PRESIDENT SAYS WOMEN'S STATUS CHANGE IN BUSINESS WORLD IS REVOLUTIONARY
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On January 11, 1923, President Warren G. Harding's message to the women's industrial conference meeting at the New National Museum* here in the Nation's Capital was read by Secretary of Labor James J. Davis**.
The President's message states "revolutionary change has taken place in the status of women in the world of business."
Mr. Harding calls this change "justified."
The Secretary said that more than one-fifth of the women of the nation are employed.
JFK+50 NOTE
While 20% of women in the United States were employed in January 1923, 58% were employed as of September 2022.
*The new U.S. National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, opened in 1910 housing art, culture, history, & natural history collections. The building was expanded in 1965.
**James John Davis (1873-1947) was born in Tredegar, Wales & served as Secretary of Labor 1921-1930. JJD is one of only 3 cabinet officers to serve under 3 consecutive POTUS. He served in the U.S. Senate representing Pennsylvania 1930-1945.
SOURCES
"A Brief History of NMNH," National Museum of Natural History, www.naturalhistory.si.edu/
"President Lauds Industrial Women," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., January 11, 1923, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
