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The original documents are located in Box 8, folder "1/11/77 - Alice Paul Award from the
National Woman's Party; Lupus Erythematosis photographs; National Women's Political
Caucus photographs" of the Betty Ford White House Papers, 1973-1977 at the Gerald R.
Ford Presidential Library.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 10, 1977
MRS. FORD
EVENT:
Accept first Alice Paul Award from National Woman's
Party
DATE:
Tuesday, January 11, 1977
TIME:
3:00 p.m.
PLACE:
Map Room
GUESTS:
Elizabeth Chittick, President, N.W.P.
Mary Eastwood, Recording Secretary, N.W.P.
Betty Jo Prysi, Treasurer, N.W.P.
Mary Gereau, Member of National Council, N.W.P.
Meta Keebler, Member of National Council, N.W.P.
Edith Mayo, Member of National Council, N.W.P.
Elsie Yoder, Member of National Council, N.W.P.
BACKGROUND:
When your guests have arrived, Susan Porter will
escort you to the Map Room. Since August, 1975,
you have been designated by the National Woman's
Party as the recipient of their first Alice Paul
Award in honor of your efforts in support of the
Equal Rights Amendment. The National Woman's Party
was founded by Miss Alice Paul in 1913. She was
the driving force behind the ratification of the
Susan B. Anthony Amendment. After the suffrage
amendment was passed, the National Woman's Party
held a commemorative meeting on August 26, 1923,
at Seneca Falls. It was at this meeting that a
resolution was passed to fight for the additional
rights demanded at the first equal rights convention
held in 1848, as only the right of enfranchisement
had been given to women.
Alice Paul wrote the first Equal Rights Amendment
ever introduced in Congress, in 1923. A nephew
of Susan B. Anthony, Congressman Dan Anthony,
Representative of Kansas, introduced this
amendment in the House and Senator Charles Curtis,
Republican of Kansas, later Vice President of
the United States, introduced it in the Senate.
For forty-nine years the National Woman's Party had
the Equal Rights Amendment introduced in every
succeeding Congress.
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under the hair dryer.
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The three photographs are being done today in special
recognition of Alice Paul's birthday, January 11th.
At the conclusion we will walk next door to the Diplomatic
Reception Room for your next photograph.
PRESS: Open Press Coverage
GERAIN R FORD LIBRARY
susan porter
FORD R. GERALD LIBRARY
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MRS. FORD
EVENT:
Photograph with representatives of the National
Women's Political Caucus
DATE:
Tuesday, January 11, 1977
TIME:
3:10 p.m.
PLACE:
Diplomatic Reception Room
GUESTS:
Audrey Colom, National Chair, N.W.P.C.
Elizabeth Dalrymple, Member of National Board, N.W.P.C.
Sharon Flynn, Associate Director, N.W.P.C.
Pat Goldman, Chair, Republican Task Force of N.W.P.C.
Sheila Greenwald, Executive Director, ERAmerica
Alice Heyman, Member of Executive Board, N.W.P.C.
Betty King, Comptroller, N.W.P.C.
Lael Stegall, Director of Development, N.W.P.C.
BACKGROUND:
At the time of the Republican National Convention in
Kansas City, you committed to attend a reception in
your honor given by the National Women's Political
Caucus. Because you were later required to cancel
attending, you invited the group to come at a future
time to the White House. Thus, they will be here
today to present you with an ERA pin on behalf of
your efforts to encourage passage of the Equal
Rights Amendment.
At the conclusion of this photograph, we will go to
the Library for the next photograph.
PRESS:
Open Press Coverage
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
susan porter
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MRS. FORD
EVENT:
Photographs with persons active in the fight against
Lupus Erythematosis
DATE:
Tuesday, January 11, 1977
TIME:
3:25 p.m.
PLACE:
Library
GUESTS:
Mrs. Henrietta Aladjem, former Lupus patient who has
done so much to focus public attention; active in
the Boston Chapter
Mrs. Nancy Cohen, active in the Atlanta Chapter and
has done a great deal to focus national attention
Dr. Richard Krause, Director, National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, N.I.H.
Dr. Lawrence Shulman, Associate Director, National
Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive
Diseases (NIAMDD), N.I.H.
Mr. Victor Wartofsky, Information Officer at NIAMDD
and active in the D.C. Lupus Chapter
Mrs. Alice Becerra, President of D.C. Lupus Chapter
BACKGROUND:
Because Lupus is a little-known disease which strikes
women, it seemed appropriate to bring some public
attention to it on a day when you are dealing
specifically with issues affecting women. As you
know, you have been Honorary President of the National
Lupus Foundation since August, 1975. Lupus is a
chronic autoimmune disease--perhaps related to
rheumatoid arthritis--in which a person becomes allergic
to a substance his own body is apt to produce. The
cause is unknown, but the ultra violet rays of the
sun, stress, exhaustion or certain drugs used to treat
other diseases are known to trigger it.
The odd name Lupus Erythematosis arises from the Latin
words for wolf and redness of skin. One distinguishing
mark, not always present, is a butterfly-shaped rash
across the nose and cheeks.
FORD LIBRARY & GERALD
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Lupus (or LSE as doctors sometimes label it) may be caused
by a latent virus that lies dormant until the sun, drugs,
or stress activate it. There are two types. One called
discoid lupus is restricted to the skin and is not
dangerous. The systemic type, however, can spread to
vital organs such as the kidneys, lungs, heart or blood
and cause chronic, inflammatory illness that can result
in death unless controlled.
Because the disease to many doctors is but a paragraph
in their medical school books and they are therefore
apt not to perceive or diagnose it, and because it generally
strikes women of childbearing age, the divorce rate is
very high among women who have it. The death rate is
also very high.
Two groups in the National Institutes of Health in
Bethesda are focusing on research relevant to this
little-known disease. These are 1) The National Institute
of Arthritis, Metabolism and Digestive Diseases (NIAMDD),
and 2) the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases.
At the conclusion of this photograph, we will go upstairs
for your brief photograph with the White House telephone
operators.
PRESS: Open Press Coverage
FORD R. GERALD LIBRARY
susan porter