Eleanor Lansing Dulles
| Eleanor Lansing Dulles | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 1, 1895 Watertown, New York |
| Died | October 30, 1996 (aged 101) Washington, D.C. |
| Education | BA, MA, Ph.D. Econ |
| Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College, Radcliffe College, Harvard University |
| Occupation | Academic, proffessor, economist |
| Spouse(s) | David Simon Blondheim (m. 1932; d. 1934) |
| Children | David Dulles, Ann Welsh Dulles |
| Parents |
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| Relatives |
John Watson Foster (grandfather) Robert Lansing (uncle) John Foster Dulles (brother) Allen Dulles (brother) Avery Dulles (nephew) |
Eleanor Lansing Dulles (June 1, 1895 – October 30, 1996) was an author, professor, and United States Government employee. Her background in economics and her familiarity with European affairs enabled her to fill a number of important State Department positions.
Dulles graduated from Wykeham Rise School in Washington, Connecticut, and attended Bryn Mawr College, graduating with a B.A. in 1917. She spent two years working for relief organizations in France. When World War I ended, she continued her schooling in the U.S. and in Europe. Beginning in 1923, she studied at Radcliffe College and Harvard University, earning her M.A. from the former in 1924 and a doctorate in economics from the latter in 1926, writing her thesis on the French franc. She taught economics at Simmons College during the 1924–1925 academic year. For the next ten years she taught economics at various colleges, including Simmons, Bryn Mawr, and the University of Pennsylvania. As a student and college professor she made frequent trips to Europe to study and conduct research on European financial matters. Though she married in 1932, she always used her maiden name professionally.
In 1933, she argued against the supposed benefits of inflationary government policies in The Dollar, the Franc and Inflation.
In 1936, Dulles entered government service. Her first position was at the Social Security Board, where she studied the economic aspects of financing the Social Security program. In April 1942 she transferred to the Board of Economic Warfare where she spent five months studying various types of international economic matters. In September 1942, she joined the Department of State, where she worked, aside from a short stint at the Department of Commerce, for almost twenty years, beginning as an Economic Officer in the Division of Postwar Planning.
During her first three years at the State Department, Dulles was involved in post-war economic planning. She helped determine the U.S. position on international financial cooperation and participated in the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944 at which the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development were established. After the end of World War II, in the spring of 1945 she went to Europe where she became involved in the reconstruction of the Austrian economy as the U.S. Financial Attaché in Austria.
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