Edith Anna Ellis (March 1, 1868[1] – July 31, 1940) was an American women's rights activist, writer, politician, and farmer from Tompkins County, New York.

She ran for elected office with the slogan "Insist that no man shall occupy a position that a woman can fill",[2] a quote from a War Industries Board mandate,[3] and other wartime slogans contextualized to support women in politics.

[5] She lost the 1918 election, but became a delegate to the 1918 Democratic State Convention in Saratoga Springs, New York.

[4] Ellis endowed "a fund for reading matter of general cultural interest" at the New York State College of Agriculture.

[8] Today her endowment funds the Ellis Collection of books, intended to encourage reading about farming and the life sciences for fun and personal development, rather than for coursework.