Elisabeth Kübler-Ross dying led to the book "On Death and Dying" in 1969. In it, she proposed the now famous Five Stages of Grief as a pattern of adjustment: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. In general, individuals experience most of these stages when faced with their imminent death. The five stages have since been adopted by many as applying to the survivors of a loved one's death, as well. Kübler-Ross encouraged the hospice care movement, believing that euthanasia prevents people from completing their 'unfinished business'. In 1977 she persuaded her husband to buy forty acres of land in Escondido, California, near
Elizabeth Ross Haynes received her MA in 1923. She was elected to the national board of the YWCA in 1924. Ross published "The Black Boy of Atlanta", her biography of R.R. Wright in 1952. Ross died in New York City on October 26, 1953. Elizabeth Ross Haynes Elizabeth Ross Haynes (1883–1953) was an African American social worker, sociologist, and author. Elizabeth Ross was born on July 31, 1883 in Mount Willing, Alabama to former slaves Henry and Mary ("née" Carnes) Ross. She was valedictorian of her class at the State Normal School of Montgomery. She won a scholarship to Fisk University and received