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32
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1974
Betty Ford, wife of the President, was surrounded by a crowd at the Republican women's fund-raising luncheon Tuesday at
Hotel but the crush didn't seem to bother her.
SEPT.24, 1975
Betty Ford charms
GOP women here
By Patricia Moore
When Betty Ford entered e crowded VIP and Mrs. William Wood Prince who brought
Mrs. Ford
top draw
IWY Congress
for women
to feature talk
By Mary Strassmeyer 10/25/75
by Betty Ford
Mrs. Gerald Ford, the nation's
Mrs. Gillis
first lady, will make her first
Cleveland appearance today, the
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From First Page
The congress is expected to at-
opening day of the Greater Cleve-
vomen in a national poll who felt
tract women athletes, women
land International Women's Year
show business luminaries and
hey are not discriminated
from enound the world
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FIRST LADY-WOMEN
WASHINGTON (AP) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD, WHO STIRRED HEATED DEBATE
LAST YEAR WHEN SHE CAMPAIGNED FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, WAS TO
BE A FEATURED SPEAKER TODAY AT A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IN CLEVELAND.
SHE WAS TO ADDRESS THE GREATER CLEVELAND CONGRESS OF INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN'S YEAR ON THE OPENING DAY OF A THREE-DAY CONFERENCE ON WOMEN'S
ISSUES. OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDE MADAME VIJAY LAKSHMI PANDIT OF INDIA, FORMER
PRESIDENT OF THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND JILL RUCKELSHAUS, HEAD OF
THE U.S. NATIONAL COMMISSION UN THE OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN'S YEAR.
MRS. FORD, ACCOMPANIED BY SIX MEMBERS OF HER STAFF AND 15 REPORTERS,
WAS TO FLY TO CLEVELAND ABOARD A 40-PASSENGER MILITARY DC9 JET.
10-25-75 10:30EDT
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
CLEVELAND (AP) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD WILL SPEAK ON THE OPENING DAY
SATURDAY OF A THREE-DAY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN' S YEAR OBSERVANCE.
MRS. FORD WAS SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS A LUNCHEON GATHERING ON AN AS Y_T
UNDISCLOSED TOPIC. SHe WAS ALSO TO ATTEND A RECEPTION.
OTHER WHO WILL APPEAR DURING THE THREE DAYS OF EVENTS INCLUDE
INDIA'S VIJAYA LAKSHMI PANDIT, THE FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, COLUMNIST ANN LANDERS, TENNIS PRO JULIE
HELDMAN AND TELEVISION COMEDIENNE LILY TOMLIN.
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AIRPORT WELCOME - First Lady Betty Ford (left) received a bouquet
of flowers from Mayor Perk and his wife Lucille when she arrived at Cleve-
land Hopkins Airport this morning prior to her appearance at the Interna-
tional Women's Congress. Ruth Miller, city health director (right), holds a
gift the Perks gave Mrs. Ford -8 crystal bird for the Presidential kitchen
table.
(Press photo by Van Dillard)
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CLEVELAND (UPI) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD SAYS THE EQUAL RIGHTS
AMENDMENT MAY GIVE WOMEN NEW FREEDOM BUT IT WILL NOT SEPARATE THEM
FROM THEIR HUSBANDS AND CHILDREN.
MRS. FORD REAFFIRMED HER SUPPORT FOR THE ERA DURING THE WEEKEND
BUT CAUTIONED 3,000 DELEGATES TO THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR
MEETING THAI THE AMENDMENT, WHICH MUST STILL 38 RATIFIED, WOULD NOT
BE "AN INSTANT SOLUTION TO WOMEN'S PROBLEMS."
I" A BRIEF SPEECH BEFORE THE OPENING SESSION OF THE MEETING, MRS.
FORD SAID THE AMENDMENT WOULD "NOT ALTER THE FABRIC OF THE
CONSTITUTION -- OR FORCE WOMEN AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES."
"IT WILL HELP KNOCK DOWN THOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE LOCKED WOMEN
INTO OLD STEREOTYPES OF BEHAVIOR AND OPPORTUNITY," SHE SAID.
UPI 10-27 11:51 AES
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BETTY FORD LEAD (TOPS N31)
BY FRANCES LEWINE
CLEVELAND (AP) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD SAID TODAY THAT THE ''CLOUD
OF FEAR AND CONFUSION MUST BE LIFTED FROM THE BATTLE FOR THE EQUAL
RIGHTS AMENDMENT BECAUSE IT IS VITAL TO UNDO LAWS THAT LOCK WOMEN OUT
OF THE MAINSTREAM OF OPPORTUNITY.
IN REMARKS PREPARED FOR HER FIRST MAJOR SPEECH ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS,
SHE ALSO ADVISED WOMEN TO STOP UNDERVALUING THEIR OWN TALENTS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE HOME.
''WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT 'JUST' OUT OF 'JUST A HOUSEWIFE' AND SHOW OUR
PRIDE IN HAVING MADE THE HOME AND FAMILY OUR LIFE'S WORK,' MRS. FORD
SAID. DOWNGRADING THIS WORK HAS BEEN PART OF A PATTERN IN OUR
SOCIETY THAT HAS UNDERVALUED WOMEN'S TALENTS IN ALL AREAS.'
MRS. FORD SPOKE BEFORE SEVERAL THOUSAND WOMEN ON THE OPENING DAY OF
A THREE-DAY GREATER CLEVELAND CONGRESS OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR
CONFERENCE.
MRS. FORD SAID THE DEBATE OVER ERA HAS BECOME TOO EMOTIONAL'
BECAUSE OF THE FEARS OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. BUT SHE SAID ITS
RATIFICATION -- WHICH WOULD GO INTO EFFECT IF FOUR MORE STATES VOTE FOR
IT -- WILL NOT ALTER THE FABRIC OF THE CONSTITUTION OR FORCE WOMEN
AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES. IT WILL HELP KNOCK DOWN THOSE RESTRICTIONS
THAT HAVE LOCKED WOMEN INTO OLD STEREOTYPES OF BEHAVIOR AND
OPPORTUNITY. IT WILL HELP OPEN MORE OPTIONS FOR WOMEN.'
MRS. FORD EXPRESSED HOPES THAT THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT CAN BE
RATIFIED IN 1976 TO MARK THE NATION'S 200TH BIRTHDAY.
BUT SHE POINTED OUT THAT 'CHANGING LAWS, MORE OPPORTUNITIES, LESS
FINANCIAL DISCRIMINATION AND MORE POSSIBILITES FOR THE USE OF OUR
MINDS AND BODIES WILL ONLY PARTIALLY CHANGE THE PLACE OF AMERICAN
WOMEN
MRS. FORD SAID MANY BARRIERS CONTINUE TO BLOCK THE PAIHS OF MOST
WOMEN AND 'THIS YEAR IS NOT THE TIME TO CHEER THE VISIBLE FEW, BUT TO
WORK FOR THE INVISIBLE MANY, WHOSE LIVES ARE STILL RESTRICTED BY
CUSTOM AND CODE.'
MRS. FORD, WHO HAS STIRRED CONTROVERSY WITH HER OUTSPOKEN SUPPORT OF
THE ERA, DEFENDED HER STAND BEFORE THE BIGGEST WOMEN'S AUDIENCE SHE
HAS ADDRESSED: ''MY OWN SUPPORT OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT HAS
SHOWN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A DEFINITION OF PROPER BEHAVIOR COLLIDES WITH
THE RIGHTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO PERSONAL OPINIONS. I DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT BEING FIRST LADY SHOULD PREVENT ME FROM EXPRESSING MY VIEWS.
' ' I SPOKE OUT ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE OF MY DEEP PERSONAL
CONVICTIONS.' WHY SHOULD MY HUSBAND'S JOB OR YOURS' PREVENT US FROM
BEING OURSELVES?"
MRS. FORD SHARED A PLATFORM WITH OTHER WOMEN LEADERS, INCLUDING
INDIA'S AMBASSADOR MRS. VAJAYA LAKSHMI PANDIT, WHO WAS ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 1953.
10-25-75 13:29EDI
Aftermath of an abortion:
ducation in birth control
By Mary Strassmeyer
The clinic, located in the
small basket. They included con-
ere's a lot more to birth con-
University-Cedar Medical Building
doms, foam, vaginal creams and
and abortion than little round
at 10900 Carnegie Ave., has been
jellies, diaphragms, pills and inter-
that say, "Women are not
open a little more than 18 months.
uterine devices. She said there is
machines."
It is one of four area clinics, plus
counseling available on withdraw-
Women's Year Program:
is free, wide, handsome
By Mary Strassmeyer
And they have been working for
Betty Ford, the Kitchen Band,
nothing
Lily Tomlin, the St. Adalbert Soul
Women like Olive Tabor, IWY
-
Gray Panther leader urges seniors to fight
By Jane Scott
human need at any age and can-go
Golden-ager. n. A frail little
into late years, she believes.
randmother, rocking away in her
"It is also warmth and closeness-
hair with bifocals slinning off
and general touch. They used sto
Urges women
to be proud of
homemaking
By SUE KINCAID
underestimate their accomplish-
and RUSTY BROWN
ments in the home.
First Lady Betty Ford said here
"I am here because I believe the
today she is distressed that through
best way to celebrate International
all the debate) on women's rights
Wemer'e Vnit
EARLY ARRIVALS - These persons were
Women's Congress at the Convention Center this
among the first to arrive to be on hand for the
morning.
(Press photo by Bernie Noble)
opening ceremonies of the International
Betty Ford addresses IWY
urges pride in homemaking
Continue from Dade e in t
Women get new directions
IWY
one to grow
By Mary Strassmeyer
themselves as persons. whether
with making the Congress mean-
The Greater Cleveland Interna-
men or women.
ingful in the future lives of Great-
tional Women's Year Congress.
They are encouraged about
er Clevelanders.
Women get new directions
IWY
one to grow
By Mary Strassmeyer
themselves as persons, whether
with making the Congress mean-
The Greater Cleveland Interna-
men or women.
ingful in the future lives of Great-
tional Women's Year Congress,
They are encouraged about
er Clevelanders.
months in the making and most
themselves and about women's
For a beginning, herefollow-up
successful in terms of numbers at
role in today's society. They: have
committee plans a summary of
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BETTY 10-26
NIGHT LD
BY HELEN THOMAS
UPI WHITE HOUSE REPORTER
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD LIT A TORCH ON THE
WASHINGTON MONUMENT GROUNDS SUNDAY TO OPEN A FOUR-DAY NATIONAL
CONVENTION OF THE GIRL SCOUTS.
SHE ALSO ACCEPTED THE "GIRL SCOUTS' 200TH BIRTHDAY BOOK TO THE
NATION."
EARLER, MRS. FORD AND THE PRESIDENT DROPPED QUARTERS IN THE "TRICK
OR TREAT" BANKS HELD BY SEVERAL COSTUMED YOUNGSTERS TO LAUNCH
COMEDIAN DANNY KAYE'S HALLOWEEN DRIVE ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED NATIONS
INTERNATIONAL CHILDRENS EMERGENCY FUND.
THE FORDS POSED FOR PICTURES WITH THE CHILDREN IN THE DIPLOMATIC
RECEPTION ROOM TO KICK OFF KAYE'S FUND-RAISING DRIVE IN 65 CITIES.
KAYE SAID THE FUNDS RAISED "WILL BE SAVING A CHILD'S LIFE SOMEWHERE
IM THE WORLD."
IN ACCEPTING THE GIRL SCOUT GIFT AND OPENING THE SCOUT CONVENTION,
THE FIRST LADY SAID SHE HAS ALWAYS PROUDLY SUPPORTED THE GIRL SCOUTS
WHO "DO SO MUCH FOR THE WORLD AROUND THEM."
SHE ALSO LIT A TORCH TO PROCLAIM THE GOALS OF THE ORGANIZATION IN
THE NATION'S THIRD CENTURY.
MRS. FORD WAS INTRODUCED BY MRS. WILLIAM MCLEOD ITTMAN, NATIONAL
PRESIDENT OF THE GIRL SCOUTS, BEFORE AN AUDIENCE OF SEVERAL THOUSAND
SCOUTS AND THEIR LEADERS.
BEFORE LEAVING THE GROUNDS, MRS. FORD PLUNGED INTO A CROWD AND
SHOOK HANDS WITH SEVERAL GIRL SCOUTS.
THE GIFT WAS A DARK GREEN, LEATHER BOUND BOOK DEPICTING COMMUNITY
ACTIONS THAT WILL BE UNDERTAKEN BY SCOUTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. IT
WAS PRESENTED BY THREE CADETTES, ANN AND MARY FORMELLER, BOTH 14, AND
DELORES GARDNER, 13, OF TROOP 1293 IN PHILADELPHIA.
MRS. FORD SAID THE GIRL SCOUTS HAD MET PAST CHALLENGES WITH
"IMAGINATION AND DEED." WHILE CONSTANTLY CHANGING, THE ORGNIAZATION
WILL REMAIN CONSTANT IN ITS GOAL OF "FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL, MRS. FORD SAID.
UPI 10-26 04:29 PES
'Silence No
Sunday, October 26, 1975
The WashingtonStar
A-13
Betty Ford Says
She'll Speak Out
From News Services
asked her to "tell the Presi-
CLEVELAND - Betty
dent toestay well -we need
Ford, whose frank expres-
him around." She replied
lions of opinion have stirred "Well, he seemed just fine
ip the public on-more than today."
UP-034
(WHITE HOUSE BASH)
(BY HELEN THOMAS)
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- BROADWAY STAR PEARL BAILEY DANCED WITH
PRESIDENT FORD AND EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT, SANG A DUET WITH
ACTOR OMAR SHARIF AND HEISTED VICE PRESIDENT NELSON ROCKEFELLER'S
HORN-RIMMED BIFOCALS DURING A SWINGING EVENING AT THE WHITE HOUSE
MONDAY.
PRESIDENT FORD AND HIS WIFE BETTY, ELEGANT IN A BROWN AND WHITE
ESTEVEZ GOWN, STAYED ON THE DANCE FLOOR UNTIL L:30 A.M. EST, LONG
AFTER SADAT, THE GUEST OF HONOR, AND HIS WIFE HAD DEPARTED.
MISS BAILEY, WHO HAS PERFORMED SEVERAL TIMES AT THE WHITE HOUSE,
WAS AT HER BEST AT THE SADAT DINNER, WINNING SEVERAL STANDING
OVATIONS AND THE LONGEST APPLAUSE HEARD IN THE EAST ROOM IN MANY A
YEAR.
"IT WAS BRILLIANT," SAID SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY KISSINGER. "SHE
KISSED ME."
MISS BAILEY BEGAN TO SNARE HER AUDIENCE WHEN SHE BORROWED
ROCKEFELLER'S GLASSES TO READ A SONG.
SHE PUT THEM ON, THEN CRACKED, "WHERE DID THE PEOPLE GO?"
HAND ING THEM BACK, SHE ADVISED ROCKEFELLER, "DON'T SIGN ANYTHING
WITHOUT THESE." BUT LATER ON IN THE BANTER HE HANDED THE SPECTACLES
BACK TO HER AND SAID HIS WIFE, HAPPY, WOULD LEAD HIM HOME.
THEN SHE SANG ABOUT PLACES ON THE SADAT ITINERARY, BRINGING
GLEEFUL HOWLS WHEN SHE REACHED "I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN." THAT WAS
FOLLOWED UP WITH "CHICAGO" AND "THE EYES OF TEXAS."
DURING ONE OF HER MOST FAMOUS NUMBERS, "HELLO DOLLY," FORD ROSE
FROM HIS CHAIR AND TWIRLED HER AROUND FOR THE FINALE.
MISS BAILEY RETURNED TO THE MICROPHONE TO SING "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" TO
FORMER STAGE STAR NANETTE FABRAY. MISS FABRAY, WHO HAS A HEARING
DEFECT, RESPONDED IN SONG AND SIGN LANGUAGE WITH "SOMEWHERE OVER THE
RAINBOW," REDUCING MANY TO TEARS.
MISS BAILEY AND HER HUSBAND, DRUMMER LOUIS BELLSON, WERE INVITED
TO SPEND THE NIGHT.
UPI 10-28 10:31 AES
Steve Ford LA Times
monday, oct 27
I'm elated! You've restored my
1975
faith in the press, and Steve Ford has
restored my faith in people (in high-
er-up positions). Cheryl Bentsen's ar-
ticle (Oct. 16), "Steve Ford: Good-
Name for a Cowboy," was practicing
something I thought the press knew
nothing about-"If you can't say
something good about someone, don't
say it at all." The article was so good
it made my day; and for the first
time made me feel like someone in
the White House finally is someone
I'd love to meet.
LINDA WEAVER
Norwalk
Can't you people find more inter-
esting items to print than the lacklus-
ter ambition of Steve Ford, the medi-
ocre son of a mediocre father?
Shame on you for wasting so much
space!
EDWARD NEWMAN
Woodland Hills
A-2
The Washington Star
Saturday, October 25, 1975
Names Faces
A Piddling Story
Susan Ford brought four of the five 5-week-old
puppies of Liberty, the First Family's golden retriev-
er, into the White House press room to perform for
assembled staffers and media persons. They perform-
ed as might have been expected. Two of them left pud-
dles on the gold carpet.
-David Braaten)
Health
UP-062
(BETTY)
(BY HELEN THOMAS)
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- BETTY FORD, WHOSE DOCTORS SAY IS IN "EXCELLENT
HEALTH" WITH NO SIGNS OF CANCER, HAS TAKEN ON MORE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES
AND WILL MAKE A SPEECH IN CLEVELAND SATURDAY.
WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN DR. WILLIAM LUKASH SAID THURSDAY FOLLOWING A
MEDICAL CHECKUP AT BETHESDA NAVAL HOSPITAL SHE SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF
A RECURRENCE OF THE DISEASE MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER UNDERGOING REMOVAL
OF A CANCEROUS BREAST.
MRS. FORD CONTINUES TO TAKE CHEMOTHERAPY EVERY FIVE OR SIX WEEKS
TO PREVENT ANY RECURRENCE OF CANCER FOLLOWING HER OPERATION ON SEPT.
28, 1974.
THE FIRST LADY WILL FLY TO CLEVELAND SATURDAY TO TAKE PART IN A
LOCAL MEETING OF THE CONGRESS OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR. SHE'LL
SPEAK ON "WOMEN AS A FORCE FOR PEACE. "
ON SUNDAY, MRS. FORD WILL PARTICIPATE IN A GIRL SCOUT PROGRAM AT
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT AND THE FOLLOWING DAY SHE WILL PLAY HOSTESS
TO VISITING PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT OF EGYPT.
THERE ARE INDICATIONS MRS. FORD WILL NOT YET TAKE ON A HEAVY
SCHEDULE OF OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES, BUT SHE APPARENTLY IS BEGINNING TO
INCREASE SUCH APPEARANCES ON A CAREFULLY PACED SCALE. SHE DOES NOT
PLAN TO ACCOMPANY THE PRESIDENT TO CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY FOR TWO DAYS
OF REPUBLICAN FUND RAISING EVENTS IN LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO.
SHE APPEARS DRAWN AND TIRED AT TIMES, BUT MADE TWO STAND-IN
APPEARANCES FOR THE PRESIDENT THIS WEEK WHILE HE WAS RECUPERATING
FROM A SINUS COLD. SHE PLANTED AN AMERICAN ELM ON THE WHITE HOUSE
GROUNDS AND POSED FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH STACIE MECHAM, LL, OF
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF., THE 1976 EPILEPSY FOUNDATION POSTER CHILD.
FOLLOWING THE FOUR-HOURS OF TESTS AT BETHESDA, LUKASH SAID
THURSDAY THE PRELIMINARY TESTS WERE "ENTIRELY NORMAL" AND THERE WAS
"NO INDICATION OF ANY RECURRENCE OF CANCER."
UPI 10-24 11:49 AED
cleveland
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BETTY 10-25
NIGHT LD
BY SARA FRITZ
CLEVELAND (UPI) - - BETTY FORD, WHOSE FRANK EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION
HAVE STIRRED UP THE PUBLIC ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, SAID SATURDAY
SHE WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK OUT BECAUSE "BEING LADYLIKE DOES NOT
REQUIRE SILENCE."
MRS. FORD HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR HER OUTSPOKEN COMMENTS ON A
RANGE OF ISSUES FROM SEX TO MARIJUANA. SHE DEFENDED THE PRACTICE IN A
SPEECH PREPARED FOR AN AUDIENCE OF SEVERAL THOUSAND -- POSSIBLY HER
BIGGEST AUDIENCE TO DATE -- AT THE GREATER CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN'S YEAR CONGRESS.
SHE FLEW HERE FROM WASHINGTON FOR THE DAY TO MAKE THE SPEECH
PROMOTING RATIFICATION OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, AND TO LUNCH
WITH MADAME VIJAYA LAKSHMI PANDIT, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE U.N.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND A GROUP OF CLEVELAND'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN.
MRS. FORD WAS GREETED AT THE AIRPORT BY REPUBLICAN MAYOR RALPH
PERK, WHO ASKED HER TO "TELL THE PRESIDENT TO STAY WELL -- WE NEED
HIM AROUND." SHE REPLIED "WELL, HE SEEMED JUST FINE TODAY."
HER SPEECH DEPLORED RESTRICTIONS STILL PLACED ON WOMEN'S BEHAVIOR
AND SAID THE AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE HAS BEEN TOO MUCH MALIGNED.
"MY OWN SUPPORT OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT HAS SHOWN WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN A DEFINITION OF PROPER BEHAVIOR COLLIDES WITH AN
INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT TO PERSONAL OPINIONS," SHE SAID. "I DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT BEING FIRST LADY SHOULD PREVENT ME FROM EXPRESSING MY VIEWS.
"I SPOKE OUT ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE OF MY DEEP PERSONAL
ONVICTIONS. WHY SHOULD MY HUSBAND'S JOB OR YOURS PREVENT US FROM
BEING OURSELVES? BEING LADYLIKE DOES NOT REQUIRE SILENCE."
MRS. FORD APPARENTLY REFERRED SPECIFICALLY TO CHARGES BY ERA
OPPONENTS THAT THE FIRST LADY ILLEGALLY USED GOVERNMENT FACILITIES
AND STAFF TO LOBBY FOR ERA.
MRS. FORD SAID THE CONTROVERSY HAS DEVELOPED AMONG PEOPLE WHO FEAR
CHANGE AND SHE PROROSED THAT ERA PROPONENTS SHOULD LOWER THE TENOR OF
THE DEBATE.
"THE DEBATE OVER ERA HAS BECOME TOO EMOTIONAL BECAUSE OF THE FEARS
OF SOME -- BOTH MEN AND WOMEN -- ABOUT THE CHANGES ALREADY TAKING.
PLACE IN AMERICA,' SHE SAID. "AND PARI OF THE JOB OF THOSE OF US WHO
SUPPORT ERA IS TO HELP REMOVE THIS CLOUD OF FEAR AND CONFUSION."
SHE SAID THE AMENDMENT ... "WILL NOT BE ALTER THE FABRIC OF THE
CONSTITUTION -- OR FORCE WOMEN AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES."
SHE HAS BEEN "DISTRESSED," SHE SAID, THAT ONE OUTGROWTH OF THE
ARGUMENT OVER ERA "HAS BEEN THE LACK OF APPRECIATION OF THE ROLE OF
WOMEN AS WIVES AND MOTHERS."
"IN TRYING TO OPEN UP CHOICES AND OPPORTUNITIES, WOMEN MUST NOT
UNDERESTIMATE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE HOME,' SHE SAID. "WE HAVE
TO TAKE THAT 'JUST' OUT OF ' JUST A HOUSEWIFE' AND SHOW OUR PRIDE IN
HAVING MADE THE HOME AND FAMILY OUR LIFE'S WORK."
UPI 10-25 12:57 PED
cleveland
UP-045
(BETTY)
CLEVELAND (UPI) -- BETTY FORD DECLARED SATURDAY THAT BEING THE
PRESIDENT'S WIFE WILL NOT STOP HER FROM SUPPORTING THE EQUAL RIGHTS
AMENDMENT OR SPEAKING OUT ON OTHER ISSUES BECAUSE "BEING LADYLIKE
DOES NOT REQUIRE SILENCE."
MRS. FORD, WHO OFTEN HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR HER OUTSPOKEN
COMMENTS ON EVERYTHING FROM SEX TO MARIJUANA, MADE HER REMARKS IN A
SPEECH PREPARED FOR AN AUDIENCE OF SEVERAL THOUSAND AT THE GREATER
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR CONGRESS.
SHE FLEW HERE FROM WASHINGTON TO MAKE THE SPEECH BUT TOOK TIME TO
HAVE LUNCH WITH MADAME VIJAYA LAKSHMI PANDIT, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND A GROUP DESCRIBED AS SOME OF
CLEVELAND'S MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN.
MRS. FORD'S SPEECH DEPLORED THE RESTRICTIONS STILL PLACED ON
WOMEN'S BEHAVIOR. SHE CALLED FOR RATIFICATION OF ERA IN 1976 AND SAID
THE AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE HAS BEEN TOO MUCH MALIGNED.
"MY OWN SUPPORT OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT HAS SHOWN WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN A DEFINITION OF PROPER BEHAVIOR COLLIDES WITH AN
INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT TO PERSONAL OPINIONS," SHE SAID. "I DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT BEING FIRST LADY SHOULD PREVENT ME FROM EXPRESSING MY VIEWS.
"I SPOKE OUT ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE OF MY DEEP PERSONAL
CONVICTIONS. WHY SHOULD MY HUSBAND'S JOB OR YOURS PREVENT US FROM
BEING OURSELVES? BEING LADYLIKE DOES NOT REQUIRE SILENCE."
UPI 10-25 12:02 PED
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FIRST LADY-WOMEN
WASHINGTON (AP) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD, WHO STIRRED HEATED DEBATE
LAST YEAR WHEN SHE CAMPAIGNED FOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT, WAS TO
BE A FEATURED SPEAKER TODAY AT A WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IN CLEVELAND.
SHE WAS TO ADDRESS THE GREATER CLEVELAND CONGRESS OF INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN'S YEAR ON THE OPENING DAY OF A THREE-DAY CONFERENCE ON WOMEN'S
ISSUES.
OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDE MADAME VIJAY LAKSHMI PANDIT OF INDIA, FORMER
PRESIDENT OF THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND JILL RUCKELSHAUS, HEAD OF
THE U.S. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN'S YEAR.
MRS. FORD, ACCOMPANIED BY SIX MEMBERS OF HER STAFF AND 15 REPORTERS,
WAS TO FLY TO CLEVELAND ABOARD A 40-PASSENGER MILITARY DC9 JET.
10-25-75 10:30EDT
The top 50
merica's most influential women are named
- writers, activists and politicians dominate
In this the International
Women's Year, Americans have
become increasingly conscious of
the impact of women in business,
in the professions. in the produc-
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FIRST LADY'S FILES
October 31, 1975
Dear Jeffrey:
Thank you so much for send-
ing me a copy of The Lantern. The
photo in the paper was terrific and
I know Mrs. Ford will enjoy seeing it.
I also appreciate your sending
me a copy of the photo of Mrs. Ford and
Janet Dunbar. I will make sure that
both get them.
Many thanks again.
Sincerely,
Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld
Press Secretary to Mrs. Ford
Mr. Jeffrey Yapalater
The Ohio State Daily Lantern
281 Journalism Building
Ohio State University
242 W. 18th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
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The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, Monday, Oct. 27, 1975
Lantern Photo by Jeffrey Yapalater
First Lady visits Ohio
Betty Ford traveled to Cleveland Saturday to give a speech on women's
consciousness at the International Womens Congress at Public Au-
ditorium. See stories on page 3.
the
au
D. Low in the upper
ero night. chance of rain
sles
strains of The Battle Hymn of the
nd a narrator extolling "he sees
be done and he wants to help."
the hand-pumping. Construc-
bureaucrats, grandmothers,
immune except babies, who in-
wet one planted on their heads.
as the big race for mayor in Col-
not going to comment on the
except to say the slogans of the
enders (Mayor Tom Moody's
Effective" and City Councilman
emond's "Prescription for Prog-
ınd more like laxative adver-
group unique in an election is
Please note this does not in-\
ryone who is not a worker or
for less than half of all eligible
the polls. For these non-voters,
the upd saving: if you don't vote,
Lantern Photos by Jeffrey Yapalater
Madame Pandit, addressing th
at
"Where is your husband?" asked six-year-old Laura Wilchek. "He can't
Cleveland Congress of Interna
higher
always come where I come, and I can't always go where he goes,
tional Women's Year, said, "I'v
ociate
answered Mrs. Ford during a visit to a child care center in Cleveland
never tried to be a cheap imitatio
said.
Saturday.
of a man; I didn't want to be."
ask,
con-
cepts,
plans
1st Lady talks to women
ership
By Debbie Perlman
ways go where he goes."
"I believe the best way to celebra
the
Mrs. Ford later highlighted the
International Women's Year is
a
few
CLEVELAND - First Lady Betty
Greater Cleveland Congress of In-
examine the very real proble
omen,
Ford was in Cleveland Saturday and
ternational Women's Year and stres-
women face today, not the progress
of
the
made a stop at the child care center
sed this theme of independence for
yesterday, Mrs. Ford said.
The Ohio State Daily Lantern
Published by The Ohio State University School of Journalism
281 Journalism Building, Ohio State University
242 W. 18th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
28 in October 1975
Mrs. Ford
c/o Sheila Weidenfeld
1700 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20500
Sheila:
Many thanks for your assistance. Without your help,
I doubt I would have had the opportunity to shoot some
of the photographs I did.
Enclosed you will find some of the shots I took.
One of the first lady during the luncheon at the Bond
Court, and another of Janet Dunbar.
Please foward these to both of them.
Again, thanks
Jeffrey Yapalater
I
HELLO NAME /
GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY
The item described below has been transferred from this file to:
r
Audiovisual Unit
Book Collection
Ford Museum in Grand Rapids
Item: 2 5x7" BW photos of BF at IWY confurnce in
Cleveland Ohio 10/25/75
photographer: Jeffrey Yapalater Ohio State Daily Lanten
The item was transferred from: Weidenfeld Bx 19
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