Elnora M. Babcock

Elnora M. Babcock
"A Woman of the Century"
BornElnora E. Monroe
January 11, 1852
Columbus, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 29, 1934(1934-12-29) (aged 82)
Dunkirk, New York, U.S.
OccupationSuffragist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materJamestown High School, Lyons Musical Academ
Literary movementSuffrage
Spouse
John W. Babcock
(m. 1870)

Elnora E. Monroe Babcock (née Monroe; January 11, 1852 – December 29, 1934) was a pioneer leader in the American suffrage movement. She became actively interested in suffrage work in 1889 and for several years had charge of the press work for the National Woman Suffrage Association. She lived in Dunkirk, New York since 1880. Her name was inscribed on a bronze tablet in the New York State Capitol at Albany, with the names of other prominent suffragists.[1] Babcock died in 1934.

  1. ^ "Elinor Monroe Babcock Funeral services". Newspapers.com. Warren, Pennsylvania. Warren Times Mirror. 31 December 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2017.