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Women in the cabinet - female public officials who have held cabinet-level positions, in the United States, Canada, England, and other countries.
Elizabeth Dole Quotes
Quotes by Elizabeth Dole - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Carla Hills
Profile of Carla Hills, third woman in the US to head a cabinet department. She served 1975-1977 as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, later as US Trade Representative, also a cabinet-level position.
Janet Reno
Janet Reno biography - biography of Janet Reno, first female Attorney General of the United States, and center of controversy.
Aida Alvarez
Gale biography of the first Hispanic woman to head the Small Business Administration and the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to hold a Cabinet-level position.
Oveta Culp Hobby Biography
Portrait and biography of Oveta Culp Hobby, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps, first secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and chairman of the board of the Houston Post.
Antonia Novello
First female to serve as Surgeon General of the United States, and a native of Puerto Rico, Antonia Novello focused during much of her medical and public health career on children and women.

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