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Photograph folder
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-1963-06-10-B
AR37, ST25
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-304-8-63
President John F. Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Standing (L-R): unidentified photographer; President of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Dorothy Height (in back, mostly hidden); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); Senator Winston L. Prouty (Vermont); Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), William F. Schnitzler; Director of Research and Program Resources for the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), Ethlyn Christensen; Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz (partially hidden behind Ms. Christensen); Representative Carlton Sickles (Maryland); President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pearl Larner Willen; Representative Leonor K. Sullivan (Missouri); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (NFBPWC), Dr. Minnie Miles; Representative Julia Butler Hansen of Washington (in back); Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW), Margaret Mealey; Representative Elizabeth Kee of West Virginia (in back wearing hat); Director of United Automobile Workers (UAW) Women’s Department, Caroline Davis; Director of the Department of Legislation for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Andrew Biemiller (in back); Representative Catherine May (Washington); Senator Maurine Neuberger of Oregon (on edge of frame).
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7965-H
President John F. Kennedy distributes pens after signing the Equal Pay Act in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Standing (L-R): Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), William F. Schnitzler; Director of Research and Program Resources for the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), Ethlyn Christensen; Representative Carlton Sickles of Maryland (behind Ms. Christensen); President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pearl Larner Willen; Representative Leonor K. Sullivan of Missouri (partially hidden); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Representative Martha W. Griffiths of Michigan (receiving a pen from the President); President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (NFBPWC), Dr. Minnie Miles; Representative Julia Butler Hansen of Washington (in back, face partially hidden); Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW), Margaret Mealey.
Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-AR7965-G
President John F. Kennedy distributes pens after signing the Equal Pay Act in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Standing (L-R): Representative Florence Price Dwyer (New Jersey); Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); President of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), Dorothy Height (receiving a pen from the President); former Director of the Women’s Bureau in the Department of Labor, Mary Anderson; Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), William F. Schnitzler; Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor Standards, Esther Peterson; Director of Research and Program Resources for the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), Ethlyn Christensen; Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back); Representative Leonor K. Sullivan (Missouri); President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pearl Larner Willen; Representative Edna Kelly of New York (in back, head turned); President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (NFBPWC), Dr. Minnie Miles; Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW), Margaret Mealey; Director of United Automobile Workers (UAW) Women’s Department, Caroline Davis; unidentified.