Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot

Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot (1834–1920) was an American diarist and philanthropist.

Photograph of Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot

Cabot was born in 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 in 1860; the couple had five children and lived in Brookline and Manchester, Massachusetts.[2]

Cabot died in 1920 (aged 85).[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 (also known as 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
  1. "Collection: Diaries of Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot, 1859-1906 | HOLLIS for". hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
  2. "Rogers-Mason-Cabot Family Papers". Massachusetts Historical Society. 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. "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.
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