Elizabeth Coleman White, born in 1871 as the eldest of four daughters, spent most of her life at her family's cranberry farm at Whitesbog Village in the New Jersey Pinelands and became a pioneer of the blueberry industry. Seeking a companion crop to cranberry, she read "Experiments in Blueberry Culture" by Dr. Frederick V. Coville of the USDA in 1911, began a long partnership with him, and in 1916 produced the first commercial crop of blueberries. Her work extended beyond blueberry cultivation: she helped organize the New Jersey Blueberry Cooperative Association, became the first woman member of the American Cranberry Association, and was the first woman to receive a New Jersey Department of Agriculture citation for outstanding contributions to New Jersey agriculture. She also formed her own corporation based on cultivating ornamental plants such as holly and Franklinia, supported research on teaching disabled persons, and helped found a work-training school for the local population. In 1914, a report of the NJ Child Labor Committee singled her out for concern for the health of farm workers, for whom she provided nursing care, and found that workers at Whitesbog had better accommodations than those at other New Jersey farming bogs. In 1923 she built her home, Suningive, and surrounded it with native Pineland plants; in later years, her garden of native plants became world-renowned. White, who never married, died in 1954, and her legacy endured through her innovative contributions to New Jersey agriculture, horticulture, conservation gardening, and community welfare.