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Peshawar, March 20, 2007 - Lynne Tracy, Principal Officer of U.S. Consulate Peshawar is delivering a lecture on “A History of Women in the U.S. Foreign Service,” at Peshawar University’s Lincoln Corner.
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Peshawar – U.S. Consulate Principal Officer, Lynne Tracy, encouraged female university students to actively pursue their professional dreams and to consider public service as a way to serve their communities and their country. The encouragement came as part of Ms. Tracy’s talk on “A History of Women in the U.S. Foreign Service,” delivered today at Peshawar University’s Lincoln Corner.
“American women have made great strides in many fields over the past century, including diplomacy,” stated Ms. Tracy. “Just thirty-seven years ago, American women had to resign from the Foreign Service in order to get married. Today, Secretaries Albright and Rice have proven that women can serve effectively as America’s top diplomats.”
America’s first female diplomats joined the Diplomatic Service in the 1920s. Until 1970, women Foreign Service Officers needed to resign their commission in order to get married. Such restrictions no longer apply and in 1997, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright became the first woman to lead the Department of State. Women have served as U.S. ambassadors throughout the world and two, Nancy Jo Powell and Wendy Chamberlain, have served as U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan.
Dr. Haroon Rashid, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Peshawar, welcomed Ms. Tracy to the University and students from several departments attended the talk. The talk was organized as part of the U.S. Consulate’s celebration of Women’s History Month.
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