Elizabeth P. Skinner (b. Pinckney) (c. 1848-1929) was born in Illinois and died in New York, New York. She married Reuben O. Skinner Jr. in New York in 1879. She became interested in Christian Science in 1886 and studied with Laura V. Lathrop, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, the following year. She became a member of the Christian Scientist Association in September 1887, and she was a member of the National Christian Scientist Association. In December 1887, Skinner helped organize First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York. Skinner then studied with Eddy, completing the Normal class in January 1888 and the Primary class in March 1888. She worked alongside Lathrop in New York City, and when the number of Christian Scientists in the city grew to the point that a second church was necessary, they helped form a second church. Skinner was listed as a charter member when Second Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, was incorporated in 1891. She was one of the First Members of The Mother Church, later known as "Executive Members," who was one of twenty elected to join the original twelve members of the church when it was formed on September 23, 1892. In 1896, she was a charter member and Trustee of West Side Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York (renamed "Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York" in 1901), where she served as treasurer. In 1905, she was elected as a member of the General Association of Teachers. Skinner was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in New York City from 1889 until her passing.

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