Elizabeth J. Smith (née, Corscaden; 1842 – July 6, 1900) was a Canadian-born American social reformer and newspaper editor and publisher in Rhode Island, involved in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.).

[2] On the removal of her parents to Providence, Rhode Island when Eliza was eight, she entered classes with pupils several years her senior.

[3] Returning to her parents' home, she decided not to continue teaching music and voice culture but instead, entered into the work of a religious evangelist.

Showing a marked aptitude for pulpit work, she delivered sermons nightly for successive weeks to crowded audiences.

Her desire to interest young people in temperance work culminated in the publication of an eight-page illustrated paper, the Home Guard, which increased to 12 pages.

Its extensive circulation all over the U.S., in Sunday schools of every denomination, demanded her time and efforts as its editor and publisher.