Elizabeth Christitch (1861 – 26 January 1933), known by her pen name Ben Hurst, was an Irish journalist, writer, poet, and translator.

She married Colonel Ljubomir N. Christitch (also written Hristić) of the Royal Serbian Army at the cathedral of Poznan.

After helping to found the Catholic Women's Suffrage Society in 1911,[2] she settled in his home country and during the Balkan War in 1913, she worked as a nurse for the Serbian soldiers.

She translated the Serbian national anthem into English, and her English-language version was sung in Britain during the war.

In 1919, Elsabeth Christitch was given a Vatican Papal audience with Benedict XV, the head of the Catholic faith, who was reported as having said "we should like to see women electors everywhere".