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LINUS PAULING - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: MAJOR GENERAL JEANNE M. HOLM - HFSID 258313

1973 first day cover honoring the American Revolution pamphleteers, signed by two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling and Jeanne M. Holm, the first woman to be promoted to brigadier general and major general in the U. S.

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LINUS PAULING and GENERAL JEANNE M. HOLM
1973 first day cover honoring the American Revolution pamphleteers, signed by two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling and Jeanne M. Holm, the first woman to be promoted to brigadier general and major general in the U. S. Air Force
First day cover signed "Linus Pauling" in black ink and "Jeanne M Holm M/G USAF (Ret)" in blue ink. Lead pencil notations on verso in unknown hand. 6½x3½. First day cover honoring the American Revolution pamphleteers and the Rising Sprit of the Revolution. Postmarked Portland, Oregon, Feb 16, 1973, One 8-cent b/w Rise of the Spirit of Independence stamp affixed. FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. PAULING (1901-1994, born in Portland, Oregon), who was known for promoting the curative and restorative powers of Vitamin C, earned the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the nature of chemical bonding and its application to the structure of complex substances. In 1962, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his campaign against nuclear testing (even though Pauling had done military research during World War II, he became an increasingly vocal critic of the arms race). That year, he demonstrated outside the White House, then dined that evening with President and Mrs. Kennedy. HOLM (1921-2010),the Director of Women in the Air Force, was the first U. S. Air Force woman promoted to brigadier general (1971) and was later the first woman to achieve the rank of major general (1973). She joined the Air Force in 1942 as a truck driver during World War II, was recalled to active duty during the Berlin Airlift and spent a total of 31 years in military service before retiring in 1975. Holm tried to retire in 1970 after reaching the rank of full colonel in 1965 (which, until the late 1960s, was the highest rank a woman could achieve in the Air Force) but was persuaded to stay to increase opportunities for women in the Air Force. She worked to expand the numbers of positions available to women and end discriminatory policies. Holm even helped lawyers in sex discrimination lawsuits against the Air Force. One of these cases was the landmark 1973 Supreme Court case Frontiero v. Richardson, which ordered military women with civilian husbands to receive the same benefits as military men with civilian wives. Holms' work helped to more than double the number of women in the Air Force. She authored Women in the Military: An Unfinished Revolution (1982). In 1991, Holm was honored with a Living Legacy Award from the Women's International Center. Envelope is open and empty.Lightly toned, creased and rippled. Postmark touches Pauling's signature. Signatures touch. Adhesive residue near bottom edge (does not touch signatures). Otherwise in fine condition.

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