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Author: Dorothy Sue Cobble

Dorothy Sue Cobble is a distinguished professor emerita of history and labor studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and author of the forthcoming book, For the Many: American Feminists and the Global Fight for Democratic Equality.
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Biden’s American Recovery Plan Should Embrace the Ideas Put Forth 60 Years Ago by JFK’s Commission on Women

Dorothy Sue Cobble
Biden’s Gender Policy Council Should Embrace the Radical Ideas of Its JFK Predecessor

The far-seeing women who pushed for and won the first federal commission on women 60 years ago had a bold and comprehensive plan to move America toward greater equality and well being. President Biden’s American Rescue Plan—aided by the new Gender Policy Council—should follow their lead.

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