Boggs, Elizabeth Monroe, 1913-
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Biographical notes:
Elizabeth Monroe Boggs (1913-1996), educator, scientist, civil advocate, and lobbyist, was a co-founder of the National Association of Retarded Children (The Arc) and later its President. She was a leader in the drafting and lobbying for disability rights legislation and a member of the Presidents Panel on Mental Retardation and later the Presidents Committee on Mental Retardation during the Kennedy Administration.
From the description of Boggs, Elizabeth Monroe, 1913-1996 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571647
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Subjects:
- Developmental Disabilities Advocate
- Disability awareness
Occupations:
- Activists
Places:
- OH, US
- 00, US
- NJ, US
