Background
Lee, Elizabeth Briant was born on September 9, 1908 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of William Wolfer and Adah May (Riley) Briant.
Lee, Elizabeth Briant was born on September 9, 1908 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of William Wolfer and Adah May (Riley) Briant.
Bachelor, University Pittsburgh, 1930. Master of Arts, University Pittsburgh, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1937.
Lecturer department sociology Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 1949-1950. Lecturer Hartford Theological Seminary Foundation, 1951-1953. Visiting professor, acting chair department sociology and anthropology Connecticut College, New London, 1953-1954.
Research associate Center for Sociological Research, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy, 1957-1958. Lecturer department sociology and anthropology Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, 1962-1963. Associate director, Irish Culture and Personality Project Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 1965-1980.
Visiting scholar department anthropology Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, since 1981. Student assistant department sociology University Pittsburgh, 1928-1931. Research editor Hill Survey Committee, urban League, Pittsburgh, 1930.
Lecturer School Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1944-1946. Field researcher Italy, Sicily, 1957-1958, 60-61, 67, Ireland, 1955, 58, 61, 66, 70, 75. Lecturer department sociology and anthropology Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, 1965-1966.
American specialist lecturer United States Department State, Far East, Middle East, Europe, Iceland, 1967.
Board of directors American Protestants for Truth about Ireland, director women's issues. Member Center for Constitutional Rights, Common Cause, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Gray Panthers, National Abortion Rights Action League, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, National Urban League, People for American Way, Planned Parenthood Federation. Member American Sociological Association (Distinguished Career award 1990), Eastern Sociological Society(life, secretary-treasurer 1956-1957, 58-59, chair various committees, merit award 1979), Society for Study of Social Problems (founder, life member, vice president 1976-1977), Association for Humanist sociology (founder, president 1977-1978), Sociological Practice Association (Distinguished Career award 1984), Sociologists for Womenin Society, New Jersey Sociological Association, Sociological Association Ireland (honorary), American For Religious Liberty (national advisory county since 1983), American Association of University Women, American Civil Liberties Union, American Friends Svc.
Committee and many others.
Married Alfred McClung Lee II, September 15, 1927 (deceased). Children: Alfred McClung III, Briant Hamor.