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Elisabeth G. Stryker
A 19th-century writer of short religious biographies, she is best known for bringing missionary history to younger and general readers in a clear, encouraging style. Her surviving works focus on lives of faith, service, and reform.
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A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818
by Elisabeth G. Stryker
About the author
Elisabeth G. Stryker was an American author born in 1856 and remembered today mainly for brief biographical works with a Protestant missionary focus. Public-domain and library records connect her with A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818, first published in 1888, a life of Samuel J. Mills that was later preserved by Project Gutenberg and LibriVox.
That same year, her name also appeared with Sarah J. Rhea on Life of Henry Martyn, Missionary to India and Persia, 1781 to 1812, published by the Woman's Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions of the Northwest. Taken together, these books suggest a writer interested in making religious history vivid and accessible through compact life stories rather than large scholarly biographies.
Some modern catalogs list her lifespan as 1856–1936, but the easily available online evidence is limited, so many personal details about her life remain unclear. What can be said with confidence is that her work belongs to a late 19th-century tradition of inspirational biography that aimed to inform readers while encouraging moral purpose and Christian service.