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Oral history
John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection
JFKOH-AAC-02
Chapin discusses efforts to desegregate the Department of Labor and hire minorities, efforts to encourage desegregation and equal employment opportunities for minorities in the private sector, and civil rights legislation, among other issues.
Sound recording
Edward M. Kennedy Senate Files
EMKSEN-AU0009-003-017
Sound recording of the radio program "Face Off." Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts and Senator Alan K. "Al" Simpson of Wyoming debate the findings of a report from the U.S. Department of Labor on the "glass ceiling," or barriers that keep women and minorities from reaching executive and management positions in private sector corporations. The episode aired on Thursday, September 26, 1991, on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Harris Wofford
JFKWHSFHW-003-016
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
JFKWHSFLCW-020-007
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-001-010
This folder contains letters sent to all members of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, summarizing the Commission's actions, meetings, goals, and recommendations. Topics include labor laws specifically related to women; women's civil and political rights; and administrative matters related to the Commission's presentation of its final report.
Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. White House Staff Files of Walter W. Heller
JFKWHSFWWH-MF43-051
This folder contains material pertaining to a request for comments from the Council of Economic Advisers on a Department of Labor draft bill to prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, and to provide for the restitution of wages lost by employees by reason of any such discrimination.