National Air and Space Museum Archives

Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.1986.0007
Creators:
Scheffelin, Margaret Merrick
Dates:
1981-1984
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
6.54 Cubic feet
(6 records center boxes)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This accession primarily documents Dr. Margaret Merrick Scheffelin's membership to DACOWITS (March 1982 - December 1984). This material consists of published articles, newspaper clippings, and manuscripts, as well as DACOWITS meeting minutes and reports for the period of Dr. Scheffelin's tenure, as well as some personal correspondence and photographs.

Arrangement

Arrangement
Arrangement: 1) Publications 2) visitation packets 3) DACOWITS meetings 4) published articles 5) newpaper & periodical clippings 6) personal correspondence 7) miscellaneous

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) was established in 1951 by Department of Defense Directive 110.09-2 to advise and assist the Secretary of Defense on policy relating to women in the armed forces. The major objectives of the committee were to inform the public of the need for women in the services, the responsibility assumed by the military to provide for the welfare of women, and to accelerate the recruitment of women. By the 1980s DACOWITS had become involved in a wide variety of military issues relating to women.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Margaret M. Scheffelin, Gift, 1985, 1986-0007, NASM

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

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