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War Manpower Commission Women's Advisory Committee. Seven of the twelve members of the Women's Advisory Committee, WMC, are shown at a meeting in Washington, D.C., March 18, 1943. Reading from left to right, they are: Mrs. Beatrice Gould, editor, Ladies' Home Journal; Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin, vice-president, National League of Women Voters; Miss Bess Bloodworth, vice-president in charge of personnel, the Namm Store, Brooklyn, New York; Miss Margaret A. Hickey, lawyer and business executive of Saint Louis, Missouri, chairman; Mrs. Maudelle Bousfield, principal, Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Blanche M. Ralston, former Works Progress Administration (WPA) regional director, Coahoma, Mississippi; and Miss Jennie Matyas, International Ladies' Garment Union, San Francisco, California

Miss New York 2001, Air Force Reserve Second Lieutenant Andrea Plummer, Air Force Institute of Technology, speaks to the gathering at Liberty State Park, New Jersey during the "Support Our Troops" rally for national "Make a Difference Day." Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) and its Ladies Auxiliary, in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs sponsored the rally. The event hosted numerous entertainment acts for the 15,000 attending the three-hour rally. "Americas armed forces are gearing up for a long and arduous war on an invisible, but terrifying enemy," said VFW Commander-in-CHIEF Jim N. Goldsmith. "We are asking a lot from our men and women in the...

The Honorable Jennifer Granholm, Governor of the State of Michigan (MI), gives a thumbs up sign during her speech, during a Welcome Home Ceremony for US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to Headquarters (HQ), 1ST Battalion, 119th Field Artillery (1-119th FA), Michigan Army National Guard (MIARNG), returning home at the armory in Lansing, Michigan (MI), following a one year tour of duty in Iraq. (A3596)

War Manpower Commission Women's Advisory Committee. Seven of the twelve members of the Women's Advisory Committee, WMC, are shown at a meeting in Washington, D.C., March 18, 1943. Reading from left to right, they are: Mrs. Beatrice Gould, editor, Ladies' Home Journal; Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin, vice-president, National League of Women Voters; Miss Bess Bloodworth, vice-president in charge of personnel, the Namm Store, Brooklyn, New York; Miss Margaret A. Hickey, lawyer and business executive of Saint Louis, Missouri, chairman; Mrs. Maudelle Bousfield, principal, Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Blanche M. Ralston, former Works Progress Administration (WPA) regional director, Coahoma, Mississippi; and Miss Jennie Matyas, International Ladies' Garment Union, San Francisco, California

Naval leaders ask Congress for more armament. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Photographed today at the initial meeting of the House Naval Affairs Committee are, left to right: Lewis Compton, Assistant to Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, Secretary Edison, with Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations standing in rear. Following a brief statement by Secretary Edison, Admiral Stark urged the Committee to approve a bill by Chairman of the Committee Carl Vinson to give the Navy 25 percent more tonnage, 6,000 more planes at a cost of $1,300,000,000. Without such increase, he said, the U.S. will be 'relatively weak in naval power at the end of the year'

Ladies of 75th Congress. Washington, D.C., March 4. A rare picture is this one of the women members of the 75th congress who were photographed today following an informal luncheon in the Speaker's dining room at the Capitol. They are, left to right: Rep. Caroline O'Day of New York; Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts; Rep. Mary T. Norton of New Jersey; Rep. Nan Honeyman of Oregon; Rep. Virginia E. Jenckes of Indiana; and Senator Hattie W. Caraway of Arkansas, 3/4/38

Women's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission. First meeting of the Women's Policy Committee of the War Manpower Commission held on October 1, 1942. The committee is to aid in mobilizing women workers for the war effort. Standing, left to right: Dr. Lillian M. Gilbreth, Mrs. Beatrice Gould, Mrs. Dorothy Bellanca, Miss Bess Bloodworth, Mrs. Harris T. Baldwin, Miss Sara Southall, Miss Thelma McKelvey. Seat, left to right: Miss Margaret A. Hickey, chairman; Mrs. Lowell Hobart, Mrs. Gladys Talbott Edwards, Miss Ruth Allen, Mrs. Maudelle Bousfield, Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, Miss Jenny Matyas, Mrs. Blanche M. Ralston

War Manpower Commission Women's Advisory Committee. Miss Margaret A. Hickey, chairman of the Women's Advisory Committee, War Manpower Commission (WMC). As chairman of this committee, Miss Hickey, who is a lawyer and a business executive of Saint Louis, Missouri, heads the first wartime committee of American women which settles important policy. In private life, she is Mrs. Joseph Strubinger, wife of a Saint Louis lawyer

Members of the US Navy (USN) Ceremonial Honor Guard pass in review at the East Front of the US Capitol during the 2005 Presidential Inaugural. The USN Ceremonial Guard provides military ceremonial support to the 55th Presidential Inauguration. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform provide military ceremonial support to the Presidential Inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 Inauguration. Receiving the honors are US President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush (left) and Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne (right)

First woman congress member protests increase in nation's armed forces. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Jeanette Rankin, first woman member of Congress, told the Naval Affairs Committee for the House today that there is 'much technical opinion within the Navy Department against the fortification of Guam as there is for it', and that the reason that the committee had not heard such opinions is because, 'announcements of policy come only from the top.' Miss Rankin voted against U.S. entrance into the World War, 2-7- 39

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Maybe the reason for the short Senate Democratic Caucus. Washington, D.C., Dec. 31. Probably the Xmas cigars Senators Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, and Tom O'Connally lighted up was the reason for the short Senate Democratic Caucus, which unanimously re-elected Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky as Majority Leader. The harmonious meeting lasted only [...] minutes, 12/31/38

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[Assignment: OS_2004_1201_179] Office of the Secretary - ANNOUNCEMENTS OF RESULTS OF STANDARDS INITIATIVE [40_CFD_OS_2004_1201_179_916.JPG]

Waiting for the semimonthly relief checks at Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Typical story: fifteen years ago they owned farms in Oklahoma. Lost them through foreclosure when cotton prices fell after the war. Became tenants and sharecroppers. With the drought and dust they came West, 1934-1937. Never before left the county where they were born. Now although in California over a year they haven't been continuously resident in any single county long enough to become a legal resident. Reason: migratory agricultural laborers

Plate 43 from 'Los Caprichos': The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)

President George Bush visiting the site of the Squire Peak forest fire, Ruch, Oregon, for surveys of the damage, discussions with Bureau of Land Management, state, and local officials and firefighters, and policy announcements

Distinguished guests pay honor to the flag during the commissioning of the dock ship USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43). They are, left to right: Captain (CAPT) J. Graham, USN, Chaplain, CAPT P. Grasser, Rear Admiral (RDML) (lower half) J.P. Reason, P.A. Schneider, Naval Sea Systems Command; Vice Admiral (VADM) G.W. Davis Jr., commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific; Representative Helen D. Bentley, Republican-Maryland, Major General (MGEN) C.E. Mundy Jr., US Marine Corps (USMC); Retired Colonel (COL) E.E. Shoults, USMC; J.R. Santosuosso, president, Lockheed Shipbuilding Co.; Commander (CDR) G.S. Rhodes, commanding officer, USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD 43)

Photograph of President William Jefferson Clinton Delivering Remarks at the World AIDS Day Event at Rankin Chapel in Washington, D.C.

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Knox before Senate committee considering his qualifications to be Secretary of Navy. Washington, D.C., July 2. Col. Frank Knox, recently nominated to be secretary of the Navy, appeared before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee today and denied charges the he is an advocate of armed intervention in the European War, 7-2-40

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Finland drinks a toast. Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Open House was the order of the day today at the Legation of Finland here. Toasts were drunk to the health of their President Pehr Evind Svinhufvudt [Svinhufvud], who is celebrating his 75th birthday today; Finland also paid her war debt installment due today to the United States, the only debtor nation to do so, which was another reason to rejoice. Pictured here are Dr. Eero Jarnefelt, (left) Finland Minister to the United States, and Dr. Sigurd Von Numers, Secretary of the Legation

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