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On the recordOctober 20, 1960
There should be no 'artificial and arbitrary barriers to employment based on age, race, sex, religion, or national origin.'
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, Chairman of the National Woman's Party

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