Harriet Wiseman Elliott

Harriet Wiseman Elliott (born July 10, 1884, Carbondale, Ill., U.S.—died Aug. 6, 1947, Carbondale) was an American educator and public official, a highly effective teacher and organizer who held a number of governmental advisory roles during the administrations of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Elliott attended the academy of Park College in Parkville, Missouri, and then taught school for a few years before entering Hanover (Indiana) College, from which she graduated in 1910. After a...