# Independent Research Service
*Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/entity/independent-research-service--a11332b6
*Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/entity/independent-research-service--a11332b6.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1

Kind: **org**

Also written as: IRS

## Involved in

- [Gloria Steinem remained on the Independent Research Service board as late as 1968–69.](https://truthscore.com/claim/066e8a7b)
- [Redstockings documented Gloria Steinem’s IRS directorship.](https://truthscore.com/claim/1459777e)
- [Gloria Steinem founded and directed the Independent Research Service.](https://truthscore.com/claim/73084600)
- [Redstockings documented CIA funding of the Independent Research Service.](https://truthscore.com/claim/79733748)
- [The CIA funded the operation with approximately $85,000 for the Vienna festival.](https://truthscore.com/claim/81837b39)
- [The Independent Research Service sent American students to the 1959 Vienna World Youth Festival.](https://truthscore.com/claim/94b48f68)
- [Gloria Steinem ran the Independent Research Service from 1959 to 1962.](https://truthscore.com/claim/a956b0d2)
- [The Independent Research Service sent American students to the 1962 Helsinki festival.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e0a751a0)
- [Clay Felker worked as an editor on an IRS publication during the CIA‑funded Vienna operation.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e5296377)