[1] She was the first female Communications Director serving under President Ford from August 15, 1975 to July 12, 1976.

[2] She was later commissioner with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the president of a lobbying group for new television technologies.

[1] Margita White was born Ulla Margareta Eklund in Sweden.

While in Hawaii, White worked for a Senate campaign and in the office for a U.S. House Representative.

With his victory, she was appointed to the position of assistant to the Communications Director in the White House.

The Ford Administration rejected the claim that both the lesser pay and title were because she was a woman.