Straus, Ellen Sulzberger, 1925-1955

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Ellen Sulzberger Straus (March 11, 1925 – February 24, 1995) was an American businesswoman and philanthropist who founded the United States' first telephone help line. Her uncle was The New York Times publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger and her grandfather was Cyrus Leopold Sulzberger. She worked as the executive secretary of the New York League of Women Voters and later on the staff of the Atomic Energy Commission eventually becoming the assistant director of public information. In the 1950s, she began writing a column for McCall's magazine. In 1963, she founded the United States' first telephone help line, a non-profit entitled Call for Action.
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referencedIn New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Records, 1967-1990 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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Manhattan NY US
Manhattan NY US
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Birth 1925-03-11

Death 1995-02-24

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