Elizabeth Elkins

Elizabeth Elkins Sanders (1762–1851), born Elizabeth Elkins, was an American writer and social critic from Salem, Massachusetts who became a fierce advocate for Native American rights and a critic of American cultural imperialism starting in the 1820s[1][5]. Beginning at age 66, she published anonymous pamphlets decrying the treatment of Native Americans and Pacific Islanders, including the influential work Conversations, Principally on the Aborigines of North America[1][2]. She is also known for her advocacy on prison reform, education for the poor, and health reform[2].