Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot

Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot
Born
Elizabeth Rogers Mason

May 25, 1834
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedDecember 12, 1920 (1920-12-13) (aged 86)
Brookline, Massachusetts
Burial placeWalnut Hills Cemetery
Spouse
Walter Channing Cabot
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(m. 1860; died 1904)​
Children5
Parent(s)William Powell Mason
Hannah Rogers

Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot (May 25, 1834 – December 12, 1920) was an American diarist and philanthropist.

Early life

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.

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]

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]

Personal life

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Collection: Diaries of Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot, 1859-1906 | HOLLIS for". hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  2. ^ a b c d "Rogers-Mason-Cabot Family Papers". Massachusetts Historical Society. 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Notable Women C - UUHHS". uuhhs.org. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  4. ^ "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.