Elizabeth F. Ellet
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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| Born | Elizabeth Fries Lummis October 18, 1818 Sodus Point, New York, U.S. |
| Died | June 3, 1877 (aged 58) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Author, historian, poet, translator |
| Spouse(s) | William Henry Ellet (1806–1859) |
| Parent(s) | William Nixon Lummis (1775–1833) Sarah Maxwell (1780–1849) |
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Born Elizabeth Fries Lummis, in New York, she published her first book, Poems, Translated and Original, in 1835. She married the chemist William Henry Ellet and the couple moved to South Carolina. She had published several books and contributed to multiple journals. In 1845, she moved back to New York and took her place in the literary scene there.
She was involved with a public scandal involving Edgar Allan Poe and Frances Sargent Osgood and, later, another involving Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Ellet's most important work, The Women of the American Revolution, was published in 1845. The three volume book profiled the lives of patriotic women in the early history of the United States. She continued writing until her death in 1877.