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Elizabeth Putnam Gordon
BornNovember 25, 1851
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedNovember 30, 1933
Castile Sanitarium, Castile, New York, U.S.
Other namesElizabeth P. Gordon
Occupations
  • temperance advocate
  • author
  • editor
Notable workWomen torch-bearers; the story of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Elizabeth Putnam Gordon (November 25, 1851 – November 30, 1933) was an American temperance advocate, author, and editor.[1] She held positions of authority with the Massachusetts, National, and World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.) organizations. Gordon was the author of Women torch-bearers; the story of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1924), a story-history of the W.C.T.U.'s fifty years of activity. It was the first time the entire history of the organization, records, documents and other data were gathered into one volume.

  1. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "GORDON, Miss Elizabeth P.". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 326–27. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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