Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Elizabeth Brister Banks (May 2, 1865 July 18, 1938) was an American journalist and author. Although she never renounced her American citizenship, she remained in England throughout the last forty years of her life. A fiery red head, Elizabeth was born in Trenton, New Jersey. Her parents were John Banks and Sarah Ann Brister. As a young child, she was raised by her aunt Elizabeth Brister and uncle Joseph Peck on "the experimental farm" north of Madison near Deansville, Wisconsin.