Kennedy announced this as the country was debating theEqual Rights Amendment, a proposed constitutional amendment that would have sought torectify workplace inequalitiesfor women. It had been first introduced in Congress 1920 but was never ratified, and there was substantial disagreement, even within w...
John F. Kennedy: American University Commencement Address delivered 10 June 1963 AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio President Anderson, members of the faculty, board of trustees, distinguished guests, my old colleague, Senator Bob Byrd, who has earned his degree...
Kennedy aide, Meyer Feldman, claimed in an interview with Nina Burleigh that the president might have discussed substantial issues with her: "I think he might have thought more of her than some of the other women and discussed things that were on his mind, not just social gossip." In 1962...
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In April 1952, Kennedy stood for a seat in the United States Senate against Republican, independent Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. He hadn’t just faced a kid, but an entire family. At least seventy thousand Massachusetts housewives had been hosted by the Kennedy women alone. Kennedy was re-elected...
Kennedy won by over seventy thousand votes. Lodge reeled under the impact. He had not run against a man, but a whole family. The Kennedy women alone had acted as hostesses to at least seventy thousand Massachusetts housewives. In 1958 Kennedy was reelected to the Senate. Kennedy's ...
Memorializing John F. Kennedy in bronze We see them everywhere – tributes to the men and women who played a role in our history. We see new statues going up, and old ones coming down. But sometimes, we don't even think about the art behind the image.Ivan Schwartz is a classically-...
Kennedy also established the "Presidential Commission on the Status of Women" which was an advisory commission to investigate: education, income and workplace issues of women. Thereafter, in June 1963, Kennedy signed the "Equal Pay Act" which was to close the so-called wage gap based on sex...
Bedell Smith, Sally. Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House. New York: Random House, 2004. Leamer, Laurence.The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family.New York: Fawcett Books, 1994. Readers: For more on Frank Sinatra on this blog, clickhere. ...