Eliza B. K. Dooley

Eliza Bellows King Dooley (May 31, 1880 – August 7, 1958), also seen as Elisa B. K. Dooley, was an American government official, artist, and writer. She was appointed US District Commissioner of Immigration in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1933.

Eliza B. K. Dooley
A middle-aged white woman with light hair and glasses
Eliza B. K. Dooley, from a 1933 newspaper photo
Born
Eliza Bellows King

May 31, 1880
Hudson, Wisconsin
DiedAugust 7, 1958 (aged 78)
Condado, Puerto Rico
Other namesElisa B. K. Dooley
Occupation(s)Government official, artist, writer
Known forPuerto Rican Cook Book (1948)

Early life

Eliza Bellows King was born in Hudson, Wisconsin,[1] the daughter of Charles Frederick King and Ella Frances Hoyt King. She graduated from Hudson High School in 1900.[2] She studied art and taught piano and organ as a young woman.[2][3]

Career

Dooley visited her brother in Puerto Rico as a young woman,[4] and moved there with her new husband in 1904. She was appointed US District Commissioner of Immigration in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1933.[5][6][7] In 1933, she was "slightly injured" when a rock was thrown at her car, and struck her, during a gasoline strike.[8][9] She was an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1924,[10] 1928, 1932 (unable to attend),[11] and 1940, representing Puerto Rico.[12]

Dooley painted landscapes and seascapes in Puerto Rico; her paintings and etchings were published as postcards and exhibited in New York. She also wrote about Puerto Rico, in her books The Old Churches of San Juan (1935),[13] Puerto Rican Cookbook (1948, illustrated by Dooley, with an introduction by Muna Lee),[14] and Old San Juan (1955, illustrated by Dooley).[15] She created at least two maps, "Old World Porto Rico"[16] and "Cuba Ever Faithful Isle" (1941).[17] In 1942, she presented on "Puerto Rican Folk Traditions" at the National Folk Festival in Washington, D.C.[18]

Dooley donated military items and family letters to the Wisconsin Historical Society in the 1940s.[19] She was regent of the Puerto Rican chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Personal life

Eliza B. King married Henry Williamson Dooley, a businessman from Brooklyn, in 1904.[20][21] He died in 1932.[22] They had a daughter, Mary. Eliza B. K. Dooley died in 1958, in Condado, Puerto Rico, and her grave is in the Puerto Rico National Cemetery at Bayamón.[3]

References
  1. Black, Ruby A. (1933-10-23). "Wisconsin Woman Named for Post in Puerto Rico". The Post-Crescent. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. The King Family of Suffield, Connecticut, Its English Ancestry, A.D. 1389-1662, and American Descendants, A.D. 1662-1908: Comprising Numerous Branches in Many States of the United States, Also Appendices Containing Information Concerning Some of Its Maternal Ancestors. Press of the Walter N. Brunt Company. 1908. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-598-56168-8.
  3. "Eliza Bellows King Dooley Biography". Annex Galleries Fine Prints. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  4. Watkins, Thomas W. (1937-05-23). "Mrs. Henry Dooley, of Puerto Rico, Resident There Since War of '98". The Morning Call. pp. 5, 22. Retrieved 2022-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Two Appointed". Dayton Daily News. 1933-10-21. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Hines, Elizabeth (1939-05-21). "Woman Solves Legal Tangles Of Puerto Rico; Eliza Dooley, in Immigration Post, Brings Human Touch To Difficult Problem". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  7. "Wins U.S. Post in Puerto Rico". Lansing State Journal. 1933-11-28. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Mrs. Henry W. Dooley of Brooklyn Hit by Rock in Porto Rican Strike". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1933-12-29. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Fail to Effect Truce in Gasoline Price War". Freeport Journal-Standard. 1933-12-29. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Lincoln, G. Gould (1924-07-10). "Davis Selection Victory for East". Evening Star. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Curley Delegate to Convention". The Boston Globe. 1932-06-27. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Eliza B. K. Dooley". The Political Graveyard. Archived from the original on 2001-07-02. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  13. Dooley, Eliza Bellows King (1935). Old Churches of San Juan.
  14. Dooley, Eliza Bellows King (1948). Puerto Rican Cookbook. Dietz Press.
  15. Dooley, Eliza Bellows King (2005). Old San Juan. Puerto Rico Almanacs. ISBN 978-0-9765853-1-2.
  16. Dooley, EBK (1930s). "Old World Porto Rico #424269866". Worthpoint. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  17. Dooley, Eliza B. K. "Cuba Ever Faithful Isle". Old Imprints. Archived from the original on 2021-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  18. Yohn, Madge (1942-05-04). "All Around the Town". The Capital Times. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "The State". Wisconsin Magazine of History. 26: 371. March 1943.
  20. Hamersly, Lewis Randolph; Leonard, John William; Mohr, William Frederick; Holmes, Frank R.; Knox, Herman Warren; Downs, Winfield Scott (1924). Who's who in New York City and State. L.R. Hamersly Company. p. 376.
  21. "Brooklynite is Active in Porto Rican Affairs". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1912-11-17. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. "Henry W. Dooley of Porto Rico Dies; Democratic Committeeman for Island Succumbs to Attack of Acute Indigestion". The New York Times. 1932-03-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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