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Irene Parsons shakes hands with President Lyndon Johnson at the White House on 5 August 1965. Johnson selected her as the assistant administrator for personnel of the Veterans Administration, the highest government personnel post held by a woman at the time. An inscription on the photo reads, "To Irene Parsons, with warm regards, Lyndon B. Johnson."

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Title
Irene Parsons and Lyndon Johnson
Contributor
Parsons, Irene, Curator
Date
1965-08-05
Date (Text)
1965-08-05
Object ID
WV0311.6.003
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Coast Guard
Topics
Women's History
Schools and Colleges
UNCG
Alumni
Military
Geographic Coverage
Washington (D.C.)|Washington (D.C.)
Contributing Institution
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Service Branch
Coast Guard -- SPARS
Conflict / Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Type
Image
Format
photographs
Language
English
Archive
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries; Irene Parsons Collection
Standard Rights Statement
(http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/) IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
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Digital History Collections > University of North Carolina at Greensboro > Women Veterans Historical Project Collections > Irene Parsons Collection
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