This volume honors the lifetime achievements of the distinguished activist and scholar Elise
Boulding (1920-2010) on the occasion of her 95th birthday. Known as the matriarch of the
twentieth century peace research movement she made significant contributions in the fields of
peace education future studies feminism and sociology of the family and as a prominent
leader in the peace movement and the Society of Friends. She taught at the University of
Colorado Boulder from 1967 to 1978 and at Dartmouth College from 1978 to 1985 and was
instrumental in the development of peace studies programs at both institutions. She was a
co-founder of the International Peace Research Association (1964) the Consortium on Peace
Research Education and Development (1970) and various peace and women's issues-related
committees and working groups of the American Sociological Association and International
Sociological Association.
