biography
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| female
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| lived:
| (1905–95)
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| biography:
| Public official, born in Killeen, Texas, USA. A lawyer and journalist, she took charge of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps in October 1942. Some 100 000 women served under her leadership as clerks, cooks, and chauffeurs. A postwar publisher of The Houston Post, she was active in Texas Republican politics and became the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1953–5). |
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