[1] She held positions of authority with the Massachusetts, National, and World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.)
Gordon was the author of Women torch-bearers; the story of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1924), a story-history of the W.C.T.U.
It was the first time the entire history of the organization, records, documents and other data were gathered into one volume.
Elizabeth (nickname, "Bessie") Putnam Gordon was born in Boston, Massachusetts, November 25, 1851.
[3][4] She was the author of Women torch-bearers; the story of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1924), a story-history of the W.C.T.U.