Decade of 1960 in the history of AAFSW
The AAFSW began its collaboration with AFSA and their existing scholarship program. AFSA supported AAFSW’s desire to fund a scholarship for Foreign Service children and indicated that AFSA would name […]
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After the elimination of a housing information program which had been operated by DOS Personnel, AAFSW took over this function from a desk in the Foreign Service Lounge. In a
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Initially called the “Foreign Service Women’s Association,” the Association of American Foreign Service Women was founded in 1960 in response to a discussion among wives who felt that their needs and those of their families were not adequately understood by important decision makers.
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