Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot

Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot 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. 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. She was also a member of the Federal Street Unitarian Church, where she taught Sunday school.
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.

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.
Cabot died December 12, 1920, at her home in Brookline, Massachusetts.