2 Quotes & Sayings By Ella C
Ella C. Hope was born in Richmond, Virginia on April 8, 1876, the daughter of James and Carolyn (Van Swol) Hope. Ella attended the University of Virginia where she was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority and the Woman's Literary Club, founded by Mary Lyon. She graduated in 1896 with a degree in English Literature
Ella Hope married Rev. Dr. William H.
Braggs in 1899, and they had three children: William Henry (1902), John Braggs (1906), and Margaret Hope (1909). She earned her M.A. from Radcliffe College in 1913.