John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “These are but two examples of the areas you are attacking where this…”

On the recordAugust 25, 1962

These are but two examples of the areas you are attacking where this type of discrimination has prevented the full use of talents and skills.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

Source

Letter to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt on Receiving Report by the Commission on the Status of Women.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “These are but two examples of the areas you are attacking where this type of discrimination has prevented the full use…”