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===Lucile Atcherson Curtis===
===Lucile Atcherson Curtis===
[[Lucile Atcherson Curtis]] was the first woman in what became the U.S. Foreign Service.<ref name="harvard.edu">{{cite web|url=http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch01223|title=Curtis, Lucile Atcherson, 1894-1986. Papers of Lucile Atcherson Curtis, 1863-1986 (inclusive), 1917-1927 (bulk): A Finding Aid|work=harvard.edu|access-date=March 19, 2015}}</ref> Specifically, she was the first woman appointed as a United States Diplomatic Officer or Consular Officer, in 1923 (the U.S. did not establish the unified Foreign Service until 1924, at which time diplomatic and consular Officers became Foreign Service officers).<ref name="archives1">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.archives.gov/TextMessage/2013/09/09/an-archives-filled-with-firsts/ |title=The Text Message » An Archives Filled with Firsts |publisher=Blogs.archives.gov |date=September 9, 2013 |access-date=March 19, 2015}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/g/greenwald-times.html |title=A Woman of the Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 19, 2015}}</ref>
[[Lucile Atcherson Curtis]] was the first woman in what became the U.S. Foreign Service.<ref name="harvard.edu">{{cite web|url=http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch01223|title=Curtis, Lucile Atcherson, 1894-1986. Papers of Lucile Atcherson Curtis, 1863-1986 (inclusive), 1917-1927 (bulk): A Finding Aid|work=harvard.edu|access-date=March 19, 2015}}</ref> Specifically, she was the first woman appointed as a United States Diplomatic Officer or Consular Officer, in 1923 (the U.S. did not establish the unified Foreign Service until 1924, at which time diplomatic and consular Officers became Foreign Service officers).<ref name="archives1">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.archives.gov/TextMessage/2013/09/09/an-archives-filled-with-firsts/ |title=The Text Message » An Archives Filled with Firsts |publisher=Blogs.archives.gov |date=September 9, 2013 |access-date=March 19, 2015}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/g/greenwald-times.html |title=A Woman of the Times |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 19, 2015}}</ref>


==Rogers Act==
==Rogers Act==