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Senator du Pont Names SecretaryJeanette Eckman of Wilmington AppointedLeaves for Washington TodayAnnouncement was made last night of the appointment of Miss Jeannette Eckman of Wilmington as Secretary to U. S. Senator du Pont. Miss Eckman leaves for Washington today and will assume her new duties at once. That the appointment is a good one will be generally conceded. No woman in the state, perhaps, has had the advantages and experience that her work has given her. Follow-ing her graduation at Wellesley, she became interested in the educational work of Wilmington and ever since that time has been active in some civic work of the state. She was a Charter member of the General Service Board and its first secretary which was the pioneer of citizens’ interest in government and welfare work in Delaware. This organization, it will be remembered, was taken over with its offices and files of information by the Service Citizens. As Secretary of the General Service Board she made the first survey of the State Departments and institutions. During the war, she served as Secretary of the Women’s Committee and on the executive staff of the Defense Council. Later she was chief of the Delaware State Program under Governor Townsend. She directed and had charge of the first history of Delaware Finances which attracted so much attention and started the discussion among our business men of our finances. Immediately the Suffrage Amendment was passed she was called to the Republican State Central Committee as Assistant Secretary and it was through her executive ability and energy that the women voters became so quickly and effectively organized. All this work has made her thoroughly familiar with the history and practical workings of the state during the past several years.Senator duPont by the appointment of a Delaware woman of such experience has made both an effective and political stroke. This appointment, in view of the stand always taken by Miss Eckman on all questions of women’s interests, shows the Senator’s appreciation of these problems, many of which are now before Congress for •onsideration.
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Newark Post
Newark, Delaware, US
Wed, Sep 07, 1921
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