Independent Research Service

The Independent Research Service was a non profit front organization financed by the Central Intelligence Agency during the Cold War. Harvard University students were recruited to infiltrate the USSR-controlled World Youth Festivals held in Vienna, Austria and Helsinki, Finland. Second-wave feminism leader Gloria Steinem revealed in a 1967 interview that she was its director from 1958 to 1962—the extent of its existence— in full knowledge of who was backing the surveillance operation.

References

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  2. ↑ Kramer, Joel R. (March 15, 1967). "Former Quincy Senior Tutor Directed CIA-Supported Group from House". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved September 4, 2026.
  3. ↑ http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/C%20Disk/CIA%20Foundations/Item%20031.pdf#1#1
  4. ↑ Menand, Louis (March 16, 2015). "A Friend of the Devil". The New Yorker. Retrieved September 4, 2026.
  5. ↑ Crockett, Emily (November 21, 2016). "The "Women's March on Washington," explained". Vox.
  6. ↑ Cain, Sian (September 3, 2026). "Gloria Steinem, groundbreaking feminist campaigner, dies aged 92". The Guardian. Retrieved September 5, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Herausgeberin des Magazins "Ms" - US-amerikanische Feministin Gloria Steinem im Alter von 92 Jahren gestorben". Die Nachrichten (in German). September 3, 2026. Retrieved September 5, 2026.