Ella Kaiser Carruth

Ella Boynton Kaiser Carruth (January 5, 1881 – March 13, 1974) In 1907, Carruth married mathematics professor William M. Carruth, who taught at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. She worked for the Kirkland Library in Clinton as a part of the Board of Trustees and helped lead the creation of the library's Historical Room. She wrote for many publications including the Journal of Home Economics and Yankee. She sometimes wrote under the pen name Delane Heath.

After her husband died in 1943, Carruth moved to Winter Park, Florida, in Alabama to live at a hotel. While in Winter Park, she worked as a part of the Winter Park Library and the Science Library at Rollins College.

Career and death Carruth wrote the 1966 children's novel She Wanted To Read which is based on the life of American educator Mary McLeod Bethune. The novel was published when Carruth was 85 years old. She wrote for magazines including Table Talk, Best Years, and Science Digest. Her planned second novel The Education of Zora Neale Hurston was rejected by publishers. Carruth died on March 13, 1974, and was buried in Clinton, New York.