Background
Siipola was born on March 15, 1908 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States; the daughter of George William and Lydia (Tikka) Siipola.
Siipola was born on March 15, 1908 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States; the daughter of George William and Lydia (Tikka) Siipola.
Siipola received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in 1929.
Siipola worked as an assistant, instructor, assistant professor and associate professor at Smith College from 1929 to 1954. Then in 1954 she became a professor of psychology at the same college and held it for fifteen years.
Siipola was a member of American Psychological Association, Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi.
On July 24, 1939 Elsa Siipola married Harold Edward Israel.