| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1871 | 571 | 1699 | (149) | 12 |  
 
Rating table notes
 | 
| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Gilbert, Ellen E. |  | Also known as: Mrs. J.W. Gilbert; Ellen E. Strong |  
   | Born: 30 Apr. 1837 |  
   | Died: 12 Feb. 1900 |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | The Constitution of the American Chess Association (p.14) has 'Mrs. J.M. Gilbert'. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | American Chess Association, Constitution of the American Chess Association, page 14 |  
   | Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 139 |  
   | Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (1st ed.), page 129 |  
   | Hooper and Whyld, Oxford Companion (2nd ed.), page 152 |  
   | van Winsen, Mackenzie, Mason and Co. VI, page 48, 115 |  
   | Winter, Chess Facts and Fables, page 285 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [BaH], 14 Dec. 1872 |  
   | [DCJ], vol. 8, no. 64, June 1875, page 271 |  
   | [DCJ], vol. 8, no. 67, Oct. 1875, page 436 |  
   | [Era], vol. 33, no. 1716, 13 Aug. 1871, page 14 |  
   | [HWT], 4 Nov. 1871 |  
   | [HWT], 9 Nov. 1872 |  
   | [HWT], 1 Mar. 1873 |  
   | [HWT], 28 June 1873 |  
   | [HWT], 27 Dec. 1873 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 69, no. 1955, 30 Dec. 1876, page 639 |  
   | [ILN], vol. 72, no. 2035, 29 June 1878, page 615 |  
   | [MCR], vol. 1, no. 2, Feb. 1874, page 53 |  
   | [MCR], vol. 1, no. 11, Nov. 1874, page 453 |  
   | [MDR], 31 Dec. 1875 |  
   | [SoT], 30 Sep. 1871 |  
   | [SoT], 20 Sep. 1873 |  | Web |  
   | Brennen, Neil R.  ['The Queen of Chess': The Correspondence Chess of Ellen Gilbert] |  
   | Brennen, Neil R.  [Confidential Email from The Historian] |  
   | Harding, Tim.  [Early Games of Chess by Telephone], page 2 |  
   | Harding, Tim.  [The first lady champion, Miss Mary Rudge] |  
   | Sarah.  [The Indominatable Ellen Gilbert] |  
   | Sarah.  [The Queen of Chess] |  
   | Spinrad, Jeremy P.  [Obituaries], page 4 |  |  |