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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
United States government
Also known as: HEW
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establishment by Eisenhower
- In Dwight D. Eisenhower: First term as president of Dwight D. Eisenhower
…the spring of 1953 the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was created.
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role of Hobby
- In Oveta Culp Hobby
…the first secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1953–55).
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Title IX
- In Title IX
…but the following year the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) issued a final interpretation of Title IX’s effect on intercollegiate athletics, in which HEW mandated that educational institutions provide equal opportunity to men and women in athletic programs. Upon its establishment in 1980, the Department of Education was…
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