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of the United States with other countries. Their history should also be written.

A number of organizations and individuals have cooperated considerably in aiding the research and completion of this study. The Houghton Library, Harvard University, made available the Joseph P. Grew papers; the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, the transcripts of interviews by Jean Joyce of participants in the Ad Hoc Committee to Improve the Status of Women and the Women's Action Organization; the Ohio Historical Society, the Warren G. Harding papers; and the Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress, the Wilbur J. Carr and Leland Harrison papers. Milton Gustafson and his staff in the Diplomatic Records Branch of the National Archives and Records Service assisted greatly in the use of the older records of the Department of State. Lucile Atcherson (Mrs. George M. Curtis), as the first woman Foreign Service officer, contributed her recollections in an interview in March 1978.

Within the Department of State, Wilmer Sparrow and the research staff of the Foreign Affairs Document and Reference Center and Evelyn R. Manning of the Personnel Library of the Bureau of Personnel were very helpful in locating files and documents of use in researching and writing this account. The Audio-Visual Services Division, Harry E. Keiper, Chief, has provided great assistance in producing many of the illustrations for this volume. Paul M. Washington and the editorial staff of the Publishing and Reproduction Division advised me on various aspects of publishing this study and have provided excellent editorial assistance. Georgiana M. Prince and Margaret D. Anderson of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity continually gave advice and encouragement, as well as relevant data on women in the Department and the government, throughout the time the project has been underway. Mary M. Brandt of the Office of The Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, has been an able research assistant from the initiation of the study until its completion.

Washington, D.C.
April 1978

Homer L. Calkin

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