Knauer, Virginia Harrington Wright, 1915-2011

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Virginia Knauer served as the Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs and Director of the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs (1969–1977 and 1981–1989). In 1959 she became the first Republican woman to be elected to the Philadelphia City Council, in which she served for eight years. She was appointed to the newly created post of chief consumer advisor to Pennsylvania Governor Ray Shafer. She was also the mentor and good friend of former North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole.
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creatorOf [Virginia H. Knauer, biographical materials] University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Chronological Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Calendar Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Telephone Logs Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Business and Trade Associations Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Cabinet Room tape number 64 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Federal Government Departments Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Invitations Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Subject Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Colleges and Universities Files Ronald Reagan Library
referencedIn Sage Colleges. Archives. Honorary degree recipient for 1970, Virginia Knauer. The Sage Colleges Libraries
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Health Organizations Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Disabled Organizations Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Travel Vouchers Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Foreign Countries Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Events Files Ronald Reagan Library
referencedIn Consumers' Research, Inc. Consumerism general files--governments and the consumer, 1927-1981. Rutgers University
referencedIn A Few Good Women Oral History collection Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Scott, Hugh, 1900-1994. Papers (part 3), 1925-1983. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Knauer, Virginia H. Miscellaneous papers. Jacksonville University, Carl S. Swisher Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Aging Organizations Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Steorts, Nancy Harvey, 1936-. Nancy Harvey Steorts papers, 1937-2000, (bulk 1970-1990). Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Speech Files Ronald Reagan Library
creatorOf Records of the White House Office of Consumer Affairs (Reagan Administration). 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989. Virginia Knauer's Consumer Organizations Files Ronald Reagan Library
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Death 2011-10-16

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