Elizabeth Springer Wrigley was born on October 4, 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. She was the daughter of Charles Woodward and Sarah Maria (Roberts) Springer. For a period of time during her childhood, she lived in India under the rule of the Raj.
Wrigley earned a Bachelor's degree in Elizabethan literature from the University of Pittsburgh in 1935. She obtained Bachelor of Science degree in library science from the Carnegie Institute of Technology the following year.
Wrigley worked as a procedure analyst at the United States Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh during the war years 1941—1943. After that she moved to Francis Bacon Foundation Inc. in Los Angeles and become a research assistant in 1944, then an executive, holding that position from 1945 to 1950. She was also a trustee there, from 1950. She served as a director research for 2 years from 1951, finally becoming a president in 1954.
Wrigley was a director of Francis Bacon Library for 5 decades. Under her stewardship it grew from its original 3500 titles to 14,000 volumes dealing with law, politics, affairs of state, philosophy, literature, cryptography, science, natural magic, witchcraft, alchemy and Rosicrucian teachings-all interests of the multifaceted Bacon.
Wrigley was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Damascus Shrine, as well as a member of American Library Association, Alpha Delta Pi, Cryptogram Association, Modern Humanities Research Association, Renaissance Society of America and California Library Association.
Quotes from others about the person
"She knew what she had. And what she didn't have, she knew where you could find it, anywhere in the world." - a friend and former associate of Elizabeth Springer Wrigley
Wrigley married Oliver Kenneth Wrigley on June 16, 1936. Unfortunanely, he deceased in July 1936.
