Elizabeth W. Crandall

Early life and education Elizabeth Walbert was born in Columbus, Kansas, to Stanley and Edna Walbert. She had four sisters. and earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in family economics and resource management.

Academic career By 1973 Crandall was a professor and chairman of the Department of Home Management at the University of Rhode Island.

Environmental and women's rights activist After retirement, she and her husband relocated to Brunswick, Maine, in 1979. There she became active in environmental causes, chairing the Brunswick Recycling Committee and promoting curbside recycling and household hazardous waste collection.

She also dedicated her efforts to women's causes. She assumed leadership roles in the American Association of University Women on the state, regional, and national levels. and was a member of the Maine Women's Lobby, the National Organization for Women, and the Family Planning Association of Maine. (with Irma Gross and Marjorie M. Knoll) (with Irma Gross)

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