Ellis Meredith

===Journalist and author===

===Journalist and author===

She joined the ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'' in 1893.<ref name="ref-1615877427" /><ref name="ref647265729">{{cite web|url=http://denvershistory.weebly.com/ellis-meredith-bio.html|title=Ellis Meredith bio - Boom and Bust: Denver's History Artifact Kit|publisher=denvershistory.weebly.com|accessdate=2014-03-24}}</ref> She began writing the column ''A Woman's World'' for the ''Rocky Mountain News'' in 1889, where she (among other things) advocated women's suffrage.<ref name="Colorado Gambler">{{cite web|url=http://coloradogambler.com/trails-end-ellis-meredith-got-the-vote-for-colorado-women/|title=Trail's End - Ellis Meredith got the vote for Colorado women - Colorado Gambler &#124; Colorado Gambler|publisher=coloradogambler.com|accessdate=2014-03-24}}</ref> In 1894 she became part of the editorial staff of the ''Rocky Mountain News'', where was the first female journalist in Colorado, and probably the United States, to cover the legislature.<ref name="Colorado Gambler" />[[File:Ellis Meredith - 1914.jpg|thumb|Ellis Meredith, ''Representative Women of Colorado'', 1914]]Meredith also wrote three novels - ''The Master Knot of Human Fate'' (1901), ''Heart of My Heart'' (1904), and ''Under the Harrow'' (1907).<ref name="GB1387763263"/>

She joined the ''[[Rocky Mountain News]]'' in 1893.<ref name="ref-1615877427" /><ref name="ref647265729">{{cite web|url=http://denvershistory.weebly.com/ellis-meredith-bio.html|title=Ellis Meredith bio - Boom and Bust: Denver's History Artifact Kit|publisher=denvershistory.weebly.com|accessdate=2014-03-24}}</ref> She began writing the column ''A Woman's World'' for the ''Rocky Mountain News'' in 1889, where she (among other things) advocated women's suffrage.<ref name="Colorado Gambler">{{cite web|url=http://coloradogambler.com/trails-end-ellis-meredith-got-the-vote-for-colorado-women/|title=Trail's End - Ellis Meredith got the vote for Colorado women - Colorado Gambler &#124; Colorado Gambler|publisher=coloradogambler.com|accessdate=2014-03-24}}</ref> In 1894 she became part of the editorial staff of the ''Rocky Mountain News'', where was the first female journalist in Colorado, and probably the United States, to cover the legislature.<ref name="Colorado Gambler" />

[[File:Ellis Meredith - 1914.jpg|thumb|Ellis Meredith, ''Representative Women of Colorado'', 1914]]

Meredith also wrote three novels - ''The Master Knot of Human Fate'' (1901), ''Heart of My Heart'' (1904), and ''Under the Harrow'' (1907).<ref name="GB1387763263"/>

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