Introduction

Biography

Lizzie was the daugh­ter of min­is­ter Jo­seph Ben­son Ak­ers (1829–1889) of the Me­tho­dist Cen­tral Penn­syl­van­ia Con­fer­ence, and Hen­ri­et­ta Gal­li­gher.

Her mo­ther died when she was se­ven years old, and she de­vel­oped ju­ve­nile arth­ri­tis in her low­er ex­tre­mi­ties at age 11.

Graduating from Wil­liams­port Dick­in­son Sem­in­ary (now Ly­com­ing Col­lege) in 1885, she settled in Bell­wood, Penn­syl­van­ia, and worked for the Al­too­na Tribune for three de­cades.

She then worked as the Bell­wood tax col­lec­tor, and as a seam­stress.

Finally, she served in the Cra­dle Roll De­part­ment at the Bell­wood Me­tho­dist Church for 64 years.