Ellen H. (Ellen Hardin) Walworth

Ellen H. Walworth was an American author and teacher born in 1858. She is sometimes confused with her mother, Ellen Hardin Walworth, a better-known public figure and writer, so library records often need a careful eye when listing their books.

Among her best-known works are An Old World, as Seen Through Young Eyes; or, Travels Around the World, published when she was still young, and The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks. Together, those books show two sides of her writing: a lively interest in travel and observation, and a strong focus on Catholic history and biography.

She died in 1932. Though not widely remembered today, her writing still appeals to readers interested in older travel narratives, religious biography, and the literary world surrounding American Catholic publishing of her era.