Enochs, Elisabeth Randolph Shirley, 1895-1992

Elisabeth Randolph Shirley Enochs (15 August 1890–23 January 1992) was born in Indian Territory, which later became part of Oklahoma. She was a teacher and journalist. During War Department during World War I she was as a linguist in the War Department; during World War II, she was a War Department translator. Mrs. Enochs began her government career in 1927 as a writer with the old U.S. Children's Bureau. From 1942 to 1951, she directed its international cooperation division. She then joined what became the Social Security Administration, where she was international service chief in the Office of the Commissioner. In 1962, she transferred to the Agency for International Development, where she retired in 1965 as a special adviser on social welfare programs.