1968 Press Photo Bureau of Consular Affairs administrator Barbara Watson
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Description
Double first was accomplished by Barbara M. Watson, new administrator of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs. As administrator, Miss Watson has the rank of assistant secretary, which makes her the first woman and also the first African-American to hold a position at so senior a level in the United States Department of State.
