Elizabeth Almira Allen

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| name = Elizabeth Almira Allen

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| alt = A painting made of Elizabeth Almira Allen

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| birth_date = February 27, 1854

| birth_place = Joliet, Illinois, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1919|5|3|1854|2|27}}

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| nationality = American

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| occupation = Educator

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Elizabeth Almira Allen (February 27, 1854 — May 3, 1919)Lurie, Maxine N., Mappen, Marc (2004). Encyclopedia of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. {{ISBN|0-8135-3325-2}}. was an American teacher, teachers' rights advocate, and the first woman president of the New Jersey Education Association.Burstyn, Joan N. (1990). Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. {{ISBN|9780810822016}}. Allen was born in Joliet, Illinois, daughter of James and Sarah J (Smith) Allen on February 27, 1854, and the eldest of five children. By 1867, the family had moved to New Jersey.

Allen advocated for teachers' pensions. In 1896, the first statewide teacher retirement law in the U.S. was passed in the New Jersey State Legislature.{{cite web |url=https://www.ssa.gov/history/1600.html |title=Social Security History |website=Social Security Administration |access-date=January 22, 2018 |quote=}}