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American diplomat and historian

Elizabeth Brown Pryor (March 15, – April 13, ) was an American diplomat and historian.

Career

She was born Mary Elizabeth Brown in Gary, Indiana.

Her father worked for AT&T, and the family moved multiple times for his job.

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She finished her secondary school education in Summit, New Jersey and attended Northwestern University. Upon her graduation in , Pryor began working for the National Park Service. She also obtained a second bachelor's degree from the University of London and a masters in history from the University of Pennsylvania.

In , Brown joined the Department of State. She formulated the policy, known as the Pryor Paper, that eventually led the United States to rejoin UNESCO in ^[1]

In , Pryor was awarded the Lincoln Prize for Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E.

Lee through his Private Letters. She shared the honor with James Oakes, who won for The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Doug