Elisabeth Elliot was a Christian missionary, author, and speaker.
13 Facts About Elisabeth Elliot
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Elisabeth Elliot later spent two years as a missionary to the tribe members who killed her husband.
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Elisabeth Elliot was born Elisabeth Howard in Brussels, Belgium, on December 21,1926; her family included her missionary parents, four brothers, and one sister.
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Elisabeth Elliot's family moved to the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the US when she was a few months old.
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Elisabeth Elliot studied Classical Greek at Wheaton College, believing that it was the best tool to help her with the calling of ultimately translating the New Testament of the Bible into an unknown language.
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Elisabeth Elliot continued her work with the Quichua for two more years.
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In October 1958, Elisabeth Elliot went to live with the Huaorani with her three-year-old daughter Valerie and with Rachel Saint.
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Elisabeth Elliot later returned to the Quichua and worked with them until 1963, when she and Valerie returned to the US.
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Elisabeth Elliot became a member of the Episcopal Church with her second husband.
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In 1981, Elisabeth Elliot was appointed writer-in-residence at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.
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From 1988 to 2001, Elisabeth Elliot could be heard on a daily radio program, Gateway to Joy, produced by the Good News Broadcasting Association of Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Elisabeth Elliot died in Magnolia, Massachusetts, on June 15,2015, at the age of 88.
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Elisabeth Elliot was survived by her third husband, Lars Gren; a daughter, Valerie Elliot Shepard; Valerie's husband Walter; and eight grandchildren.