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My former position as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Civil
Defense Administration was the third ranking position given to a woman -
and one of the highest positions ever occupied by a woman. After a
year and a half I resigned it, because it worked a hardship on my family.
They missed me and needed me, and I missed them and needed them.
When I went to see President Bisenhower to tell him of my resignation
D.
because my husband wanted the to come home, he said, "Well, if you'd
my
been my wife I wouldn't have let you stay as long as this."
But then he went on to say - "But we don't want to lose you,
why don't you stay on as a Consultant" - which I did - with interesting
and important duties.
Mrs. Hiram Houghton, Assistant Director of F. o. A., felt
the same way after two years - and resigned to return to her home duties.
Mrs. Hobby, Mrs. Houghton, and I have felt the call of family ties,
over the challenge of public service. To be sure, in resigning as
Deputy Administrator, I have been given the high honor of serving
as one of the two U. s. Delegates to the NATO Civil Defense Committee -
the only woman delegate from any NATO country on any NATO committees.
It is a privilege to form policy on a national and international level
in an area so important to the peace of the world.
I would like to enter a plea for more participation by more women
in polities and government. We all know in our hearts that sound laws,
wisely administered, are the very tap roots of good government. Too
many of us are unwilling to do our part.
We are governed in a hundred ways at every level - Federal, State
and local - throughout our lives. The quality of that government
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