Elizabeth Bodine

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Elizabeth Bodine (1898–1986) was a humanitarian who was given the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award in July 1979, during the International Year of the Child. She had served as the North Dakota Mother of the Year in 1968.

Education played an important role in Bodine's life. All 18 of the Bodine children received post-high school education. Her ten sons received college degrees. Six of her daughters attended college and the other two daughters received business training. For 26 years, including ten summer sessions, one or more of her family was enrolled at Minot State College.

Bodine was active in church, civic and community projects for many years. Assisting the Native American population in the Belcourt area, contributing clothing and food to her relatives in Poland during World War II and sending boxes of clothing to Vietnam are but a few of the many projects to which she contributed her time and energy.