Ella eaton kellogg biography
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Ella Eaton Kellogg (1853 - 1920)
Many people don't realize that Dr. Kellogg's wife was a Seventh-day Baptist and was hard of hearing. She was a remarkable person and was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Historical Center & Hall of Fame. Here is what they have to say about her.
During her lifetime, Ella Eaton Kellogg created a new field which would come to be called 'dietetics.' Ella Eaton Kellogg, born in 1853 in Alfred Center, New York, was the youngest person to receive a bachelor's degree from Alfred College in 1872. Soon thereafter, Kellogg established a reputation in Michigan as a dietician, writer, and advocate for children. She was the assistant editor of Good Health magazine from 1877 to 1920. This magazine was published by her husband, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.
Besides editing, Ella Kellogg wrote articles for almost every issue on health, diet, and child rearing. In 1883 John Kellogg asked Ella to help him make his health food more
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John Harvey Kellogg
American physician (1852–1943)
John Harvey Kellogg (February 26, 1852 – December 14, 1943) was an American businessman, uppfinnare, physician,[1] and advocate of the Progressive Movement.[2] He was the director of the Battle Creek kurort in Battle Creek, Michigan, founded bygd members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It combined aspects of a europeisk spa, a hydrotherapy institution, a hospital and high-class hotel. Kellogg treated the rich and famous, as well as the poor who could not afford other hospitals. According to Encyclopædia Britannica, his "development of dry breakfast cereals was largely responsible for the creation of the flaked-cereal industry, with the founding and the culmination of the global conglomeration brand of Kellogg's (now Kellanova)."[1]
An early proponent of the germ theory of disease, Kellogg was well ahead of his time in relating intestinal flora and the presence of bacteria in the intestines
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Ella Eaton Kellogg
American philanthropist, pioneer in dietetics, editor (1853–1920)
Ella Eaton Kellogg (April 7, 1853 – June 14, 1920) was an American dietitian known for her work on home economics and vegetarian cooking. She was educated at Alfred University (B.A. 1872, A.M. 1875); and the American School Household Economics (1909). In 1875, Kellogg visited the Battle Creek Sanitarium, became interested in the subjects of sanitation and hygiene, and a year later enrolled in the Sanitarium School of Hygiene. Later on, she joined the editorial staff of Good Health magazine, and in 1879, married Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, superintendent of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
Kellogg was prominently identified with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), in 1882 being appointed national superintendent of the Department of Hygiene. Three years later, she was appointed associate superintendent of the Social Purity department of the WCTU. Out of her experiences in the Social Purit