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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “In order to assure effective and continuing leadership in advancing the status of women, it is deemed appropriate to…”

On the recordOctober 31, 1963
In order to assure effective and continuing leadership in advancing the status of women, it is deemed appropriate to establish an interdepartmental committee and a citizens' advisory council on the status of women.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11126—Establishing a Committee and a Council Relating to the Status of Women

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