Eliza Pickrell Routt

Eliza Franklin Pickrell was born in Springfield, Illinois Both of her parents were from Kentucky. She was orphaned early in her childhood and then lived at the home of her grandfather Colonel William Franklin Elkins. Along with Abraham Lincoln, he was one of the "Long Nine" who averaged six feet tall and represented Sangamon County, Illinois between 1836 and 1837 in the legislature. She received a good education, which involved study abroad and travel. In 1874, she married Colonel John Long Routt, who was the second assistant Postmaster-General. They were married in Decatur, Illinois at the home of her uncle. They then traveled to Washington, D.C. ==Political and community works==

The year following her marriage, Routt moved to Colorado with her husband, who President Ulysses S. Grant had appointed the Territorial Governor of Colorado. In 1876, Colorado was made a state and John Routt was the state's first governor and she was the original and an active first lady, She helped to found the Old Ladies' Home, as a member of the Ladies' Relief Society. She helped find a building for the Women's Home Club, now the YWCA, where young women lived. In 1881, she co-founded the Denver Orphans Home Association. ==Suffragist==

'' Routt joined the Non-Partisan Suffrage Association of Colorado. She was the elected president of The City League of Denver, an active proponent of the women's suffrage movement. ==Death and legacy==