Elizabeth Cabot Putnam

Elizabeth Cabot Putnam

Elizabeth Cabot Putnam was the oldest of the five children of Charles Gideon Putnam and Elizabeth Cabot Jackson Putnam. She worked as a schoolteacher until 1873, when she became involved in social welfare reform. She revitalized the state's guardianship and home visitation program for delinquent minors, served as secretary for the trustees of the Board of State Primary and Reform Schools, served on the board of directors of the Lyman School for Boys and the Industrial School for Girls, and was one of the principal organizers of the Massachusetts Public School Association. In her later years, Putnam became an advocate for civil rights and education for African Americans. She continued to speak, write, and lobby for her causes until shortly before her death at age 86.

• Census: Residence (1850) Boston, ward 7, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: Residence (1855) Ward 07, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: Residence (1860) 7th Ward Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: Residence (1865) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: Residence (1870) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: Residence (1910) Boston Ward 11, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Census: Residence (1920) Boston Ward 8, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Burial: Forest Hills, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States