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During the years surrounding WW II, many young American women entered federal government employment. Most of them assumed low- to mid-level clerical positions; however, a few became highly educated and advanced to high-level government employment. These “government girls” as they were called assumed positions of power and authority uncommon for U.S. women at that time. The large commitments required...
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