From Typist to Trailblazer: The Evolving View of Women in the CIA’s Workforce<\/a>\u00a0[ 25\u00a0Pages, 11.43MB ] – \u00a0This collection consists of some 120 declassified documents, the majority of which are being released for the first time. The collection includes more than 1,200 pages from various studies, memos, letters, and other official records documenting the CIA’s efforts to examine, address, and improve the status of women employees from 1947 to today. \u00a0Key documents include the 1953 Panel on Career Service for Women (dubbed the “Petticoat Panel”); a 1976 letter written by DCI George H.W. Bush nominating three female officers for the Federal Woman’s Award: a poignant 1984 memo on career opportunities for women; a 1992 summary of he CIA’s Glass Ceiling Study; the 2013 Director’s Advisory Group Report on Women in Leadership; and a transcript of four SIS women speaking candidly about the course of their careers.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\")
\u00a0Profiles in Leadership: Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency & Its Predecessors<\/a>\u00a0[ 61 Pages, 24.5MB ] – \u00a0Profiles in Leadership: Directors of the Central Intelligence Agency & Its Predecessors<\/em>\u00a0is the newest publication produced by the Office of Public Affairs. This unclassified publication offers a high-level overview of CIA’s history by featuring the 23 leaders who directed the CIA and its forerunners from 1941 to 2012. By the end of the publication, readers have a deeper knowledge of the Agency’s history and a greater understanding of how successes and failures during each director’s tenure help shape the intelligence that informs policy today.<\/p>\n