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Statement About Establishment of an Advisory Committee on the Economic Role of Women

September 21, 1972

WOMEN are playing an increasingly important role in the economy of our Nation. We in this Administration believe that women must have full equality of opportunity and freedom of choice to pursue their careers, whether they be in the home or outside of the home.

We have taken many strong steps to promote equality and that freedom, but we must recognize clearly that much more needs to be done, especially in the subtle areas of changing attitudes.

Accordingly, I am asking the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to organize an Advisory Committee on the Economic Role of Women. The Committee will be composed of women and men in both the private and public sectors, who are concerned with the changing role of women in our Nation's economy.

The Committee will meet periodically with the CEA Chairman to appraise progress and problems in this crucial area. I am confident that it will also fulfill a significant role in the vital areas of education and communication to ensure that progress and change in this important area of human rights will be constructive.

Note: On the same day, the White House released a fact sheet and the transcript of a news conference on the Committee. Participants in the news conference were Marina von Neumann Whitman, member, Council of Economic Advisers, and Barbara H. Franklin, Staff Assistant to the President for Executive Management.

Richard Nixon, Statement About Establishment of an Advisory Committee on the Economic Role of Women Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/254973

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