Background
Montgomery, Elizabeth Flanagan was born on July 25, 1898 in Cary, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Robert Edward Lee and Annie May (Purdy) Flanagan.
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Elizabeth Flanagan Montgomery
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Graduate, Northwestern School Speech, 1918. AB, Mississippi State College Women, 1924. Student, Peabody College, University California, Columbia.
Career
Instructor elementary grades, High School, English and dramatics, Cary, 1924—1951. Director Indian work, speaker international convention. State president Mississippi Women's Cabinet, 1954—1955, member public relations committee, from 1961, recreation chairman.
Member advisory council Mississippi Children's Code Commission. Member education committee Mississippi Association Mental Health, from 1958, director, executive committee, nominating committee, 1963—1966, director, from 1966, secretary, from 1973. County campaign chairman American Red Cross, 1962.
Delegate National Mental Health Convention, 1963. Chairman Mississippi Mental Health Convention, 1964. County commissioner Fifth Region Mental Health Center, from 1967.
Director State Mental Health Board. Secretary Mississippi Mental Health Association, 1971—1973.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee King's Daughters Home, Natchez, Mississippi, 1948—1952, president governor's board, from 1956, governor's board trustees, from 1965. State president Women's Organization, 1952—1955. Member Governor's Ladies Staff, Mississippi, 1960—1964, Sharkey County Mental Health Commission, from 1967.
Secretary Mississippi Mental Health, from 1969. President IV province Episcopal Church, 1957—1960. Member of American Royal Descent, Society Magna Charta Dames, Daughters Confederacy, Dames Court Honor, Colonial Dames XVII Century, Order of Washington, Daughters American Colonists, International Platform Association, Daughters of 1812, Mississippi King's Daughters and Sons (historian since 1969, parliamentarian, state president 1955-1956), Delta Debutante Club (patron since 1961), Highland Club (president auxiliary 1963-1964), Zeta Phi Eta.
Connections
Married Stewart Magruder Montgomery, January 5, 1935.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian
Awards
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Named Outstanding Civic leader America, 1967. Recipient Woman Achievement award, Rolling Fork Business and Professional Women, 1965, Community Leader award, History Preservation America, 1979-1980.Named Outstanding Civic leader America, 1967. Recipient Woman Achievement award, Rolling Fork Business and Professional Women, 1965, Community Leader award, History Preservation America, 1979-1980.