She risked everything that is dear to man, friends, fortune, comfort, health, life itself all for the one absorbing desire of her heart - that slavery might be abolished and the union preserved. This Boulder from the capitol hill in Boston is a tribute from Massachusetts Friends.
Elizabeth Van Lew (October 12, 1818 – September 25, 1900) was a Richmond, Virginia abolitionist and philanthropist who built and operated an extensive spy ring for the Union Army during the American Civil War.