| Summary/Abstract |
The surprise nomination by President Trump of Gina Haspel, a 33-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), to become the agency’s first female director marks an opportunity to review where the CIA stands on issues of gender equity and advancement. Going back to 1953, when a group of CIA women was empowered by Director Allen Dulles to perform an internal review that assessed pay and rank disparities between male and female employees, a less-than-stellar gender reality has existed. Nicknamed the Petticoat Panel, it uncovered that the median grade for women was a GS-5, while for men it was a GS-9. More disappointing, not a single woman was found to be employed in senior executive service.
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