Photos: Sargent Shriver and 50 Years of the Peace Corps

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Shriver watches young women engaged in a cooking class at an all-girls school in Konya, Turkey. In his report to Congress, the director said, "In a sense, the most unsettling challenge the volunteer faces is his publicity. A generous world press has drawn an unvarying image of volunteers effortlessly spouting Pushtu, Swahili or Tagalog, of volunteers winning legions of friends while transforming economies."

• Sargent Shriver, 1915-2011