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Ella Rodman Church
1831–1912
A versatile 19th-century American writer, she moved easily between fiction, children's stories, and practical books for the home. Her work reflects both a storyteller's imagination and a strong interest in everyday domestic life.
4 Audiobooks
A Grandmother's Recollections
by Ella Rodman Church
Among the Trees at Elmridge
by Ella Rodman Church
Little Pilgrim at Aunt Lou's
by Ella Rodman Church
About the author
Born Eliza Rodman McIlvaine Church in 1831, she wrote under the names Ella Rodman and Ella Rodman Church. She was an American author whose books ranged across fiction, children's literature, and guides to homemaking, giving her a broad place in popular writing of her time.
Her career shows an unusual mix of interests. Alongside imaginative works, she published practical books on subjects connected with the home, helping readers with the kinds of concerns that shaped daily life in the 19th century. That combination of literary and household writing made her work accessible to a wide audience.
She died on October 25, 1912. Today, she is remembered as a prolific writer whose books captured both the pleasures of storytelling and the everyday world of home and family.