Eleanor Bernert Sheldon

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Eleanor Harriet Bernert Sheldon (March 19, 1920 – May 8, 2021)[1][2] was an American sociologist who was president of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) from 1972 to 1979,[3] and was one of the key pioneers in the use of social indicators in sociology.[4] In the 1970s, as multinational corporations recognized the need to appoint women to their boards of directors, Sheldon became the first woman to serve on the boards of several major companies, including Citibank, Mobil, Heinz, and Equitable Holdings.[5]

Education and career

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Sheldon was an alumna of Colby-Sawyer College, graduating in 1940,[6] and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,[7] graduating in 1942. After working in Washington DC in the Office of Population Research, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and Department of Agriculture,[8] she completed her Ph.D. in 1949 as a William Rainey Harper Fellow at the University of Chicago.[8][9] She taught sociology at Columbia University from 1951 to 1952,[8] and in the late 1950s and early 1960s, worked in the school of nursing at the University of California, Los Angeles.[8][10] Prior to joining the SSRC as president, she worked at the Russell Sage Foundation.[8]

Books

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Sheldon wrote or edited multiple books, including:

  • Local Community Fact Book of Chicago (edited as Eleanor H. Bernert with Louis Wirth, University of Chicago Press, 1949)[11]
  • America's Children (as Eleanor H. Bernert, John Wiley & Sons, 1958)[12]
  • Pupils and Schools in New York City: a Fact Book (with Raymond A. Glazier, Russell Sage Foundation, 1965)
  • Indicators of Social Change: Concepts and Measurements (with Wilbert E. Moore, Russell Sage Foundation, 1968)[13]
  • Family Economic Behavior: Problems and Perspectives (J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1973)[14]

Recognition

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In 1971, she was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.[15] She was also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[16] In 1991 she won the distinguished alumnus award of the University of North Carolina.[7]

Family Life

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Sheldon was born as Eleanor Harriet Bernert on March 19, 1920, in Hartford, Connecticut[17] to M.G. and Fannie (Myers) Bernert. She had 2 children named John Anthony Sheldon and James Sheldon Jr to James Sheldon Sr.

References

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  11. ^ Review of Local Community Fact Book of Chicago:
    • Raymond F. Sletto (June 1951), Journal of the American Statistical Association 46 (254): 275–276, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  12. ^ Reviews of America's Children:
    • Rudolph E. Morris (June 1958), The American Catholic Sociological Review 19 (2): 156–157, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • Clyde V. Kiser (July 1958), Asia and Future World Leadership, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 318: 199–200, JSTOR 1032272
    • P. P. (July–September 1958), Population 13 (3): 529–530, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • Bernice Goodsitt (September 1958), Social Service Review 32 (3): 329–331, JSTOR 30016311, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • Harry V. Ball (October 1958), American Sociological Review 23 (5): 605, JSTOR 2088935
    • William M. Kephart (November 1958), Marriage and Family Living 20 (4): 405, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • Howard E. Jensen (December 1958), Social Forces 37 (2): 177, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • Ralph W. Tyler (December 1958), Journal of the American Statistical Association 53 (284): 1039–1040, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • Irving Ratchick (March 1959), The Journal of Educational Sociology 32 (7): 362–364, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • B. Benjamin (March 1959), Population Studies 12 (3): 286–287, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • Elizabeth Cosstick (April 1959), International Affairs 35 (2): 271, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • L. J. L. (May 1959), The Journal of Educational Research 52 (9): 358, JSTOR 27530248
  13. ^ Reviews of Indicators of Social Change:
    • Ray H. Elling (January 1970), The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly 48 (1): 109–113, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • John C. Maloney (February 1970), Journal of Marketing Research 7 (1): 123–126, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • Paul Schreiber (July 1970), Social Work 15 (3): 118–119, JSTOR 23710829
    • E. Scott Maynes (Winter 1970), The Journal of Consumer Affairs 4 (2): 150–154, JSTOR 23860206
    • Robert W. Hodge (April 1972), Economic Development and Cultural Change 20 (3): 581–590, JSTOR 1152748
  14. ^ Reviews of Family Economic Behavior:
    • Gary K. Stone (September 1974), The Journal of Risk and Insurance 41 (3): 550–552, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
    • Warren J. Bilkey (March 1975), Journal of Economic Literature 13 (1): 110–111, JSTOR 2722254
    • Gordon E. Bivens (Summer 1975), The Journal of Consumer Affairs 9 (1): 123–125, JSTOR 23858733
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