New York Times March 2, 1961: KENNEDY SETS UP U.S. PEACE CORPS TO WORK ABROAD
KENNEDY SETS UP U.S. PEACE CORPS TO WORK ABROAD Creates Pilot Plan and Asks Congress to Establish a Permanent Operation RECRUITS TO GET NO PAY President Aims to Have 500 on Job by the End of ’61 — Training Will Be Pushed Kennedy Sets Up Peace Corpse Of Volunteers to Work Abroad WASHINGTON, March 1 — President Kennedy issued an executive order today creating a Peace Corps. It will enlist American men and women for voluntary, unpaid service in the developing countries of the world. CONTINUE READING: PDF BYLINE By PETER BRAESTRUP Special to The New York Times.
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I think that Peace Corps recruited minority Volunteers. I served in 1963 and we were an all female group of…