Anne Ellis
American author (1875–1938)
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Anne Ellis (1875–1938) was an American author and local official who wrote two memoirs[1] chronicling her life in Colorado coal mining camps and her struggles with asthma including at sanitoriums. The University of Colorado awarded her an honorary degree and has a collection of her papers.[2]
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Anne Ellis | |
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Anne Ellis, Santa Barbara, 1935 | |
| Born | 1875 |
| Died | 1938 (aged 62–63) |
| Occupation | author |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | memoir |
She covered subjects including cooking for a telephone gang, sheep shearing, race relations, Native Americans, county politics, and equal rights conventions in her writing.[3]
Her face is among those included in a tile mural created by Barbara Jo Revelle in 1989 at the Colorado Convention Center.[4] As of 1996[update] the Saguache County Museum in Saguache, Colorado had a display on her.[5]
