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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-KGH-01
In this interview Heath discusses her family and her childhood; how she reached her chosen career path; obstacles to her advancement because of her gender; studying at American University and at Syracuse University; myths of the “male chauvinists’ world”; taking a women’s studies course; working while in school; running a cost of living survey for the Department of Labor in Rochester, NY, and then in Richmond, VA; the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration; working with the disadvantaged during the Depression; the “great American dream”; the effectiveness of institutionalization and the rise in bureaucracy; the National Association of Deans of Women; stigmas attached to higher education; the Civil Service Commission; working during World War II with various organizations, including the Norden Company in Elmira, NY, at the bombsight plant and the United States Army; the attitude towards women in war work; and writing her dissertation and getting her doctorate, among other issues.
Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1961-10-12-E
ST05
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JFKWHP-1961-10-12-D
ST05
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JFKWHP-1963-06-05-C
ST25, KN36
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JFKWHP-1962-09-11-C
ST13, KN22
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-9-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division and observes combat readiness demonstration at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy (second from right, back to camera); others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-8-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Brigadier General William P. Yarborough; President Kennedy. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-7-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Brigadier General William P. Yarborough; President Kennedy (back to camera). Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-6-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy; unidentified reporters, photographers, and paratroopers. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-5-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy; unidentified aides and paratroopers. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-4-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy; three unidentified paratroopers. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-3-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy (center); unidentified guests and paratroopers. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-25-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer. Pope Air Force, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-24-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy (second from right); unidentified aides and paratroopers. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-23-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-22-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy (wearing sunglasses); Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-21-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Front row (L – R): Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; President Kennedy; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; unidentified man; Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer; unidentified man. Others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-20-61
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. . Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-2-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy; three unidentified paratroopers. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-19-61
Military officials and staff visit 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army; unidentified man; Military Aide to the President General Chester V. Clifton; White House Secret Service agent, Bob Lilley. Secret Service agent, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn, stands in background (wearing sunglasses). Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-15-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy; six unidentified soldiers. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-14-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy addresses soldiers. Behind and left of President Kennedy (L - R): White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. "Jerry" Behn and Bob Lilley; Press Secretary Pierre Salinger (holding cigar); Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Lyman Lemnitzer (wearing uniform); others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-12A-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (L – R): General Lyman Lemnitzer, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff; President Kennedy; General George H. Decker, Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-12-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Kennedy (standing in car); others unidentified. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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JFKWHP-ST-A5-11-61
President John F. Kennedy visits 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Elvis Jacob Stahr, Jr., Secretary of the Army (second to left of President Kennedy); President Kennedy (center); Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara (behind and right of President Kennedy); unidentified aides and paratroopers. Pope Air Force Base, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.