Willis, Frances Elizabeth, 1899-1983

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Frances Elizabeth Willis was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland, Norway and Sri Lanka. She was the third woman to enter the U.S. Foreign Service in 1927 and the first woman to make a career of it.
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creatorOf Frances E. Willis Papers, 1906-1983 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Women Ambassadors Oral History Project MS 204., 1916-2002, 1980-1990 Sophia Smith Collection
referencedIn Bertha S. Adkins Papers. 1928 - 1983. Personal Files, 1928 - 1983 Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn General Records of the Department of State. 1763 - 2002. Photographs and Biographic Information Related to Ambassadors, Secretaries of State, and Other State Department Officials National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Frances E. Willis Papers, 1906-1983 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Papers, ca.1905-1989 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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associatedWith Morin, Ann Miller person
associatedWith RUTH BALDWIN (COWAN) NASH, 1901-1993 person
associatedWith United States. Dept. of State. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Redlands CA US
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 00 LK
Kingdom of Norway 00 NO
United States 00 US
Swiss Confederation 00 CH
Metropolis IL US
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Birth 1899-05-20

Death 1983-07-23

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