Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Boggs, Ph.D, Elizabeth |
Titles & honors |
Kennedy International Award for Leadership, Distinguished Public Service Award HEW, The Distinguished Service Award UCPA, the Wallace Wallin Award CED, the N. Neal Pike Prize for Service to People with Disabilities. She was a life Fellow of AAMR, and an Honorary Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics. |
Born |
April 5, 1913 |
Birthplace |
Cleveland, Ohio |
Deceased |
January 27, 1996 |
Occupation |
Advocate for the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. First woman President of The Arc of the United States. Nationally, served on the President's Panel on Mental Retardation, Vice-Chair of the Task Force on Law and on the President's Committee on Mental Retardation. Co-chaired with national disabilities rights advocate, Justin Dart, the congressionally-appointed Task Force on Rights and Empowerment of People with Disabilities. |
Education |
Bryn Mawr College. University of Cambridge, Concord Academy |
Notes |
Elizabeth Boggs was a briliant scholar and mathematician. In 1945, with the birth of her son David, she shifted her focus from the carreer in mathematics for which she had been prepared, to advocacy and the development of public policy for people with disbilities. A founder of the National Association of Retarded Children, Elizabeth served as the Association's first woman President. Throughout her career, she continually remained involved with The Arc's Governmental Affairs Committee and activites. She held numerous national positions. She served on the President's Panel on Mental Retardation (national) and as Vice-Chair of the Task Force on the Law. She also served on the President's Committee on Mental Retardation. Elizabeth was a major contributor to AAMR's (American Association on Mental Retardation) Consent Handbook; and with Justin Dart, she co-chaired the congressionally-appointed Task Force on Rights and Empowerment of People with Disabilities, an important empetus to the development of the American's with Disabilities Act. She served on the SSI Modernization Project, and at the time of her death, was serving on the Social Secutity Administration's Task force on Representative Payees. Those who knew Elizabeth Boggs had great respect for her intellect and her ability to go directly to the heart of the matter. She was a great friend to many, a mentor to most, and a strong advocate of reform. She crafted many of the changes in the field of mental retardation during the second half of the 20th Century. Her vision and drive served as an inspiration to everyone who met her. |
Children |
In 1945 had a son, David, who was born with a developmental disability. |
Othernames |
Elizabeth Monroe Boggs, Ph. D. |
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