Welcome  Exhibition Panels:  A Time of Crisis and Change  Atlantic City to Bretton Woods  The Founding Fathers  From Around the World Breaking the Mold  Laying the Foundation  Setting the Pace  Toward the Future  Links of interest		Joint Statement by Mr. de Rato & Mr. Wolfensohn What is Bretton Woods? Breaking the Mold At the height of World War II, while women replaced men in factories, they also played a significant role at the Bretton Woods Conference, contributing to the drafting of the Bretton Woods documents. Several American women, notably Alice Bourneuf, Eleanor Lansing Dulles, and Mabel Newcomer played important roles at the Conference. Bourneuf (at right in photo), who later worked in the IMF's Research Department, helped to create the system for determining IMF country quotas. Dulles, sister to prominent Americans Allen and John Foster, had a long and distinguished career with the U.S. Department of State. Newcomer arrived at Bretton Woods from Vassar College, where she was on the faculty and later head of the Economics Department. She also served on many tax study commissions, becoming the most prominent woman in the tax policy community.