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T H E SOCIETY O F WOMEN E N G I N E E R S WAS O R G A N I Z E D MAINLY T O ASSIST A N D I N F O R M YOUNG WOMEN, T H E I R P A R E N T S , C O U N S E L O R S AND T H E P U B L I C IN G E N E R A L O F T H E QUALIFICATIONS AND A C H I E V E M E N T S O F WOMEN E N G I N E E R S A N D O F T H E O P P O R T U N I T I E S O P E N T O T H E M IN THIS G R E A T PROFESSION; AND D E L E G A T E S F R O M F O R T Y C O U N T R I E S AND F I F T Y S T A T E S WILL A T T E N D T H E W E L C O M E LUNCHEON O F T H E F I R S T I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E O F WOMEN E N G I N E E R S AND SCIENTISTS A T T H E UNITED ENGINEERING C E N T E R IN NEW YORK CITY, ON WEDNESDAY, J U N E 17, 1964; AND WHEREAS: F I V E HUNDRED R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S F R O M EDUCATION, INDUSTRY, G O V E R N M E N T AND T H E PROFESSIONS W I L L M E E T IN A W E E K LONG C O N F E R E N C E TO STUDY T H E QUESTION O F INCREASING T H E C A P A B I L I T Y O F OUR S C I E N T I F I C M A N P O W E R THROUGH T H E E N C O U R A G E M E N T O F WOMEN T O USE T H E I R T A L E N T S IN THIS F I E L D ,

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NOW, T H E R E F O R E , I, R O B E R T F . WAGNER, MAYOR O F T H E CITY O F NEW YORK, DO H E R E B Y P R O C L A I M J U N E 15 - 21, 1964, AS

"WOMEN E N G I N E E R S W E E K "

IN NEW YORK CITY, C O G N I Z A N T O F T H E R E C O R D O F A C C O M P L I S H M E N T O F WOMEN IN THIS HIGHLY S K I L L E D A N D I M P O R T A N T P R O F E S S I O N , SO NECESSARY T O M E E T T H E EXACTING N E E D S O F OUR MODERN CIVILIZATION, I DO E X T E N D T H E C I T Y ' S GREETINGS AND WARM W E L C O M E T O OUR VISITORS T O NEW YORK AND I DO F U R T H E R E X P R E S S VERY BEST WISHES F O R A MOST S U C C E S S F U L C O N F E R E N C E .

IN WITNESS W H E R E O F I H A V E H E R E U N T O SET MY HAND AND CAUSED T H E S E A L O F T H E CITY O F NEW YORK T O B E A F F I X E D .

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