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- catalog abstract "Collection consists primarily of photocopies of transcripts and exhibits of Palmer's hearing before the U.S. Civil Service Commission. Also included are its initial findings, a few papers concerning the conflict over its recommendations, and a taped interview of Palmer by Marguerite Cooper King, April 1978 (shelved separately as T-173).".
- catalog contributor b2106589.
- catalog date "1971".
- catalog description "Alison Palmer Papers. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College.".
- catalog description "Born in Medford, Mass., in 1931, Palmer received a B.A. from Brown University in 1953, and an M.A. from the Boston University African Studies Center in 1966. She attended American University and Virginia Theological Seminary, and was the thirteenth woman in the United States to be ordained an Episcopal priest.".
- catalog description "Collection consists primarily of photocopies of transcripts and exhibits of Palmer's hearing before the U.S. Civil Service Commission. Also included are its initial findings, a few papers concerning the conflict over its recommendations, and a taped interview of Palmer by Marguerite Cooper King, April 1978 (shelved separately as T-173).".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00841".
- catalog description "Palmer began working for the Department of State in 1955 as a clerk typist, and became a Foreign Service Officer in 1960. After several ambassadors objected to her assignment to their embassies in Africa in the late 1960s, and when she was expected to act as social secretary to an ambassador's wife, she started an internal grievance procedure through the department's Equal Employment Office charging sex discrimination. In 1969 she was notified that the EEO had found in her favor, but refused to enter the report in her personnel file.".
- catalog description "Palmer took the case to the Civil Service Commission in June 1971, which also found in her favor. The State Department then announced that sex discrimination would no longer be tolerated. Palmer's case thus provided a basis for the more conciliatory tactics of the Women's Action Organization; for more information, see the 13 interviews in Women's Action Organization, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College (OH-39).".
- catalog description "Unpublished finding aid.".
- catalog extent ".75 linear ft.".
- catalog issued "1971".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "American Federation of Government Employees.".
- catalog subject "Beath, Andrew B.".
- catalog subject "Macomber, William B.".
- catalog subject "Palmer, Alison.".
- catalog subject "Sex discrimination in employment United States.".
- catalog subject "United States Civil Service Commission.".
- catalog subject "United States. Department of State Officials and employees.".
- catalog subject "Women's Action Organization.".
- catalog title "Papers, 1971-1978 (inclusive).".
- catalog type "Audiotapes.".