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OCR Page 1 of 190WHITE HOUSE NEWS ON WOMEN
Sarah Weddington, The White House, Washington, D.C. 20500
Prepared by the Interdepartmental Task Force on Women
Vol. I, Issue I
Women Get
The
Your Guide
Carter's Official
Interdepartmental
Task Force is designed to pro-
To Government
Support
mote equality for American
Actions And
women by ensuring that the
On April 4, 1978, President
needs of women are recognized
Programs
Jimmy Carter took official steps to
and incorporated in Federal
promote equality for women in the
policies and programs."
Affecting Women
cultural, social, economic and
political life of America.
This is the kickoff edition of
A significant section of his
"White House News On
Executive Order 12050 provided
Women".
for an Interdepartmental Task
This publication, which
Force.
is produced with the help of the
Interdepartmental Task Force
"The head of each agency
on Women, is designed to inform
within the Executive Branch shall
interested individuals and groups
designate persons responsible for
about government actions and pro-
reviewing the applicability of
grams affecting women.
initiatives designed to promote
In addition to the newsletter,
full equality for American
which will be issued periodically, we
women, including recommenda-
also will occasionally send other
tions of the 1977 National
items that will provide more details
Women's Conference, to the
on some of these activities.
agency's programs and policies.
Persons so designated shall con-
We hope that these materials
stitute the Interdepartmental
will be helpful to you. We welcome
Task Force, which shall consult
Sarah Weddington
any comments or suggestions that
regularly with the Committee.
you might have. Such should be
The President shall designate a
Sarah Weddington is a Special
sent to newsletter editors:
person to chair the Task Force.'
Assistant to the President. As a
member of the White House senior
Susan McCullough
staff, she advises the President on major
Frances Selnow
The person Carter chose to
policy issues. In addition, she heads the
c/o Sarah Weddington
chair the Task Force was Sarah
Interdepartmental Task Force on
The White House
Weddington.
Women.
Washington, D.C. 20500
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