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Ellen M. Mitchell (1838–1920) was an American philosopher, educator and education reformer. She was one of the first women to be appointed lecturer in a university, in addition to writing philosophy, literature and literary criticism. ==Biography== Ellen Mitchell was born in Geddes, N.Y. to Harriet H. Rowland and Edwin R. Smith, the eldest of their four children. She graduated from the Cortland Academy, Homer, N.Y. in 1859, where she had studied to become a teacher. Following graduation, she taught school in Cairo, Illinois, where she met her future husband, attorney Joseph W. Mitchell. During the Civil War, Joseph Mitchell served in an Illinois regiment. Her brother, Edwin R. Smith, Jr., also served in the Union Army, in New York's 149th Regiment; Edwin was killed in the Battle of Chancellorsville. After the war, Ellen and Joseph moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where they were married. In St. Louis, she wrote for the Missouri Republican newspaper, temporarily adopting the nom de plume Ella Ellwood. While in St. Louis, she attended the Hegelian philosophy lectures which had been organized there by William T. Harris. She and Joseph also contributed to a literary and philosophical discussion group called "The Pen & Pencil Club," often hosting the meetings in their home. Ellen and Joseph moved to Denver, Colorado in 1878, seeking effective treatment for Joseph's illness (possibly tuberculosis). However, Joseph died in February, 1879. Ellen remained in Denver, where she taught school and, then, lectured on philosophy and literature in the University of Denver. Also, she actively contributed to the Kant Club of Denver. Mitchell actively contributed to the Association for the Advancement of Women, often attending the annual congresses. At the Woman's Congress in 1884, held at Baltimore, she delivered a paper titled "A Study of Hegel." For the A.A.W.'s 19th Woman's Congress in 1891, held at Grand Rapids, Mich., she served as "chairman" of its committee for "Topics and Papers" and, also, delivered a paper titled "The Dramas of Henrik Ibsen." She, also, actively participated in the annual Concord School of Philosophy and published, in 1880, a description of the School's lectures and principle lecturers in the previous session. At the Concord session of July,1887 she delivered a paper titled "Friendship in Aristotle's Ethics." After 1892, she permanently returned to Geddes (by then a part of Syracuse) to care for her mother. In Syracuse, she organized and led the Round-Table of Syracuse, a literary and philosophical discussion group. She died in Syracuse May 14, 1920 at the age of 81, three months before the 19th amendment to the constitution was finally ratified establishing universal suffrage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ellen Mitchell (philosopher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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