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On the recordFebruary 11, 1962
I can't imagine any more important assignment--not merely for women, but for members of Congress, organized labor, women's organizations themselves, religious groups, and all the rest.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to the Members of the President's Commission on the Status of Women.

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