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11. post_grutter_TX_2005

(File; Wed Mar 14 13:18:00 EDT 2007)

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12. aa_state_2005

(File; Wed Mar 14 11:30:00 EDT 2007)

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13. Sharon Arnold

(Web Page; Mon Nov 20 15:16:00 EST 2006)

Description: "Affirmative action has helped me because I had all the experience [in highway construction]...Knowing the 'good ole boy' system and working in it, I would literally never have had the opportunity."

14. Paulette M. Balich

(Web Page; Mon Nov 20 15:17:00 EST 2006)

Description: "My very first opportunity at New England Telephone (today NYNEX) was because of their efforts to diversify the work force. NET was looking to bring women into their predominantly male Plant organization.

15. Elisa Maria Sanchez

(Web Page; Mon Nov 20 15:17:00 EST 2006)

Description: "Affirmative Action in several instances made it possible for me to be the first Latina or woman to be hired in management or administration. In all instances I was competing for a position where candidates had similar experience and background but because a Latina or woman had never been a manager/administrator, I was given the opportunity.

16. Major Fabienne Brooks

(Web Page; Mon Nov 20 15:17:00 EST 2006)

Description: "I am the first African-American female to be promoted to Major. I'm the highest-ranking African-American female in the state of Washington. I'm the first African-American female in the state to attend the FBI National Academy. (My uncle was the first African American to attend, in 1965.) I didn't do this on my own. There were people before me, men and women, black and white, who had an impact. Affirmative action programs have helped many women to gain access to jobs historically dominated by white men."

17. Chief Penny E. Harrington

(Web Page; Mon Nov 20 15:17:00 EST 2006)

Description: "As Director of the National Center for Women & Policing, a division of the Feminist Majority Foundation, I have seen the benefit of affirmative action programs. I was a police officer in Portland, Oregon for over 23 years and was the first woman to be chief of Police of a major U.S. city.

18. Randy Loomens

(Web Page; Mon Nov 20 15:17:00 EST 2006)

Description: "I started out in a [iron working] class with five other women and at the end of my three-year apprenticeship I was the only woman that completed the program. Iron work is hard but it's hard for men too. It wasn't always easy, but it was an adventure. Affirmative action gave me access and opportunity to the trades. I asked for no special treatment, my success was up to me.

19. Jennifer Mejo

(Web Page; Mon Nov 20 15:17:00 EST 2006)

Description: "Now, a product of Washington Public Schools—complete with standard programs directly resulting from affirmative action—I reside at Smith College pursuing my undergraduate degree as a double major.

20. Gail Shaffer

(Web Page; Mon Nov 20 15:17:00 EST 2006)

Description: "Thanks to affirmative action, I served as a CEO of a large agency, and had the opportunity to develop management skills. I also was positioned to be an agent for change to enlarge the circle of opportunity for others, by promoting affirmative action in the workplace and demonstrating that achieving greater diversity, and including different perspectives in policy decisions, results in better ideas, richer discussions, better results for the entire organization.