Editing Elizabeth Smart (section)

{{short description|American activist and kidnap survivor (born 1987)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name        = Elizabeth Smart
|birth_name  = Elizabeth Ann Smart
|image       = File:COD Presents An Evening with Elizabeth Smart (53280517841) (3x4a) (cropped).jpg
|caption     = Smart in 2023
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1987|11|3}}
|birth_place = [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], U.S.
|spouse      = {{marriage|Matthew Gilmour|2012}}
|children    = 3
|occupation  = {{hlist|Activist|journalist}}
|education   = [[Brigham Young University]] ([[Bachelor of Music|BM]])
|known_for   = [[Child abduction|Abduction]] survivor
|website     = {{URL|elizabethsmart.com}}
}}
'''Elizabeth Ann Gilmour''' ([[née]] '''Smart'''; born November 3, 1987)<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 13, 2022 |title=Elizabeth Smart Fast Facts |work=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/04/14/us/elizabeth-smart-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=October 27, 2022}}</ref> is an American child safety activist and commentator for [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smolowe |first=Jill |date=June 6, 2011 |title=Elizabeth Smart: 'I Forgive Him' |url=https://people.com/archive/elizabeth-smart-i-forgive-him-vol-75-no-22/ |access-date=October 10, 2017 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref> She gained national attention at age 14 when she was [[Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart|abducted from her home]] in [[Salt Lake City]] by Brian David Mitchell. Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, held Smart captive for nine months until she was rescued by police officers on a street in [[Sandy, Utah]].

Smart has since gone on to work as an activist and [[Advocacy|advocate]] for missing persons and speaking out against abstinence-only education.<ref name="NBC News-2013">{{Cite web |date=2013-05-06 |title=Elizabeth Smart: Abstinence-only education can make rape survivors feel 'dirty,' 'filthy' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna51793513 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> Her life and abduction have been the subject of numerous non-fiction books and films.