Independent Research Service
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Also written as: IRS
Involved in
- Gloria Steinem remained on the Independent Research Service board as late as 1968–69.
- Redstockings documented Gloria Steinem’s IRS directorship.
- Gloria Steinem founded and directed the Independent Research Service.
- Redstockings documented CIA funding of the Independent Research Service.
- The CIA funded the operation with approximately $85,000 for the Vienna festival.
- The Independent Research Service sent American students to the 1959 Vienna World Youth Festival.
- Gloria Steinem ran the Independent Research Service from 1959 to 1962.
- The Independent Research Service sent American students to the 1962 Helsinki festival.
- Clay Felker worked as an editor on an IRS publication during the CIA‑funded Vienna operation.
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Origin: first recognised while reading Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Was An Anti-Communist CIA Operative who Kept Feminism From Discussing Class · 2026-09-11 22:08