Elizabeth Baker Bohan

Elizabeth Baker Bohan (, Baker; August 18, 1849 – August 27, 1930) was a British-born American author, journalist, artist, and social reformer. She had a special interest in the reconstruction of the penal system. She published two novels, Un Americano, A Story of the Mission Days of California and The Drag-Net, A Prison Story of the Present Day (1909, illustrated by Langdon Smith).

Early life and education Elizabeth Claire Baker was born in Birmingham, England, August 18, 1849. Her parents were Joseph and Martha (Boddington) Baker. They came to the United States in 1854 and lived most of the time in Wisconsin.

She received her education in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin public schools. From her earliest youth, she practiced composition. At school, she not only wrote her own essays but many for her schoolmates.

Career For a time, Bohan worked as a teacher, and resided in West Bend, Wisconsin.

On September 2, 1872, in Milwaukee, she married Michael Bohan (b. 1832, Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland). He was then editor of the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, Journal, and previously editor of the West Bend, Democrat. The couple lived in Milwaukee with their four children, Arthur Baker, Edmonde (or Edmund) Russell, Martha Boddington, and Florence Claire. In 1894, Bohan removed to Los Angeles.

Selected works Poems

"Sunny thoughts" (1885, poem)

Novels

Un Americano, A Story of the Mission Days of California (1895) The Drag-Net, A Prison Story of the Present Day (1909, illustrated by Langdon Smith)

Serial stories "The Burro Girl" "The Strength of the Weak"