New intelligence center dedicated to woman who rose through ranks as civil service pioneer
Wed, 05/12/2010 - 12:52am
Retired Army Col. John Hughes, left, and his brother retired Army Col. Joe Hughes look at a plaque honoring their grandmother Dorothe K. Matlack for whom the new Human Intelligence Training Joint Center of Excellence building was dedicated Tuesday.
(Bill Hess • Herald/Review)
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FORT HUACHUCA — She was a soldier’s widow, receiving a small stipend of $48 a month, and she had to find a job, grandson retired Army Col. Henry “Joe” Hughes said.
So Dorothe Kerans Matlack found a job as a GS-2, one of the lowest civil-service pay grades, and started working for the Army as a clerk, a usual job for many women working for the federal government in the late 1940s.
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employees. It’s time for them to be recognized.