Elizabeth Porter Gould (June 8, 1848 – 1906) was an American poet, essayist, and suffragist who edited an early anthology of selections from Walt Whitman's work and wrote extensively on subjects related to education.

[1][2] Among her New England ancestors were the schoolmaster Ezekiel Cheever,[2] Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor Thomas Dudley, and colonist Zaccheus Gould.

[2] She wrote lyrics for a number of songs, including "Columbia—America", which became the anthem of the Massachusetts chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

[3][4] The novelist William Dean Howells, however, wrote that Gould's book "shows [Whitman] in his supreme moments" with passages likely to offend contemporary middle-class taste "wisely left out".

[4] An unusual feature of the book was that it was wider than it was tall (7 x 5.5. inches) in order to accommodate Whitman's long poetic lines without breaking them.