Elizabeth Eiloart
Elizabeth Eiloart was an English novelist, who wrote mostly children's fiction under the name Mrs. C. J. Eiloart. She was also a feminist and suffragist.
Life
Eiloart was born Elizabeth Darby Adams in 1827 in St. Pancras, London, the daughter of Samuel Adams. On 29 September 1849, she married Carl J. G. Eiloart at St Pancras Old Church where they made their home. They had twelve children, five of whom died as children. The survivors were Edith, Ernest, Bernard, Clarence, Arnold, and Blanche. Ernest Eiloart wrote The Laws Relating to Women in 1878. Around 1890, the couple retired to Dane Street in St Leonards-on-Sea where they lived until Carl's death. Elizabeth died on 22 February 1898 in Brighton.Feminist activities
In 1858, she persuaded Marylebone Swimming Baths to be open for ladies each Wednesday. She was a shareholder in and writer for the English Woman's Journal from its foundation in 1858, and became its editor in 1864.Published works
Source:Ernie Elton, the Lazy Boy Ernie Elton at School: and What Came of His Going There Ernie Elton at Home and at School Johnny Jordan and His Dog Archie Blake: a Sea-side Story The Boys of Beechwood Illustrated The Curate's Discipline Tom Dunstone's Troubles, and How He Got Over Them From Thistles--Grapes? Cris Fairlie's Boyhood: a Tale St. Bede's Just a Woman The Young Squire: or, Peter and His Friends Woman's Wrong Lady Moretoun's Daughter A Boy With an Idea Illustrated Love That Lived: a Novel Some of Our Girls Kate Randal's Bargain: a Novel Jabez Ebsleigh, M.P.: a Novel His Second Wife: a Novel How He Won Her The Dean's Wife My Lady Clare Was it Worth the Cost?: a Novel- ''Out of Her Sphere''