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Ellen Gould Harmon White
1827–1915
A founding figure of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, she became known for her religious visions, practical counsel, and an enormous body of writing on faith, health, education, and Christian living. Her books and articles reached readers far beyond her own lifetime and helped shape a growing movement.
2 Audiobooks
The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
by Ellen Gould Harmon White
Education
by Ellen Gould Harmon White
About the author
Born in Gorham, Maine, on November 26, 1827, she grew up in a Methodist family and, as a child, suffered a serious injury that affected her health and limited her formal schooling. In her teens she was drawn into the Millerite revival, and after the movement’s Great Disappointment of 1844, she emerged as one of the best-known voices among believers who would later form the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She married fellow Adventist leader James Springer White in 1846, and together they worked as traveling preachers, organizers, and publishers. Over the course of her life, she became one of the denomination’s founders and a major spiritual influence through her reported visions, public speaking, and guidance on church life, education, publishing, and health reform.
She wrote extensively, producing books, letters, and articles that remained central to Adventist belief and practice. She died in St. Helena, California, on July 16, 1915, but her writing continued to circulate widely, and she is still remembered as one of the most influential women in American religious history.