The Problem of Women in the Department:  Sex and Gender Discrimination in the 1960s United States Foreign Diplomatic Service

Alison Palmer, a United States Foreign Service Officer from 1959 to 1981, brought a gender equity complaint against the U.S. State Department in the late 1960s and then led a class action lawsuit by female officers that lasted until 2010.  Examining the records of Palmer’s grievances against the Dep...

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Main Author: Beatrice Loftus McKenzie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies 2015-03-01
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/10589
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