author
Ellen C. (Ellen Creathorne) Clayton
1834–1900
A Victorian writer and artist, she brought women’s lives and achievements into view through lively biographies, novels, and illustrated books for younger readers. Best known today for documenting women artists and other notable women from history, she wrote with energy and range.
3 Audiobooks
The World Turned Upside Down
by Ellen C. (Ellen Creathorne) Clayton
Female Warriors, Vol. 2 (of 2) Memorials of Female Valour and Heroism, from the Mythological Ages to the Present Era.
by Ellen C. (Ellen Creathorne) Clayton
Female Warriors, Vol. 1 (of 2) Memorials of Female Valour and Heroism, from the Mythological Ages to the Present Era.
by Ellen C. (Ellen Creathorne) Clayton
About the author
Born Eleanor Creathorne Clayton on February 15, 1834, she became known as Ellen C. Clayton and later married the solicitor James Henry Needham. She was an English author and artist who wrote and illustrated fiction, historical sketches, and biographies, often for younger readers.
Her books covered an impressively wide field, from singers and female warriors to queens, heroines, and artists. One of her most lasting works is English Female Artists (1876), a two-volume reference that gathered together the lives of women painters and helped preserve their place in British art history.
Clayton continued to publish under her maiden name after her marriage. She died in London on July 19, 1900. A suitable confirmed portrait image was not clearly available from the page reviewed, so no profile image is included here.