Elizabeth W. Greenwood

Elizabeth Ward Greenwood (1849/1850 – November 28, 1922) was an American social reformer in the temperance movement, and evangelist in the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Early on, she became involved in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). She served as President of a large Union, Superintendent of Scientific Temperance Instruction in her state; National Superintendent of Juvenile work; and World's and National Superintendent of Evangelistic work. As lecturer, preacher, evangelist, she held immense audiences in most conservative churches, also lecturing in jails, asylums, factories and halls. For 20 years, Greenwood preached during the summer to a large congregation, near her country home, ministering also in homes, and at funerals. Though she was a Methodist, for some years, she attended upon the ministry of Dr. Richard Salter Storrs, of Brooklyn.

Early life and education Elizabeth Ward Greenwood was born to affluent parents in Brooklyn, New York, in 1849, or 1850. Her parents were Joseph M. Greenwood, Brooklyn lawyer, and Cynthia (Ward) Greenwood of Sheffield, Massachusetts. Greenwood was born in the old family home in Brooklyn, and lived there the greater part of her life.