Women of the Week

Author Susanna Valentine Aldrich and stenographer Ella M. Ballou are this week's Women of the Week 

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• To read their biographical sketches in A Woman of the Century, please click on the highlighted page numbers to the left of their images.

Author Susanna Valentine Aldrich was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, on November 14, 1828.  She later lived in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Having loved writing from an early age, Susanna became a contributor to periodicals and magazines.  She also was a very talented hymn writer.

Susanna passed away on November 30, 1905, and was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Stenographer Ella Maria Ballou was born in Wallingford, Vermont, on November 15, 1852.  After attending Wallingford High School, Ella became a teacher.

In 1885, she became the first female reporter for the Rutland County Court.  Later, she added Addison County to her duties.
Ella also was a writer.

Ella passed away on July 29, 1937, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Wallingford, Vermont.