Papers, 1944-1969

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Papers, 1944-1969

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Correspondence, articles, speeches, of Mildred Hodgman Mahoney, executive secretary of the Massachusetts Governor’s Commission for Racial and Religious Understanding (1943-1946) and chair of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination until 1964.

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Mildred Hodgman Mahoney, 1896-1980

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Mildred Hodgman Mahoney was born April 21, 1896 in Taunton, Massachusetts. She attended Pine Manor Junior College in 1918, and married John Joseph Mahoney in 1923. Thirteen years later she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Boston University, and in 1942 she received her Master's degree in Education from Radcliffe College. MHM became executive secretary of the Governor's Commission for Racial and Religious Understanding in 1943, and held the position until she w...

Massachusetts Fair Employment Practices Commission

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Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination

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St 1946, c 368 established the Massachusetts Fair Employment Practice Commission, serving under the governor. St 1950, c 479 renamed it the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. St 1969, c 704, s 8 placed it under the Executive Office for Administration and Finance, and its responsibilities for nondiscriminatory hiring and other policies in the Executive Department were included in the Governor's Code of Fair Practices (Exec Order 74, July 20, 1970; see also Exec Orders 1...

Massachusetts

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