Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot
Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot (May 25, 1834 – December 12, 1920) was an American diarist and philanthropist.
Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Rogers Mason May 25, 1834 |
| Died | December 12, 1920 (aged 86) |
| Burial place | Walnut Hills Cemetery |
| Spouse |
Walter Channing Cabot
(m. 1860; died 1904) |
Cabot was born in Boston on May 25, 1834 to a prominent Boston family. Her parents were William Powell Mason, a prominent lawyer, and Hannah Rogers Mason, a descendent of Harvard president John Rogers and of Thomas Dudley, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] Growing up, Cabot lived in Boston and spent her summers in Walpole, New Hampshire. She married Walter Channing Cabot, son of Samuel Cabot Jr., in 1860; the couple had five children and lived in Brookline and Manchester, Massachusetts.[2]
Cabot died December 12, 1920 at her home in Brookline, Massachusetts.[1][2]
Philanthropy
Cabot was involved in running the Home for Aged Colored Women in Boston, as well as the Children's Aid Society and the Woman's Education Association.[2]
She was also a member of the Federal Street Unitarian Church (the congregation continues at the Arlington Street Church), where she taught Sunday school.[2][3]
Diary
Cabot's diary was published by Beacon Press in 1991 under the title, More Than Common Powers of Perception. The diary was edited by P. A. M. Taylor.[3][4]
References
- "Collection: Diaries of Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot, 1859-1906 | HOLLIS for". hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- "Rogers-Mason-Cabot Family Papers". Massachusetts Historical Society. 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- "Notable Women C - UUHHS". uuhhs.org. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
- "More Than Common Powers of Perception: The Diary of Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot. Ed. by P. A. M. Taylor. (Boston: Beacon, 1991. xvi + 357 pp. $25.00, ISBN 0-8070-5104-7.)". academic.oup.com. Retrieved 2022-09-23.