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Ella Rodman Church
1831–1912
A versatile 19th-century American writer, she moved easily between fiction, children’s books, and practical guides for the home. Her work ranges from early imaginative tales to lively books on gardening, birds, and embroidery.
4 Audiobooks
Among the Trees at Elmridge
by Ella Rodman Church
A Grandmother's Recollections
by Ella Rodman Church
Little Pilgrim at Aunt Lou's
by Ella Rodman Church
About the author
Born Eliza Rodman McIlvaine in 1831, she published under the names Ella Rodman and Ella Rodman Church. She wrote across several genres, including fiction, children’s literature, and household manuals, building a career that mixed storytelling with everyday usefulness.
Her early books included The Catanese; or, The Real and the Ideal and Flights of Fancy, while later works turned toward subjects that reflected 19th-century domestic life and natural history. Titles such as The Home Garden, Our Home Birds, The Home Needle, and Artistic Embroidery show how comfortably she moved from imagination to instruction.
Church died on October 25, 1912. Today she is remembered as a notably wide-ranging author whose books could entertain young readers, guide homemakers, and introduce general readers to the natural world.