Elizabeth Boggs Papers. 1956 - 1967. Records Related to Mental Retardation

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Elizabeth Boggs Papers. 1956 - 1967. Records Related to Mental Retardation

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John F. Kennedy Library

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Boggs, Elizabeth Monroe, 1913-1996

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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 President's Panel on Mental Retardation and later the President's Committee on Mental Retardation during the Kennedy Administration. ...