Leonora Beck Ellis (née, Leonora Beck; pen name, Mrs. R. A. Ellis;[1] 1862-1951) was a 19th-century American educator, author, poet, and Southern social reformer,[2] from the U.S. state of Georgia. She served as president of the Woman's Press Association of Georgia[3] In 1889, Ellis removed to Atlanta to engage in founding the Capital Female College, later known as the Leonora Beck College. She served as its president for five years.[4]
- ^ "Tampa Woman Writer Highly Praised in Atlanta Paper". The Tampa Times \via-Newspapers.com. 23 September 1928. p. 11. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ Schmidt 2010, p. 49.
- ^ Southern Historical Association 1895, p. 690.
- ^ American Publishers' Association 1915, p. 95.
