Elizabeth Stoffregen May (April 25, 1907 – March 27, 2011) was an economist, academic and advocate of education for women.
[2] As a student, May had a keen interest in international affairs, and after graduating from Smith College in 1928, she studied at the London School of Economics, earning a Ph.D. in 1931.
That same year she began teaching economics at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.
In 1939 she joined the federal government, working as a general assistant for economic analysis in the Treasury Department and as a fiscal analyst in the Bureau of the Budget (1941–1947).
Returning to the U.S. in 1949, May served as professor of economics and academic dean at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts (1949–1964).