Eunice (Lundbeck) Mannheim, 1907-1960

Eunice (Lundbeck) Mannheim, member of the Amherst (Mass.) Board of Selectmen, was active in community, civic, political and church affairs. Born July 31, 1907 in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was the daughter of Dr. Charles J. and Emma H. (Detlefsen) Lundbeck. She attended public school in Brooklyn, spent two years (1924-1926) at the Packer Collegiate Institute, and finished her undergraduate degree at Adelphi College in 1928. Before her marriage to Robert Mannheim in 1930 she taught school in Brooklyn. The Mannheims had three sons: Charles, John, and Paul. They lived in New York City, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.

Prior to their move to Amherst in 1946, ELM traveled throughout the United States explaining the Dumbarton Oaks proposal and promoting the adoption of the United Nations charter. She also worked with the League of Women Voters in Rhode Island on behalf of the successful effort to enact direct-primary legislation.

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