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White House Photographs
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President John F. Kennedy distributes pens after signing the Equal Pay Act in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington, D.C. Standing (L-R): Director of Research and Program Resources for the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA), Ethlyn Christensen; Representative Leonor K. Sullivan (Missouri); Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (in back, face hidden); President of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pearl Larner Willen; Representative Martha W. Griffiths (Michigan); Representative Julia Butler Hansen (Washington); President of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs (NFBPWC), Dr. Minnie Miles; Executive Director of the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW), Margaret Mealey; Director of United Automobile Workers (UAW) Women’s Department, Caroline Davis; Representative Catherine May of Washington (wearing polka-dot dress, face hidden); Secretary of Labor, Willard Wirtz.