Papers of Elizabeth Ann Swift

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Papers of Elizabeth Ann Swift

1979-1982

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Papers of Elizabeth Ann Swift, Foreign Service officer and former hostage in Iran.

7.17 linear feet (4 cartons, 1 file box, 2 folio boxes)

eng, Latn

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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SNAC Resource ID: 6387221

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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United States. Department of State

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The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by an act of July 27, 1789 (1 Stat. 28) and redesignated the Department of State by an act of September 15, 1789 (1 Stat. 68). It was the agency of the United States created by law to assist the President in the formulation and execution of the Nation's foreign policy, and in the conduct of foreign affairs and of certain domestic affairs. The Department made plans for peace and security among all nations, participated in the United Nations and o...

Swift, Elizabeth Ann

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Foreign Service officer and former hostage in Iran, Elizabeth Ann Swift graduated from Radcliffe College in 1962. She joined the Foreign Service in 1963 and worked in Manila and Jakarta before being assigned in 1979 to Tehran as a deputy political counselor. By chance she was the ranking officer at the American embassy when it was taken by followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and one of two women held hostage for fourteen months. After being released in 1981, Swift served in a ...