Eliza Bellows King Dooley (May 31, 1880 – August 7, 1958), also seen as Elisa B. K. Dooley, was an American government official, artist, and writer. She was appointed US District Commissioner of

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in 1933.

Early life

Eliza Bellows King was born in

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, the daughter of Charles Frederick King and Ella Frances Hoyt King. She graduated from Hudson High School in 1900. She studied art and taught piano and organ as a young woman.

Career

Dooley visited her brother in Puerto Rico as a young woman, and moved there with her new husband in 1904. She was appointed US District Commissioner of Immigration in

in 1933. In 1933, she was "slightly injured" when a rock was thrown at her car, and struck her, during a gasoline strike. She was an alternate delegate to the

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in 1924, 1928, 1932 (unable to attend), and 1940, representing Puerto Rico. Dooley painted landscapes and seascapes in Puerto Rico; her paintings and etchings were published as postcards and exhibited in New York. She also wrote about Puerto Rico, in her books ''The Old Churches of San Juan'' (1935), ''Puerto Rican Cookbook'' (1948, illustrated by Dooley, with an introduction by Muna Lee), and ''Old San Juan'' (1955, illustrated by Dooley). She created at least two maps, "Old World Porto Rico" and "Cuba Ever Faithful Isle" (1941). In 1942, she presented on "Puerto Rican Folk Traditions" at the National Folk Festival in

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Dooley donated military items and family letters to the

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in the 1940s. She was regent of the Puerto Rican chapter of the

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Personal life

Eliza B. King married Henry Williamson Dooley, a businessman from Brooklyn, in 1904. He died in 1932. They had a daughter, Mary. Eliza B. K. Dooley died in 1958, in

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, and her grave is in the

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at Bayamón.

References

External links

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Dooley vs. The Registrar of Property
' (1907), a case heard by the

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, affirming a married woman's (Dooley's) right to have a property transaction recorded in her name {{DEFAULTSORT:Dooley, Eliza B. K. 1880 births 1958 deaths Burials at Puerto Rico National Cemetery Democratic Party (Puerto Rico) politicians People from Hudson, Wisconsin People from Santurce, Puerto Rico 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American women artists American cookbook writers