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- Elizabeth Fries Ellet (née Lummis; October 18, 1818 – June 3, 1877) was an American writer, historian and poet. She was the first writer to record the lives of women who contributed to the American Revolutionary War.
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Elizabeth Fries Ellet (née Lummis; October 18, 1818 – June 3, 1877) was an American writer, historian and poet. She was the first writer to record the lives of women who contributed to the American Revolutionary War .
Jun 3, 1999 · Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet (born Oct. 1812/18, Sodus Point, N.Y., U.S.—died June 3, 1877, New York, N.Y.) was an American historical writer, best remembered for her several extensive volumes of portraits of American women of the Revolutionary War and of Western pioneer days.
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Born circa 1812, Sodus Point, New York; died 3 June 1877, New York, New York. Daughter of William N. and Sarah Maxwell Lummis; married William H. Ellet, circa 1835. Overlooked in traditional chronicles of military and political events, Elizabeth Ellet is the first historian of American women.
Interested in the roles and accomplishments of early American women, Elizabeth Ellet's most notable literary contributions were her popular historical accounts of women's participation in the American Revolution and in the settling of the western frontiers.
3 days ago · October 18, 1818 – June 3, 1877. Was an American writer, historian and poet. She was the first writer to record the lives of women who contributed to the American Revolutionary War. Ellet’s most important work, The Women of the American Revolution, was published in 1845.
Nov 19, 2008 · Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877. Publication date 1850 Topics Women Publisher New York : Baker and Scribner Collection Princeton; americana Contributor
Elizabeth Ellet was a writer and historian best known today for her innovative historical accounts which focused on ordinary lives, especially those of women, rather than larger political and socio-economic events.
