Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: References & Edit History

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Assorted References

enforcement of Civil Rights Act
- In Civil Rights Act
Fair Employment Practices Committee
- In Fair Employment Practices Committee
importance in the women’s rights movement
- In women’s rights movement: Successes and failures
Nixon administration
- In Richard Nixon: Domestic policies
regulatory agencies
- In regulatory agency
role of Norton
- In Eleanor Holmes Norton

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

Meg Matthias
Gaurav Shukla

Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Media added.	Meg Matthias	Jun 26, 2024
	Corrected display issue.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 20, 2023
	Added new Web site: The Official Site of U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.	Gaurav Shukla	Oct 30, 2006
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Dec 01, 1999
	New article added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 26, 1999