March 23
1977: Lucy Wilson Benson is appointed Under Secretary of State for Security Assitance, Science, and Technology. Benson was president of the League of Women Voters of the United States from 1968-1974, and was the first woman to give a commencement speech at the University of Maryland (in 1972).
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