Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interview with Samuel M. Brownell

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interview with Samuel M. Brownell

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This is a transcript of an oral history interview with Samuel M. Brownell. In this interview Brownell discussed his role as U.S. Commissioner of Education and the educational policies and programs of the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration. Some of the major topics in the interview include a proposal for an advisory commission on education, Federal aid to education, vocational education, school integration, and the National Education Association. Persons mentioned in the interview include Richard M. Nixon, Eisenhower, and Oveta Culp Hobby. An index to personal names is included at the end of the transcript.

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Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995

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Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905 – August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first director of the Women's Army Corps, and a chairperson of the board of the Houston Post. Hobby went to Washington, D.C., in 1941 to head the newly formed women's division of the War Department's Bureau of Public Relations. At the request of Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall she drafted plans for the formation of a women's auxiliary to the male army, ...