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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1962-02-12-A
AR16
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-003-001
This folder contains materials related to a meeting of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, including press releases, a progress report, reports by several of the Commission's committees, and meeting agendas. The folder also contains correspondence between President John F Kennedy and Commission Chair Eleanor Roosevelt. Topics include: women's employment including federal employment; civil and political rights; labor and economic issues, including taxes and equal pay; and social services, including social security, healthcare for older women (referred to as "the aged"), and childcare.
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-002-005
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 of discussion include education, social insurance and taxes; labor and equal equal employment for women; women's civil and political rights; and a tribute to the late Eleanor Roosevelt, Chair of the Commission, as well as the creation of the Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation.
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-002-003
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 of discussion include labor and employment regulations, maternity leave and benefits, and equal pay for women; women in the military; women's civil and political rights; and a tribute to the late Eleanor Roosevelt, Chair of the Commission.
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-001-005
This folder contains correspondence regarding the work of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, sent between the Chair of the Commission, Eleanor Roosevelt; Director of the United States Department of Labor's Women's Division, Esther Peterson; members of the Commission; and representatives of women's organizations and other members of the public. The folder also includes reports and other materials related to meetings of the Commission's committees.
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-001-004
This folder contains correspondence regarding the work of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, sent between the Chair of the Commission, Eleanor Roosevelt; Director of the United States Department of Labor's Women's Division, Esther Peterson; members of the Commission; and representatives of women's organizations and other members of the public.
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-001-003
This folder contains correspondence regarding the work of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, sent between the Chair of the Commission, Eleanor Roosevelt; Director of the United States Department of Labor's Women's Division, Esther Peterson; members of the Commission; and representatives of women's organizations and other members of the public. The folder includes carbon copies of letters from Eleanor Roosevelt to members of committees within the Commission.
Textual folder
United States President's Commission on the Status of Women Records
USPCSW-001-002
This folder contains correspondence regarding the work of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, sent between the Chair of the Commission, Eleanor Roosevelt; Director of the United States Department of Labor's Women's Division, Esther Peterson; members of the Commission; and representatives of women's organizations and other members of the public.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7035-E
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Fish Room (Conference Room), White House, Washington, D.C. Members pictured include: Representative Jessica Weis of New York; Cynthia C. Wedel, Co-chairwoman of the National Council of Churches’ Committee on the Cooperation of Men and Women in Church and Society; Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; John W. Macy, Jr., Chairman of the Civil Service Commission; Dr. Richard A. Lester, Vice-chairman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Margaret Hickey, Ladies' Home Journal editor; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Senator George Aiken of Vermont.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7035-D
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Two unidentified; Lawyer Marguerite Rawalt; Representative Jessica Weis of New York; unidentified; Margaret Mealey, Executive Secretary of the National Council of Catholic Women; Cynthia C. Wedel, Co-chairwoman of the National Council of Churches’ Committee on the Cooperation of Men and Women in Church and Society; William F. Schnitzler, Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; John W. Macy, Jr., Chairman of the Civil Service Commission; Representative Edith Green of Oregon (mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Dr. Richard A. Lester, Vice-chairman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg (back to camera); Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of Negro Women; three unidentified; Margaret Hickey, Ladies' Home Journal editor.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7035-C
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Unidentified; Margaret Mealey, Executive Secretary of the National Council of Catholic Women; Cynthia C. Wedel, Co-chairwoman of the National Council of Churches’ Committee on the Cooperation of Men and Women in Church and Society; William F. Schnitzler, Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; John W. Macy, Jr., Chairman of the Civil Service Commission; Representative Edith Green of Oregon (mostly hidden); President Kennedy; Dr. Richard A. Lester, Vice-chairman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women (mostly hidden); Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of Negro Women.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7035-B
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Unidentified; Margaret Mealey, Executive Secretary of the National Council of Catholic Women; Cynthia C. Wedel, co-chairwoman of the National Council of Churches’ Committee on the Cooperation of Men and Women in Church and Society; William F. Schnitzler, Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); Eleanor Roosevelt, chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women; John W. Macy, Jr., chairman of the Civil Service Commission; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; President Kennedy; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Senator George Aiken of Vermont; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of Negro Women.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7035-A
President John F. Kennedy meets with members of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. (L-R) Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), William F. Schnitzler; Chairwoman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, Eleanor Roosevelt; Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, John W. Macy, Jr.; Representative Edith Green of Oregon; President Kennedy; Vice-chairman of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women, Dr. Richard A. Lester; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson.