Ka cika wannan magana: Bayan ta sauke karatu daga Kwalejin LaGrange da ke LaGrange, Georgia, kuma ta auri Samuel Swainswright Smith, Ella ta soma aiki a matsayin mai ɗinki. Ta shafe shekaru tana gyaran 'yar tsana da maƙwabta suka kawo mata kuma tana gwada hanyoyin da za ta iya samar da 'yar tsana da ta fi ƙarfi. Daga baya ta juya zuwa ƙera 'yar tsana a cikakken lokaci, tana siyarwa galibi ga abokai da maƙwabta. Bayan samun nasarar farko, ta nuna 'yan tsana a
1904 World's Fair a St. Louis, ta lashe Grand Prize for Innovation kuma ta taimaka wajen kafa kasuwar kasa don samfurinta, kuma daga baya ya nuna tsana a Southeastern Fair a Atlanta, Ga. kuma a Jamestown Exposition. Ta karbi takardar izini don zane a 1905, inda ta bayyana yar tsana kamar haka: