Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet (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. 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.

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  • Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet (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. 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.
  • Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet fue una escritora, historiadora y poetisa estadounidense. Fue la primera escritora en registrar las vidas de las mujeres que contribuyeron a la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. Nació en Nueva York bajo el nombre de Elizabeth Fries Lummis y publicó su primer libro Poems, Translated and Original (Poemas, traducidos y originales), en 1835. Se casó con el químico William Henry Ellet y se mudaron a Carolina del Sur. Publicó varios libros y contribuyó con múltiples periódicos. En 1845 regresó a Nueva York y se asentó en la escena literaria allí. Se vio envuelta en un escándalo público que involucraba a Edgar Allan Poe y a Frances Sargent Osgood, y, posteriormente, en otro con Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Su obra más importante, The Women of the American Revolution (Las mujeres de la revolución americana), se publicó en 1845. El libro de tres volúmenes reseñaba las vidas de las mujeres patriotas de la historia temprana de los Estados Unidos. Continuó escribiendo hasta su muerte en 1877.
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  • Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet (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. 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.
  • Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet fue una escritora, historiadora y poetisa estadounidense. Fue la primera escritora en registrar las vidas de las mujeres que contribuyeron a la Guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos. Nació en Nueva York bajo el nombre de Elizabeth Fries Lummis y publicó su primer libro Poems, Translated and Original (Poemas, traducidos y originales), en 1835. Se casó con el químico William Henry Ellet y se mudaron a Carolina del Sur.
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