Oveta Culp Hobby
✓ Source-basedfallingUS Army officer and government official (1905-1995)
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Oveta Culp Hobby was an American government official and businesswoman who served as the first United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1953 to 1955. A member of the Republican Party, Hobby was the second woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet.
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Col. Oveta Culp Hobby (right) talks with Auxiliary Margaret Peterson and Capt. Elizabeth Gilbert at Mitchel Field, New York. (photo: Al Aumuller, World Telegram & Sun.)
Oveta Culp Hobby is sworn in as the first WAAC by Maj. Gen. Myron C. Cramer. General George C. Marshall, second from left, and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson were witnesses of the ceremony.
Colonel Hobby's portrait in military uniform at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.Awards 4
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1995 · aged 90
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