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EVB2946954: Oveta Culp Hobby flanked by Senator William Purtel and Undersecretary of HEW, Nelson Rockefeller. Dec. 11, 1953. Hobby was second female Cabinet officer and the first Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. During World War 2 she was the first director of the Women's Army Corps. Rockefeller was instrumental in planning the government reorganization that founded the Dept. HEW / Bridgeman Images