Progress of Women in the United States, 1949-1951: A Report V. 1

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1 Progress of Women in the United States, 1949-1951: A Report 1 (1951)

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A Renort -prorpred by the
alovn's BuRi3o of' the Un~ite)d StAteos Dean--rtm.eYnt rof Lanbor
for Mairy M. Cannon, the Unite;d Stxtesi Delegat to the
Inte riAme ric &n Coni is siono W Men, Seventh Accmbly,
Sentingo, Cile, May 'O - June 11j, 1951
StJh4AIRY
Introduction
World roc rstructi'm rnd nutivne..1 ru-,djustnent to postwar ways
corntnued to domin'.'te tho activitiis fl.f th pnalvn Govarnw-nt of the
Thiied States until the.. sudden crisis iin For.'d cLnest a -rear go, Since
this Comraissic.n men't in August 1949, the efforts of our people to build
neW bouser, sicools, hu rches, hi hwa'c : stron.-then ihe f'ibric of
Plarilr n-,n10 ecommunitY life,>*s &-w-0d ab#o.-d erergeti-call-y and. dmoara-
iWerally.
It is -i,,ifnicat that ride by nid<:with M'.i- rm e tion with
doicstic aff-irs, concrn fo.r t-J. wl rJ.r : b nd ur m.ytoot 1 boundaries
has demnad :nd shened irnt: d-!inite: ectirn. ThE succe'r of the
MI-asall Pli-n in restoring th f:un-1U~n of' crnonin hltofEuroxc
has erwocura;.Ted u r to in');- h .a--ru eei rgetpo
nosed byv Procidet Truron f0 ..ractnce te uadvr'1i.' loped nourtries,
popularly known i..s Pnr-t IV.
in the midt f, id31 t- l..f -,I acIivi tia s fr'r bui.lding the
peace tt h nond in t1 :rr 0, .- Korce.ri criis thront itseil.f forward
for amorg ty 'ttenti.'r.. A.5 :. nurer of thu Uit'd Ilationas the frited
Statd '.A its t.onlo are -t this *-;.nt tryinr t drn two difficu1t
thin!s rt the .'w time z P; t. five in a neighbor's house to keep
thE daty'r fe~ upr'r.dinr to. i';.r nuti Lr rl.;os, %nd hAlp build loss
inflainble h 'uses o.'r .ur i: .is d -ur no- atre to roduce the prob-
ability of such ditErs. It it: with this inh.-rn in --bur mind., that
we turn to the mre snecific Ttter Tf the lrerss -f women in the
Uhjtftd Sttes durin:- the tct two yurs.
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