Author Bibliography (in progress)
Kellogg, Ella Ervilla (1853-1920)
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Born Ella Ervilla Eaton on 7 April 1853 in Alfred, New York and best known as the wife of John Harvey Kellogg, Ella Ervilla Kellogg was a pioneering dietician: Superintendent of the Sanitarium School of Cookery and of the Bay View Assembly School of Cookery, and Chairman of the World's Fair Committee on Food Supplies, for Michigan. Like her husband, she was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church. She was actively involved in such social justice issues as women's suffrage and women's rights through the Federation of Women's Clubs, and the National Congress of Mothers; Temperance as a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and as its national superintendent of the Department of Hygiene in 1882 and associate superintendent of the Social Purity department [three years later; and she was a charter member of the Michigan Woman's Press Association. Ella Kellogg co-founded and managed the Haskell Home for Orphan Children, and with her husband adopted several children. Like John Harvey Kellogg, she was primarily interested in dietetics and veg*n cooking more than ethical veg*nism. From 1884, she oversaw the activities of the “Sanitarium Experimental Kitchen” at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, which evolved into a distinct School of Domestic Economy. She died on 14 June 1920 in Battle Creek, Michigan.
PUBLICATIONS
Every-Day Dishes and Every-Day Work. Battle Creek, MI: Modern Medicine Publishing Company, 1896.
Healthful Cookery. A Collection of Choice Recipes for Preparing Foods, with Special Reference to Health. Battle Creek, MI: Modern Medicine Publishing Company, 1904.
“The Mid-Summer Menu.” Good Health Vol. XXXIV no. 8 (1899): 474-475.
“The Mission of Cookery.” Good Health Vol. XXXIV no. 1 (1899): 29-30.
Natural Food Recipes. Battle Creek, MI: Good Health Publishing Company, n.date.
Science in the Kitchen. A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, together with a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes. Battle Creek, MI: Health Publishing Company, 1892.
“The Purity Pledge. A Talk to Girls.” Social Purity: an Address by J. H. Kellogg . . .. A Talk with Girls: an Address by Mrs. E. E. Kellogg, A. M. Battle Creek, MI: Good Health Publishing Co., 1891. 61-82.
Studies in Character Building. A Book for Parents. Battle Creek, MI: Good Health Publishing Company, 1905.
“Summer Vegetables and Salads.” Good Health Vol. XXXIV no. 7 (1899): 406-408.
“Vegetable Substitutes for Flesh-Food.” Good Health Vol. XXXIV no. 9 (1899): 533-536.
E. E. Kellogg & John Harvey Kellogg. Practical Manual of Health and Temperance: Embracing the Treatment of Common Diseases, Accidents and Emergencies, the Alcohol and Tobacco Habits, Useful Hints and Recipes. Battle Creek, MI: Good Health Publishing Company, 1885.
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