Ellen Virginia Batelle
Born 2 Sept. 1847 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co., Virginia (later in West Virginia).[1] Daughter of Gordon Batelle and Maria Louisa Tucker.[2] Married William Albert Dietrick, 12 Aug. 1869, in Wheeling, Ohio Co., West Virginia; three children.[3] Cofounder of the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union in Kentucky, 1884.[4] Founded the Home for Aged and Indigent Women, later named the Covington Ladies’ Home, in Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky, 1886.[5] First vice president of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association, 1888.[6] Influential state and national officer in the National Suffrage Association, 1888–1895.[7] Socialized with EBW at the National Women’s Suffrage Conference, 1891.[8] Family members visited with EBW in Salt Lake City, 20 Apr. 1892.[9] Lecturer and author of two books as well as periodical articles, 1892–1895.[10] Participated in the National Woman’s Suffrage Meetings held at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago and attended by EBW, 1893.[11] Corresponded with EBW, 1894.[12] Died 25 Nov. 1895 in Cambridge, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, following surgery.[13] Member of the revision committee for Woman’s Bible, Part 2, published in 1898.[14]
[1] Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Births, Marriages (1841–1895), and Deaths (1841–1899), Deaths, vol. 456, 1895, p. 465, Ellen B. Dietrick, line 122, 25 Nov. 1895, microfilm 961517, DGS 4225012, image 492/832, FHL. 1850 U.S. Census, Harrison, Harrison Co., VA, Ellen V. Battelle. Lillian S. Battelle, comp., Battelle Genealogical Record (Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1889), 16. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 8 June 2021), Ellen Virginia Battelle (KH9T-LBM).
[2] Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Births, Marriages (1841–1895), and Deaths (1841–1899), Deaths, vol. 456, 1895, p. 465, Ellen B. Dietrick, line 122, 25 Nov. 1895, microfilm 961517, DGS 4225012, image 492/832, FHL. 1850 U.S. Census, Harrison, Harrison Co., VA, Ellen V. Battelle. Perry Co., OH, Probate Court, Marriage Records, 1818–1952, vols. 1–3, 1818–1858, p. 60, line 476, Gordon Battelle and Maria Louisa Tucker, 13 Oct. 1842, microfilm 910669, DGS 4017250, image 69/243, FHL.
[3] Ohio Co., WV, County Clerk, Marriages, 1790–1971, vols. 5–8, 1863–1868, pp. 392–393, William A. Dietrick and Ellen V. Battelle, 12 Aug. 1868, microfilm 863797, DGS 4232874, images 838–839/885, FHL. Lillian S. Battelle, comp., Battelle Genealogical Record (Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1889), 17.
[4] “Mrs. Ellen B. Dietrick Dead,” Times (Philadelphia), 27 Nov. 1895, 10.
[5] Bill Stolz, “Our Rich History: Covington Ladies Home Celebrating 130th Year, Serving Senior Women with Quality Care,” Wright State University CORE Scholar, 9 May 2016, pp. 1–4 (https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1209&context=ul_pub, accessed 27 Oct. 2021).
[6] Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper, eds., The History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4 (Rochester, NY: Susan B. Anthony, 1887), 667–668.
[7] “Mrs. Ellen B. Dietrick Dead,” Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 1895, 3. “Women on Juries,” Courier-News (Bridgewater, NJ), 20 Feb. 1895, 6. Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper, eds., The History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4 (Rochester, NY: Susan B. Anthony, 1887), 173–174, 238, 179, 208–209, 217n, 229, 248, 321, 259, 665–666, 668, 706, 922.
[8] EBW, Diary, 1 Mar. 1891.
[9] EBW, Diary, 20 Apr. 1892.
[10] E. B. Dietrick, “Seek First the Suffrage,” Woman’s Column (Boston), 23 Apr. 1892. Ellen B. Dietrick, “The Circassian Slave in Turkish Harems,” Popular Science 44, no. 33 (1894): 491. Ellen B. Dietrick, Women in the Early Christian Ministry: A Reply to Bishop Doane, and Others (Philadelphia: Alfred J. Ferris, 1897). Ellen B. Dietrick, The Families of John and Jake (Cincinnati: Robert Clarke, 1889). E. B. Dietrick, “K.E.S.A. Column: Privilege vs. Liberty,” Eureka (KS) Republican, 3 Oct. 1895, 4. “Mrs. Ellen B. Dietrick Dead,” Times (Philadelphia), 27 Nov. 1895, 10. “Notes about the Fair Sex,” Chicago Chronicle, 24 July 1895, 9. “Woman’s World,” Wilkes-Barre (PA) Semi-Weekly Record, 6 Nov. 1894, 3. Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper, eds., The History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4 (Rochester, NY: Susan B. Anthony, 1887), 922.
[11] Susan B. Anthony and Ida Husted Harper, eds., The History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 4 (Rochester, NY: Susan B. Anthony, 1887), 217n.
[12] EBW, Diary, 22 Jan. and 14 Dec. 1894.
[13] Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Births, Marriages (1841–1895), and Deaths (1841–1899), Deaths, vol. 456, 1895, p. 465, Ellen B. Dietrick, line 122, 25 Nov. 1895, microfilm 961517, DGS 4225012, image 492/832, FHL.
[14] EBW, Diary, 3 Jan. 1898. Ellen V. Dietrick and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, eds., The Woman’s Bible, Part 2 (New York: European Publishing, 1898).