Ella Eaton Kellogg

Ella Eaton Kellogg (April 7, 1853 - June 14, 1920) was an American philanthropist and pioneer in dietetics. She was the wife of John Harvey Kellogg.

Biography

Born in 1853, in Alfred, the daughter of Joseph Clarke Eaton and Hannah Sophia Eaton, Kellogg attended the local schools before later going to Alfred University. She graduated at nineteen, the youngest woman to graduate up until that point, with an A.B. In 1885, she would gain a M.A. After receiving her A.B., she taught at a community school in Harmony, New Jersey. After teaching in the school for three years, she left the school in order to help her aunt, who was ill at the time. After receiving help from the Battle Creek Sanitarium, she worked as a nurse there, eventually meeting John Harvey Kellogg. She subsequently attended a school run by Kellogg, and assumed a large role at Good Health, a magazine. On February 22, 1879, she married John Kellogg. Kellogg eventually came to manage the food department at the sanitarium. She would found the School of Home Economics (later Battle Creek College). Working with the School of Domestic Economy founded by her and her husband, and other organizations, Kellogg wrote several books, including Science in the Kitchen. Kellogg was an active member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, holding many posts in the organization. The couple founded an orphanage, the Haskell Home in Battle Creek. Kellogg was a charter member, and president of the Michigan Women's Press Association, and a charter member of the American Dietetic Association.