On December 18. she reported to the Department of State and became the first woman Foreign Service officer in the United States. The efforts of Ms. Atcherson and other women to enter the Foreign Service set off quite a debate among Government officials as to whether women should be allowed to serve. Some felt that an Executive order should be issued excluding not only women. but blacks and naturalized citizens as well from eligibility for employment. Some argued that there were ways for rating applicants from these groups so low on the examinations that they would not get a passing grade. Still others felt that applications must be judged on an equal basis and with equal treatment.
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