Editing Eleanor Lansing Dulles (section)

==Introduction==
Eleanor Lansing Dulles (1895–1996) was an American diplomat, economist, and author who played a key role in post-World War II European reconstruction. Sister of [[John Foster Dulles]] (Secretary of State) and [[Allen Dulles]] (CIA Director), granddaughter of John Watson Foster, and niece by marriage of [[Robert Lansing]] (both Secretaries of State), she was born in Watertown, New York. 

Earning a Ph.D. in economics from Radcliffe (1926), she taught, wrote on international finance, and joined the State Department in 1942. She contributed to the [[Marshall Plan]] and Austria’s recovery, but her most notable work was as Berlin Desk head (1952–1959), securing funds to rebuild West Berlin, earning her the “Mother of Berlin” title. A trailblazing woman in diplomacy, she faced nepotism critiques but left a lasting legacy, later teaching and writing books like Berlin: The Wall Is Not Forever. She died at 101.