The President’s Commission on the Status of Women examined discrimination against women and proposed ways to eliminate it. Chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was also led by other female trailblazers. A selection of some Commission members for #InternationalWomensDay 🧵: - ThreadSky

jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social • 1 day ago

The President’s Commission on the Status of Women examined discrimination against women and proposed ways to eliminate it. Chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was also led by other female trailblazers.

A selection of some Commission members for #InternationalWomensDay 🧵:

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jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Caroline Davis (right, wearing white) was the 1st female @uaw.org local union president, and as director of the women’s department, helped female union members get equal pay and treatment in the workplace.

https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1963-06-10-b#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-AR7965-I

jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Dr. Rosa Gragg founded the 1st Black vocational school in Detroit, was president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, and advised 3 presidents.

https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1962-02-20-f#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-ST-249-2-62

jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Rep. Edith Green (D-OR), called “Mrs. Education,” worked towards education reform and women’s equality throughout her 20 years in the House of Representatives. She was instrumental in the creation of Title IX.

https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1961-04-14-f#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-KN-17561

jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Dorothy Height (receiving a signing pen from JFK), known as “the godmother of the Civil Rights Movement,” advised multiple presidents and government agencies on civil rights issues.

https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1963-06-10-b#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-AR7965-G

jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Esther Peterson was appointed Assistant Secretary of Labor by JFK in August 1961, and as the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission on the Status of Women, she urged him to appoint women to top government posts.

https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1961-12-14-a#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-ST-M6-1-61

jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Rep. Jessica Weiss (R-NY) supported the Equal Rights Amendment and the Equal Pay Act, stating that “Mental capacity, talent, imagination, and initiative are not parceled out on the basis of sex.”

https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/jfkwhp-1961-05-25-f#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-KN-17924

littledabldoya.bsky.social•1 day ago

Democrats sign studies, MAGA GOES AFTER unions.

26 is coming

https://tulsaworld.com/article_c583205b-8012-563a-a381-3bcb2f228376.html

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