Elizabeth Myers, Foundation Board of Director

(Eliza )Beth Myers holds an MA and PhD from Loyola University Chicago in 20th Century US 

History, with concentrations in women’s history, gender theory, and public history. Beth joined 

Smith College in 2014 as Director of Special Collections, and previously held positions at the 

Women and Leadership Archives in Chicago and the Walter Reuther Library, Archives of Labor 

and Urban Affairs in Detroit. She served as a member of the SAA Foundation Board, 2021 - 

2024; chaired the SAA A*Census II Working Group, 2020 - 2023; and in 2022 was named a 

Distinguished Fellow of SAA. Myers’ past scholarship focused on feminist curation and the US 

history of documenting women’s lives; current areas of interest include documenting women 

globally and the psychology of donor relations.