Albion Fellows Bacon

Albion Fellows Bacon was an American social reformer and writer from Evansville, Indiana. As Indianas foremost municipal housekeeper, a Progressive Era term for women who applied their domestic skills to social problems plaguing their communities, Bacon had a range of reform interests. She is best remembered for her efforts to improve housing standards and her work on tenement reform. A recognized expert in the field of housing reform, Bacon was persistent in her efforts to secure passage of legislative proposals for the issue, which resulted in passage of housing legislation in Indiana in 1909, 1913, and 1917. Bacon earned a national reputation as a social reformer that resulted in her appointment to the Presidents Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership and served on its standards and objectives committee.

Albion Fellows was born on April 8, 1865, in Evansville, Indiana. She was the youngest daughter of Reverend Albion and Mary Fellows. Her father, a Methodist minister, died a few weeks before her birth, Albions mother returned to her hometown of McCutchanville, Indiana, where she established a home and raised Albion and her two older sisters. Albion later attributed her early life in a small, rural town as a motivation in her efforts to achieve urban reform.

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