Dr. Mabel Murphy Smythe was an educator, lawyer, and economist who was appointed to JFK’s Advisory Council for African American Affairs in 1962.
Looking for some inspiring women on #InternationalWo mensDay? Check out some of the trailblazing women who worked with the Kennedy administration!
Happy Independence Day, Ghana! 🇬🇭 #DYK: Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana, was the first foreign leader to visit JFK in the White House on March 8, 1961.
We're heading out of #ArchivesYouAreHere and going into the weekend! Join us again next month for another… https://t.co/p8ttJLZQku
#ArchivesYouAreHere: in space! Planning for the Apollo program was underway in the early 1960s, and these diagrams… https://t.co/tjzPelBl9W
The Boston/New York rivalry goes a way back: JFK was sent these prints of maps of what the US looks like, depending… https://t.co/Farbog07eZ
Have you ever tried to draw a map from memory? JFK sketched out western Europe on the back of a menu during a state… https://t.co/XcsddYC9Nn
JFK’s Justice Department used this object to track cases of abuse and violence against Southern black voters. Each… https://t.co/i5vCQAyHgj
We’re using seating charts from Kennedy White House events as inspiration for when we can invite our family and fri… https://t.co/eOUBpiPkrd
Betty Miller was the 1st woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean, flying from California to Australia. Here, she… https://t.co/TbQTdr8w7G