Ella Cora Hind

Who was Ella Cora Hind?

Ella Cora Hind was Western Canada's first female journalist and a women's rights activist.

On September 18 in 1861, a woman by the name of Ella Cora Hind was born in Toronto. Ella Hind is the daughter of Edwin Hind and Jane Carroll. Ella was Edwin and Jane Carroll’s third child. She had two brothers by the name of Joseph and George. These three children lost their parents at a young age. Ella was only two years old when she lost her mother Jane Carol Hind. Later after losing their mom, her mother and father’s family come down near Toronto to be near the children. Not long after that Joseph, George, and Ella than moved in with their grandfather Joseph Hind. Their father was always working, which made it had to attend to the kids so because of their fathers hard work he thought it would be best if the kids relocated out on a farm in Ontario with their grandfather. A few years after being away from their dad he died in Chicago from cholera while working in 1866.

After losing her parents Cora and her grandfather became very close. Cora’s grandfather taught her about farming, horses, and cattle. These were helpful tools that would help her in the future.