Esther Peterson

Esther Peterson

Esther Eggertsen Peterson (December 9, 1906 – December 20, 1997) was a lifelong consumer and women's advocate.

She was Assistant Secretary of Labor and Director of the United States Women's Bureau for President John F. Kennedy, Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter, Vice President for Consumer Affairs at Giant Food Corporation, and president of the National Consumers League.

She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981 and was named a delegate the UN as a UNESCO representative in 1993.

External links

* [http://www.consumersunion.org/aboutcu/estherp.htm Consumers Union bio]
* [http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00029 Esther Peterson Papers.] [http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles Schlesinger Library,] Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
* http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=120

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