Elizabeth Anna Hendrickson (1884–1946) was a notable Afro-American civil rights leader and political activist. Born in St Croix, while it was still a Danish colony before it was purchased by the US government and incorporated into the US Virgin Islands, hence its citizens were able to emigrate to the US mainland. Elizabeth was raised in St. Croix until 11 years old when she was sent to New York to stay with her aunt. In New York Elizabeth received a good education and went on to High School where she mixed with and was influenced by prominent white people of respectable backgrounds. Elizabeth became a member of the Quaker organisation and had a love child by G.E. Willett, son of an influential Quaker family from Quebec.