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President's Commission on the Status of Women - December 14, 1961
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Executive Order 10980 dated December 14, 1961, in which President John F. Kennedy establishes the President's Commission on the Status of Women.

Presidential Commission on the Status of Women


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Modifications © Jone Lewis 2001.

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