Eleanor Kirk

Eleanor Ames (née, Easterbrook; after first marriage, Child; after second marriage, Hubbell; after third marriage, Ames; October 7, 1831 – June 20, 1908), better known by her pen name, Eleanor Kirk, was an American author, businesswoman, newspaper publisher, and suffragist. Kirk was a "Mental Scientist" and was interested in astrology. She wrote a number of books and published a magazine entitled Eleanor Kirk's Idea. She was also a regular contributor to The Revolution and Packard's Monthly.

Early life Eleanor (sometimes, "Ellen") (nickname, "Nellie") Maria Easterbrook (sometimes, "Easterbrooks") was born in Warren, Rhode Island, on October 7, 1831. Her parents were George Easterbrooks and his wife, Elizabeth.

Eleanor Kirk's Idea

The promotion of Eleanor Kirk's Idea – from the Ideal to the Actual stated that "... the editor of this journal has worked out some perplexing problems. Because of this, she desires to show others the processes by which she did her sums. In other words, how to be happy instead of wretched, rich instead of poor, well and strong instead of sick and weak, good looking instead of haggard and ugly." The subscription price was per year, and single copies were available at $0.10 each. The publishing address was 696 Green Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.

Personal life Before the age of 40, she had been widowed three times and had five children requiring her support. On November 18, 1849, at Warren, Rhode Island, she married Samuel Smith Child (1820–1850), and was widowed the following year. About 1852, in Rhode Island, she married Wilber Fisk Hubbell (1830–1854), before she was widowed in 1854. On November 10, 1856, at Warren, Rhode Island, she married William G. Ames (1833–1871) and was widowed for the third time in 1871. Their children were: Edward Griffin Ames (1858–1898), Joseph Seymour Ames (1863–1889), and Mary E. Ames (1865–1933).

Eleanor Kirk died June 20, 1908, at Weekapaug, Rhode Island.

Selected works

n.d., Libra: an astrological romance 1890, Periodicals that pay contributors, to which is added a list of publishing houses 1894, The Influence of the Zodiac upon Human Life 1895, Perpetual Youth 1897, Where you are: talks with girls 1901, The Christ of the Red Planet 1887, Beecher as a Humorist: Selections from the published works of Henry Ward Beecher