Her father was author and orator Edward Everett Hale, her brother was Philip Leslie Hale and she was related to author Harriet Beecher Stowe, educator Catherine Beecher, and Revolutionary War soldier Nathan Hale.
Her father was author and orator Edward Everett Hale and her mother was Emily Baldwin Perkins. Ellen's brother was Philip Leslie Hale and she was related to author Harriet Beecher Stowe, educator Catherine Beecher, and Revolutionary War soldier Nathan Hale.