects held before trial at The New York Halls of Justice and House of Detention (otherwise known as "The Tombs").
She expanded her caring to provide guidance and sometimes small financial support, job seeking assistance, and other aids to newly released prisoners, trying to help them in the transition to the outside world, before the field of probation officer was established in 1901.