Word: oveta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...learned appeals judges quoted Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche and Rousseau on the inequality of the sexes. When Maria's lawyer (a woman) cited such examples of U.S. stateswomen as Health, Education & Welfare Secretary Oveta Gulp Hobby and Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce, one judge replied: "The capacity and intelligence of Mrs. Luce do not apply to the case of a Brazilian woman." In the end, the judges denied Maria Sandra's appeal. But friends in Parliament were trying to push through bills to admit women to the foreign service. The Foreign Office recommended to President Getulio Vargas that...
...another part of the hemisphere, at another time, it could have been Evita instead of Oveta...
...Incidentally, Texans don't agree with your contention that Oveta's appointment was a ... plum for the Texas people. Mrs. Hobby's appointment is a plum for Mrs. Hobby...
...Oveta Gulp Hobby is that new type of Southerner who does something concrete about adjusting relations between whites and Negroes...
...outraged nerves, which have been simmering since "Madame Secretary Perkins' " era, have been brought to a boil with the creation of a new Cabinet rank - and another female to fill it, Oveta Gulp Hobby [TIME...