Ella Cora Hind

Ella Cora Hind (September 18, 1861 – October 6, 1942) was a Canadian journalist, agriculturalist, Women's rights activist and suffragist.

During the Great Depression, she became famous internationally for her accurate predictions of Canadian prairie crop yields.

Her aunt ran a dress shop, and a few weeks after the move Hind received a letter saying that she failed her algebra part of the teacher's exam, thus her credentials were inadequate.

[2] In 1890, Ella Cora Hind and her aunt Alice joined the Manitoba chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the oldest continuing non-sectarian women's organization in the world.

Winnipeg being the grain trade center of the West helped her become not only a regular reporter but also the Commercial and Agricultural Editor of the Manitoba Free Press.

Between 1935 and 1937, Hind travelled to 27 wheat producing countries to research best practices as well as climate change influences.

[9] In 1912, E. Cora Hind formed the Political Equality League with leading social activists Lillian Beynon Thomas and Nellie McClung.

Hind received many honours from The Western Canada Livestock Union, Wool Growers of Manitoba, and Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists.