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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.

 Identifier

NASM.1986.0007

Creator

Scheffelin, Margaret Merrick

Date

1981-1984

Provenance

Margaret M. Scheffelin, Gift, 1985, 1986-0007, NASM

Extent

6.54 Cubic feet ((6 records center boxes))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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 note

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

Rights

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

Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Topics

Women and the military

Women in aeronautics

Aeronautics, Military

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Correspondence

Reports

Minutes

Manuscripts

Clippings

Articles