Ednorah Nahar (1873-1936) was an African American elocutionist from Boston who flourished between the late 1880s and early 1900s giving dramatic recitations throughout the United States, as well as abroad.

Her aptitude for elocution was acclaimed and she was assigned a group of younger children to teach, while she continued her own studies.

On November 17, 1890, she appeared before a crowd of 5,000 accompanied by the United States Marine Band at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.

Nahar traveled widely, performing in ten of the British West Indies colonies and thirty-one US states.

[20][9][21][22] By 1905, she was a resident of New York City[23] On February 28, 1916, Nahar married William F. X. Dierkes, an osteopath and Spanish-American War veteran[citation needed] in Boone, Iowa,.