Representative women of New England/Elizabeth B. Foster
ELIZABETH BLODGETT FOSTER was born at Belfast, Me., October 25, 1862. Her father, Samuel Augustus Blodgett, was interested in ship-building, the principal industry of his time in that old seaport town. Mrs. Elizabeth Bean Blodgett, her mother, was a genuine New England woman, much devoted to her family. She was of Scottish descent.
Mrs. Foster was educated at the French convent of Villa Marie, Montreal, and was graduated there with honor in 1882, delivering the valedictory in French. She was the winner of the silver medal offered by the Marquis of Lome as Governor-general of Canada, and at a reception tendered him and his wife, the Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, had the honor of presentation. She also received a gold medal, called the Countess de Borgia medal, for French conversation.
In 1884 she was united in marriage to Dr. Barzillai B. Foster, a native of Unity, Me., and a graduate of the Maine Medical School, connected with Bowdoin College. The home of Dr. and Mrs. Foster is in Portland, Me. They have three sons.
Mrs. Foster has refined literary tastes, and possesses a library of choice books. She is a member of the Woman's Literary Union, of Portland, and president of the Faneuil Club, and is much interested in the charitable work of the city.