Eleanor Abbott

Eleanor R. Abbott (September 9, 1910 - December 1, 1988) was a game designer and teacher who in the 1940s invented the popular game Candy Land. As a sufferer from polio she designed the game while in a hospital in San Diego as a way for children to pass the time while recuperating. Note: This is a different person than Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (September 22, 1872 in Cambridge, Massachusetts - 1958 in Portsmouth,…