Despite their education and background, women Foreign Service Officers in the 1950s and 60s faced discrimination and were often treated…
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January 30th, 1968 marked the beginning of one of the most significant campaigns of the Vietnam War: the Tet Offensive.…
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It was to last nearly a decade and would plant the seeds for the rise of the Taliban and Islamic…
There have been a number of prominent women who have served in the State Department over the past century: Francis…