Background
Francis, Elizabeth Adams was born on June 8, 1923 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Earl Spelman and Eugenia Adams (Fanning) Francis.
Francis, Elizabeth Adams was born on June 8, 1923 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Earl Spelman and Eugenia Adams (Fanning) Francis.
Bachelor, University Connecticut, 1946. Certified in gerontology, University Massachusetts, Boston, 1989.
Social worker, State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1947-1951; social worker, City of Boston, 1963-1966; research assistant, Yale University, New Haven, 1952-1953; research assistant, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1955-1958; environmental assistant, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1961; social worker, State of Massachusetts, Boston, 1970-1989; retired,, since 1989.
Member senior board Health Care for All, since 1990. Member human rights board Metropolitan Eastern State Hospital, Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1987, monitor, since 1987. Board directors Council onAging, Cambridge, since 1990.
Associate member Stone Center, Wellesley (Massachusetts) College. Member American Association of University Women, American Association Retired Persons (lobbyist, member state legislation committee since 1990), Fray Panthers, Alliance for Mentally Ill (vice president, president 1987-1990), Families United States of America, Svc. Employees International Union (joint Executive Board local 509 since 1985, columnist union newspaper 1987-1989, board county aging Cambridge 1990-1993), Appalachian Mountain Club.