Elizabeth Lowell Putnam was born 2 February 1862 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States to Augustus Lawrence Lowell (1830-1900) and Katharine Bigelow Lawrence (1832-1895) and died 5 June 1935 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. She married William Lowell Putnam (1861-1924) 9 June 1888 in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
Biography
Early Life
Elizabeth Lowell was a member of the wealthy Boston, Massachusetts, Lowell family of Boston Brahmin ancestry. She was born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts] on 1862, the sister of Percival Lawrence Lowell and Amy Lowell and Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1856-1943).
Elizabeth Lowell Putnam (2 February 1862-1935) was born (as Bessie Lowell) in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Lowell of Boston. Elizabeth grew up on her families 10-acre (40,000 m2) estate, which later be called Sevenels for the seven (7) Lowells which comprised her family, including her brothers Abbott Lawrence and Percival and her sister Amy Lowell.
In 1888, Elizabeth married her third cousin and family lawyer William Putnam, Senior. She was known for her early activism for prenatal care.
In 1927, sometime after her husband's death, Elizabeth Lowell Putnam established the William Lowell Putnam Intercollegiate Memorial Fund in order to begin a college-level mathematics competition. This contest, which continues to this day, began in 1935 under the direction of the Mathematical Association of America. Since 1992, the competition has awarded the Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Prize for outstanding performance by a female contestant.
She was the maternal grandmother of McGeorge Bundy and William Putnam Bundy.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| George Putnam (1889-1960) | |||
| Katharine Lawrence Putnam (1890-1983) | 5 December 1890 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 6 June 1983 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | Harvey Hollister Bundy (1888-1963) |
| Roger Lowell Putnam (1893-) | |||
| Marriett Lowell Putnam (1897-1900) | |||
| Augustus Lowell Putnam (1899-1947) | |||
Siblings
Vital Records
References
- wikipedia:en:Elizabeth Lowell Putnam - Wikipedia
- Elizabeth Putnam - disambiguation
- Lowell in Massachusetts -
- Amory Family (Boston) -
- John Amory Lowell (1799-1881)/immigrant_ancestors - early Colonial New England immigrant ancestors
External links
- Elizabeth Lowell Putnam Papers.
- Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.