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Elizabeth Putnam Sohier
American philanthropist · United States · On the map · Business Professionals · Lived 1847 to 1926 · aged 79
Elizabeth Putnam Sohier (1847-1926) was an American advocate for libraries. A member of Boston's wealthy class, she persuaded the Massachusetts Legislature to establish the Free Library Commission in 1890 - the first of its kind in the United States.
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She and Anna Eliot Ticknor became the first women appointed to a United States state library agency when they were appointed to that commission in 1890. As a member of the Free Public Library Commission for thirty-six years, she worked tirelessly to ensure that every city and town in Massachusetts had a library. She also worked to encourage these libraries, once established, to expand collections and circulation. In 1952 the Commission was renamed the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.
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