Elizabeth D. Bacon

Elizabeth Daken Bacon was born on March 19, 1844, in Cranston, Rhode Island.{{Cite journal |last=Watt |first=Kathryn |title=Biographical Sketch of Elizabeth D. Bacon |url=https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1011147515 |journal=Biographical Database of NAWSA Suffragists, 1890-1920 |via=Alexander Street}} Bacon's grandfather, John Wilbur, was a Quaker minister and led a split in Quaker theology. Bacon went to public school in Providence, Rhode Island, and attended Providence High School, graduating in 1864.{{Cite news |date=1917-12-13 |title=Mrs. E. D. Bacon Dies from Burns |pages=8 |work=Hartford Courant |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116760895/hartford-courant/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |via=Newspapers.com}} She taught public school for a few years before she married James Gillispie Bacon in Providence on October 6, 1869.{{Cite news |date=1895-11-06 |title=Elizabeth D. Bacon |pages=7 |work=The Waterbury Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116763451/the-waterbury-democrat/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |via=Newspapers.com}} The couple had one daughter in 1873.

Bacon was involved with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and became interested in women's suffrage. She was a member of the Hartford Equal Rights Club.{{Cite news |date=1906-11-02 |title=The New President |pages=1 |work=The Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116763273/the-journal/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |via=Newspapers.com}} She testified before the United States Congress Committee on Woman Suffrage on January 28, 1896.{{Cite book |last=54th Congress |url=http://archive.org/details/reporthearingbe00conggoog |title=Report of hearing before the Committee on Woman Suffrage, January 28, 1896 |date=1896 |publisher=Washington : G.P.O. |others=Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |via=Internet Archive}} She was also involved with women voter registration and school board issues.{{Cite news |date=1906-03-10 |title=Women Voters |pages=5 |work=Hartford Courant |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116763620/hartford-courant/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=1899-03-23 |title=Meeting of Women |pages=8 |work=Hartford Courant |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116759679/hartford-courant/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=1910-04-12 |title=Republicans Hold Series of Caucuses |pages=15 |work=Hartford Courant |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116759626/hartford-courant/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |via=Newspapers.com}} In 1906, she became president of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association (CWSA), serving in that capacity until 1910.{{Cite book |last=Harper |first=Ida Husted |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aX5KAAAAYAAJ&q=connecticut |title=The History of Woman Suffrage |publisher=J.J. Little & Ives Company |year=1922 |isbn= |location=New York |pages=69 |author-link=Ida Husted Harper}}{{Cite news |date=1910-10-29 |title=Mrs. Mary J. Rogers is Chosen Treasurer of State Suffragists |pages=1 |work=Record-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116763942/record-journal/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |via=Newspapers.com}} Bacon's daughter, Ellen M. Bolles, followed in her mother's footsteps and had served as secretary of the Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association.

Bacon died on December 12, 1917, from burn injuries sustained in her home while doing housework. She was buried next to her husband in the Old North Cemetery.

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