THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Elizabeth Monroe Drews, Ph.D.
November 25, 1915–November 1976
“Our children are taught to don masks before they recognize their own faces. They are made to put their tender, pliable forms into prefabricated shells, the cultural roles prescribed for age, sex and class. All too soon the open faces and fluid selves are disfigured, as were the bound feet of the women of Manchu China. They are crushed to meet a social expectancy.”
Psychologist, professor, author. Founding member of the National Organization for Women (NOW) Board of Directors.

More About Elizabeth:
- Memorial honors Dr. Drews
- Records of the National Organization for Women, 1959-2002 (inclusive), 1966-1998 (bulk),Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute
- National Organization for Women, Honoring Our Founders & Pioneers
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, page 124