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Esther Peterson

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Esther Peterson was a lifelong consumer and women's advocate.

She was Assistant Secretary of Labor and Director of the Women's Bureau for President Kennedy, Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs under President Johnson and Jimmy Carter, Vice President for Consumer Affairs at Giant Food Corporation, and president of the National Consumers League. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981 and was named a delegate the UN as a UNESCO representative in 1993.

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