ᵻlˈɪzəbəθ wˈɛlz kˈænən wˈɜːkt fɔːɹ fˈɪftiːn jˈɪɹz æz ɐ ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾɚ ænd ɐsˈɪstənt ˈɛdɪɾɚ fɚðə wˈʊmənz ɛkspˈoʊnənt, ɐ jˈuːtɔ sˈʌfɹɪdʒ pˈeɪpɚ pˈʌblɪʃt ænd ˈɛdɪɾᵻd baɪ hɜː mˈʌðɚɹ ˈɛmɪlˌaɪn bˈiː. wˈɛlz, ænd ʃiː kəntɹˈɪbjuːɾᵻd vˈɜːs ænd pɹˈoʊz tə vˈɛɹiəs mˌæɡɐzˈiːnz ænd nˈuːzpeɪpɚz.
Elizabeth Wells Cannon worked for fifteen years as a reporter and assistant editor for the Woman's Exponent, a Utah Suffrage paper published and edited by her mother Emmeline B. Wells, and she contributed verse and prose to various magazines and newspapers.