{{Short description|California politician}} {{for|a fictional character by the same name|The Chipettes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Eleanor Miller | image = Eleanor Miller, 1932.jpg | alt = | caption = |office = Member of the California State Assembly |constituency = 67th district (1923–1931) <br> 47th district (1931–1943) | term_start = January 8, 1923 | term_end = January 4, 1943 | predecessor = Franklin D. Mather | successor = Willis Sargent | birth_date = {{birth date|1868|03|07}} | birth_place= Industry, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1943|12|19|1868|03|07}} | death_place = Pasadena, California, U.S. | spouse = | alma_mater = }}

'''Eleanor Miller''' (March 7, 1868 – December 19, 1943) was a teacher and state legislator in California. A Republican, she was the fifth woman elected to the California legislature.<ref name=wc>{{Cite web|url=https://womenscaucus.legislature.ca.gov/former-members|title=Former Members &#124; California Legislative Women's Caucus|website=womenscaucus.legislature.ca.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=holLAAAAYAAJ&dq=mary+b.+weaver+connecticut+senate&pg=RA11-PA35 | title=The Woman's Journal | year=1926 }}</ref> She was elected consecutively from 1922 until 1940.<ref name=wc/> She founded the Eleanor Miller School of Expression which had locations in St. Paul, Minnesota and Los Angeles, California. She wrote the memoir ''When Memory Calls'' (1936) about her life, including her travels to Europe and the Near East. The book includes pen drawings by Lewis D. Johnson.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LmjUAAAAMAAJ | title=When Memory Calls | last1=Miller | first1=Eleanor | year=1936 }}</ref>

She was born in Industry, Illinois.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://calisphere.org/item/213bf1d09b245df2f88d53155f99eaf1/|title=Eleanor Miller|date=April 2, 1932|via=Calisphere}}</ref> She lived in Pasadena from 1911 until her death. She lived at 251 South Oakland Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380784332/|title=The Los Angeles Times 20 Dec 1943, page 13|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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== External links ==

* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202150789/eleanor-miller Eleanor Miller] at Find a Grave

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