Ella Maria Ballou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American stenographer, reporter, essayist, educator
Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1852
Place of Birth: Wallingford, Vermont, United States
Date of Death: 29-Jul-1937
Profession: stenographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Ella Maria Ballou
- Ella Maria Ballou (November 15, 1852 - July 29, 1937) was an American writer who worked as a stenographer, reporter, and essayist.
- She started her career as a teacher, but finding the compensation for women in this vocation so small, she took up the study of shorthand and became so proficient that she went into the courts and wrote evidence and arguments until she became noted among attorneys.
- In 1885, upon the numerous applications of the Rutland County Bar, Judge W.
- G.
- Veazey in the Vermont Supreme Court, appointed her Official Reporter of the Rutland County Court.
- She was the first woman to hold such a position in the state of Vermont, and it is believed, in the United States.
- She also did some literary work.
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