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Elle Mott is a creative nonfiction author. Advocacy, personal strength, and humanitarianism are common threads in her published works.

Her third book, “Marie Conner, A Leading Lady: Her Life and Civic Leadership in a Bygone Era” releases mid-February 2026. This true story is of a trailblazing woman, who in the mid-1900s in small-town America spearheaded many causes to help others.

She has written two other books: “Out of Chaos: A Memoir” and “People Helping People: Volunteer Ideas and Resources to Make Positive Impact in our Communities.”

Mott is also a contributing author to several issues of anthologies by Covington Writers Group.

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“Marie Conner, A Leading Lady: Her Life and Civic Leadership in a Bygone Era.”

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Out of the timeless photograph from the late Dot Dotson comes this cover image of Lebanon, Oregon, in the mid-1940s, a pictural reminder of bygone days in small-town America and home to Marie Conner who this community had whole-heartedly called their leading lady.

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From my memoir, “Out of Read more of this blog post »

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Published on January 15, 2026 06:43 • Tags: biography, civic-engagement, community, eleanor-roosevelt, historical, notable-people, rosie-the-riveter, strong-women

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