| 词条 | Elizabeth Sudmeier |
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| name = Elizabeth Sudmeier | image = Elizabeth Sudmeier.jpg |caption = in 1944 | birth_date = {{birth date|1912|5|12}} | birth_place = Timber Lake, South Dakota | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|4|7|1912|5|12}} | death_place = Washington, D.C. | alma_mater = The College of St. Catherine | employer = Central Intelligence Agency Central Intelligence Group }} Elizabeth Sudmeier (May 12, 1912 - April 7, 1989) was an American spy and founding member of the Central Intelligence Agency. Sudmeier was involved with The Petticoat Panel, a report about the status of women in the CIA. Early life and educationSudmeier was born in Timber Lake, South Dakota, close to the Great Sioux Nation.[1] Her father was fluent in the Sioux language.[1] She studied English literature at The College of St. Catherine and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1933.[1][2] Sudmeier returned to South Dakota in 1933, where she worked as an English teacher for five years.[2] She joined a bank in 1935, where she worked as a secretary.[1] CareerIn World War II Sudmeier joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps as a corporal.[3] She had assignments in Edmonton and Fairbanks. She was awarded the World War II Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal.[1] Sudmeier joined the Central Intelligence Group, where she worked as a stenographer in the Office of Reports and Excellence.[1] She became a charter member of the Central Intelligence Agency in 1947, and then transferred there from the Central Intelligence Group in 1951.[1][4][5] Sudmeier was one of few women in the Junior Officer Trainee program in the 1950s.[1][6][3] She worked was a reports operator, managing the Stations' Foreign Intelligence production.[1] She was responsible for collecting information about priority targets and relaying information to the Central Intelligence Agency.[1] During her first field assignment Sudmeier was involved in a counterintelligence operation. She was involved in a nine-year campaign in the Middle East where she coordinated an agent to assess Soviet military hardware.[1][2] A report about the role of women in the CIA, which became known as the Petticoat Panel, was commissioned by Allen Dulles after a group of women employees questioned the gender pay gap.[7][8] At the time, men were paid considerably more than women, and comments such as "Women are not qualified to perform in those positions which they do not now occupy,” were commonplace.[1][7] Sudmeier was nominated for the Intelligence Medal of Merit, which caused controversy amongst members of the intelligence community who thought it was not appropriate for woman to be awarded such a distinction.[1] She was supported by her colleagues in the Central Intelligence Agency North East region, and was eventually awarded the medal in 1962.[1][9] Her supervisors continued to support her, included arguing that her 'gender [should not] prevent her' in her promotion.[1] In 1966 Sudmeier was promoted to the GS-13 career grade. She was involved with raising the profile of the Reports Officers, making people recognise that it was more than "women's work".[1] In 1972 Sudmeier took mandatory retirement.[1][2] She died in Washington, D.C. in 1989. In 2013 Sudmeier was nominated as one of the Central Intelligence Agency Trailblazers.[1] The award was received by her nieces, nephews and two grand-nieces.[2][10] References 4 : People from South Dakota|People of the Central Intelligence Agency|1912 births|1989 deaths |
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