Elizabeth (Lizzie) Baxter born Elizabeth (Lizzie) Foster (16 December 1837 – 19 December 1926) was a British evangelist.
Life
Baxter was born in Evesham in 1837. Her parents were Edith and Thomas Foster. They had a comfortable life as her father had a food processing business. She was taught by a governess until she went to school in Worcester.
At the age of 21, she reported a spiritual event that led her to become a religious leader. For a short time she helped Robert Aitken.
She was invited to assist William Pennefather at his Mildmay Mission where Deaconesses were trained. Well-educated young women were educated in theory and practice for two years at Mildmay, before sending them to full-time careers in outlying missions. Whilst she was there she designed their bonnet and dress uniforms. It was said that there were "About 200 deaconesses at any one time; [their] distinctive uniform allowed them to work in roughest areas unmolested." She joined in 1866 and had then led the institution for two years.
