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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
BRIEFING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FORUM
Old Executive Office Building, Room 450
Thursday, October 24, 1991
4:45 - 6:00 pm
AGENDA
Introductions
Helen Mobley
Office of Public Liaison
Remarks
Marilyn Tucker Quayle
Constance Horner
Assistant to the President and
Director of Presidential Personnel
Roger Porter
Assistant to the President for
Economic and Domestic Policy
The President and Mrs. Bush wish to thank you for coming to the White House today.
MARILYN TUCKER QUAYLE
In January, 1989, as she walked down Pennsylvania Avenue with
her husband Dan Quayle, the nation's newly inaugurated 44th
Vice President, Marilyn Tucker Quayle knew she had an
opportunity, as well as a responsibility, to try to make a
difference. That's what she set out to do in her efforts to
raise awareness about disaster preparedness and response
issues.
As a child growing up in Indiana -- where tornadoes and
floods were commonplace and preparedness was part of every
schoolchild's curriculum -- Mrs. Quayle learned that the
highest priority of preparing for disasters is the saving of
lives. As an adult, she was a volunteer with the American
Red Cross in Indiana, continuing to pursue her interest in
disaster preparedness.
Today, Marilyn Quayle is still involved in disaster
preparedness and response activities, helping and encouraging
others around the globe to prepare themselves in advance for
all types of natural calamities. She has served food in a
Red Cross shelter to victims of Hurricane Hugo, worked with
government and private efforts in the aftermath of the Loma
Prieta earthquake, and has a continuous working relationship
with disaster preparedness leaders around the world.
Mrs. Quayle serves on the Advisory Board of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the federal government's
emergency preparedness and response agency. She traveled to
South Carolina, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands after
Hurricane Hugo, and to San Francisco after the Loma Prieta
Earthquake to help expedite federal relief efforts.
Mrs. Quayle's interest in heightening disaster readiness is
global in scope. As chairman of the International Disaster
Advisory Committee of the Office of United States Foreign
Disaster Assistance, she is involved in increasing the
private sector's role in disaster preparedness and response
activities. United Nations Secretary General Perez de
Cuellar has appointed her to the Special High-Level Council
of the U.N. International Decade for Natural Disaster
Reduction. The High-Level Council will advise the UN
Secretary General on the activities of the Decade project,
heighten awareness about the project in the United States and
overseas, and continue to emphasize international disaster
preparedness issues.
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In addition to her disaster preparedness activities, Marilyn
Quayle has gained recognition and praise for her work in
raising awareness about breast cancer and addressing the
special needs of the hearing impaired.
A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, she graduated from Purdue
University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and
holds a law degree from Indiana University School of Law.
She is a member of the Indiana Bar, admitted to practice law
before all Indiana courts, including both the Northern and
Southern Federal District Courts, and before the U.S. Supreme
Court and the Court of Military Appeals.
Even today, with all their responsibilities, the Vice
President and Mrs. Quayle put family first. They are
actively involved in the lives of their children -- Tucker,
17, Benjamin, 14, and Corinne, 12. The Vice President and
Mrs. Quayle can frequently be seen at school plays, watching
their daughter perform, or at the lacrosse fields, cheering
on their sons. The Vice President's wife is a familiar
figure on the school carpool circuit -- only these days, she
rides in the back of the van with the kids, and the Secret
Service drives.
August, 1991
August 1991
CONSTANCE HORNER
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND
DIRECTOR OF PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL
In August of 1991, President Bush appointed Constance Horner
Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential
Personnel. In this capacity, Mrs. Horner is responsible for
recommending individuals to serve in some 3,500 presidential
appointments. She and her staff also work with Cabinet and
agency heads on more than 2,000 other non-career appointments in
the federal government.
In May of 1989, President Bush appointed Mrs. Horner to the
number two position in the Department of Health and Human
Services, where she served until assuming her current assignment.
As Deputy Secretary, she assisted the Secretary in broad
management and policy assignments, as well as chairing a task
force charged with the development of proposals for health care
financing reform. She also served as Chairman of the White House
Domestic Policy Council Working Group on Health and the Vice-
President's Competitiveness Council Working Group on the Drug
Approval Process.
Prior to her HHS appointment, Mrs. Horner was appointed by
President Reagan to be director of the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management, formerly the Civil Service Commission, with
responsibility for hiring, training, pay, pension and health
benefits for the more than 2 million federal employees. She held
that post from August of 1985 through her 1990 appointment by
President Bush to HHS.
Other government appointments in which she has served include
associate director for economics and government for the Office of
Management and Budget; director of VISTA and acting associate
director of ACTION, VISTA's parent agency; and deputy assistant
director of ACTION for policy and planning. She has also served
on the President's Commission on White House Fellowships and the
President's Commission on Executive Exchange.
Mrs. Horner is a fellow of the National Academy of Public
Administration. She has also been elected to membership in the
Cosmos Club and selected by the Jaycees as a Healthy American
Leader Awardee.
A native of New Jersey, Mrs. Horner is a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania and holds a Master of Arts degree in
English literature from the University of Chicago. She has
lectured at many of the nation's top public policy and business
schools on policy development and management within the federal
government. She has also taught at secondary schools in the
United States and at universities abroad.
ROGER B. PORTER
Roger B. Porter is Assistant to the President for Economic and
Domestic Policy.
Mr. Porter was IBM Professor of Government and Business at
Harvard University and Faculty Chairman of the Program for
Senior Managers in Government. His teaching and research
focused on the relationship between business and government,
the management of Federal policy development, the Presidency,
and the formulation of domestic and international economic
policy.
In the Reagan White House, Mr. Porter served as Deputy Assistant
to the President and Director of the White House Office of Policy
Development. He also served as Executive Secretary of the
Economic Policy Council and as Counselor to the Secretary of the
Treasury. He was Executive Secretary of the Cabinet Council on
Economic Affairs from 1981-1985.
In the Ford White House, Mr. Porter was a White House Fellow from
1974 to 1975, joining the White House staff in August 1974. He
was appointed Special Assistant to the President and served as
the Executive Secretary of the President's Economic Policy Board
from 1974 to 1977. He also served as secretary to the
presidential transition team in August 1974.
Mr. Porter received his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University
and was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and Woodrow Wilson Fellow,
receiving his B.Phil. degree from Oxford University. He received
his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University.
Mr. Porter was Assistant Dean and Tutor in Politics at the Queens
College, Oxford, from 1971 to 1972. He served as Associate Di-
rector of the Utah Local Government Modernization Study in 1972
and has been actively involved in state constitutional revision
efforts. He has taught government and economics at Harvard Uni-
versity and Oxford University.
Mr. Porter has been on the faculty of the School of Government
and Graduate School of Business at Harvard since 1977. He was
appointed a member of the President's Commission on White House
Fellowships by Gerald R. Ford in 1976, and reappointed by Ronald
Reagan in 1982. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Sigma Alpha,
Phi Eta Sigma, and Phi Alpha Theta. He is the author of two
books, Presidential Decision Making and The U.S. - U.S.S.R. Grain
Agreement, and numerous articles.
He was selected as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in
America for 1981 by the United States Jaycees. He and his
wife Ann and their four children live in McLean, Virginia.
April 1990
News
United States
Department
of Labor
Office of Information
Washington, D.C. 20210
USDL: 91-394
CONTACT: Johanna Schneider
FOR RELEASE: Embargoed Until
OFFICE: 202/523-9711
10:00 A.M.
Thurs., August 8, 1991
"If our end game is to compete successfully in today's global
market, then we have to unleash the full potential of the
American workforce. The time has come to tear down, to
dismantle, to remove and to shatter -- the 'Glass Ceiling',"
Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin, Report of the Glass Ceiling
Initiative.
LABOR SECRETARY LYNN MARTIN ANNOUNCES PROGRAM
TO DISMANTLE THE GLASS CEILING -- BARRIERS THAT KEEP QUALIFIED
MINORITIES AND WOMEN FROM MOVING UP IN CORPORATE AMERICA
Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin today announced a program to
dismantle the glass ceiling -- the invisible barrier keeping
qualified minorities and women from moving up into management
jobs.
Martin said, "The glass ceiling where it exists, hinders not
only individuals, but society as a whole. It effectively cuts
our pool of potential corporate leaders by eliminating over one-
half of our population. It deprives our economy of new leaders,
new sources of creativity -- the 'would be' pioneers of the
business world. If our end game is to compete successfully in
today's global market, then we have to unleash the full potential
of the American workforce. The time has come to tear down, to
dismantle, to remove and to shatter -- the 'Glass Ceiling'."
The department's program is designed to promote a quality,
inclusive and diverse workforce capable of meeting the challenge
of global competition. The program contains four parts:
* An Internal Educational Effort -- to educate the
Department's officials in the intricacies of corporate human
resource issues and establish communications and a working
dialogue on the issues surrounding the glass ceiling initiative.
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Encourage Voluntary Efforts -- a broad-based public
awareness effort to serve as a catalyst to foster voluntary
efforts within the corporate community to remove any barriers
which may exist to the advancement of minorities and women into
management positions. The department will act as a clearinghouse
and resource of information so that federal contractors can
receive assistance in their efforts;
Corporate Management Reviews -- to conduct compliance
reviews of federal contractors. The Department's Office of
Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) reviews companies'
policies to make sure there is no discrimination on the basis of
race, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, or
veteran status, and that contractors actively recuit qualified
workers from all segments of the labor force, and assure that
training and advancement opportunities are equally afforded to
all employees; and
* Public Recognition and Reward -- to give recognition and
reward to those companies which have undertaken a particularly
creative and effective program to assure equal opportunity.
The Secretary released a report which studied nine Fortune
500 companies and found a "Glass Ceiling" to be at the mid to
lower management level and found minorities significantly behind
women in terms of advancement.
Martin, in the report, outlines a pilot project conducted by
the department's office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs,
which combined extensive research of available data, compliance
reviews of nine companies as well as discussions with business
groups, civil rights groups, and other interested groups.
The report lists specific findings from the nine Fortune 500
company compliance reviews and identifies business wide barriers.
The compliance reviews found that often promotional practices
create a plateau for women and minorities; that companies must
give priority to ensuring that their promotional practices are
monitored and include diverse pools of applicants; that companies
often stereotype individuals into positions that are not in line
for advancement; and companies lack recordkeeping to monitor how
individuals are promoted.
The barriers to advancement for women and minorities were
found to be the manner in which new job openings are advertised
or lack thereof; the use of executive search firms which often do
not include women and minorities in those recommended; the lack
of access for women and minorities to training and development
programs, including foreign assignments, special projects and so-
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called line duty -- experiences to enhance academic and work-
related credentials; and a lack of knowledge at the top levels of
corporations regarding equal employment opportunity
responsibilities and evaluation.
"In conducting the glass ceiling reviews, we found that we
cannot generalize about corporate practices. Every company is
different," Secretary Martin said. "We want to be the catalyst
for change. We have not and will not act as personnel directors
who dictate from a distance who should be hired, fired, or
promoted.
"In fact, we have discovered a number of companies who are
on the cutting edge of promoting diversity in the workforce.
Their efforts include aggressively recruiting minorities and
women through external recruitment efforts, making 'deputy'
assignments and using these positions as training grounds for
developing minorities and women as 'high potential' managers and
increasing executive accountability for cultural changes,"
Secretary Martin said.
"Most of the companies we reviewed truly believed they were
fulfilling their obligations as federal contractors. Each
company, because of differences in the nature of its business,
its corporate culture, had different methods for developing
individuals. But they all had one thing in common -- they didn't
make these opportunities as available to minorities and women.
And they didn't monitor these experiences, like special training
or sitting on corporate task forces and committees, for equal
opportunity and access."
"A number of progressive corporations already have taken a
good, hard look at themselves and initiated efforts to assure
they have both a qualified and diverse workforce: some -- but
not all. And right now, America cannot afford to deny
opportunity and ignore merit. We must do everything in our power
to ensure that each and every individual counts. When the litmus
test for success is ability, and ability alone, only then can we
become a color and sex blind society," Martin said.
"Over the next decade, white males will make up only 15
percent of the net growth in our workforce," Martin said,
"American businesses are beginning to understand that their
bottom line success may well depend on recruiting, training, and
retraining the best possible workforce. Given today's
demographics,' Martin says in the report, "that means recruiting
minorities -- including the physically handicapped -- and women."
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Martin said that she intends to "use the bully pulpit as
Secretary of Labor to encourage every corporation to develop its
own strategy that will allow all employees to realize their
maximum potential," and pledged that "the department will act as
an informative clearinghouse to provide guidance to assist firms
in meeting their affirmative action obligations."
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News
United States
Department
of Labor
Office of Information
Washington, D.C. 20210
STATEMENT OF SECRETARY OF LABOR LYNN MARTIN
GLASS CEILING REPORT
AUGUST 8, 1991
A few months ago in the Rose Garden of the White House,
President Bush said:
"A great nation has the courage to be honest about itself.
And we are -- let's never forget it -- we are a great
nation
We are indisputably the world's most powerful force
for freedom and economic growth. still no one can deny that we
have these enormous challenges. Not all Americans are living the
American dream by a long shot. Many can't even imagine it."
We're here today to talk about those who can and do imagine
it -- those who have the ability and the desire to succeed -- but
are not being given the chance. We're here today to advance the
process of dismantling barriers that keep minorities and women
from climbing to the uppermost rungs of the economic ladder.
A number of progressive corporations already have taken a
good, hard look at themselves and initiated efforts to assure
they have both a qualified and diverse workforce: some -- but not
all. And right now, America can not afford to deny opportunity
and ignore merit. We must do everything in our power to ensure
that each and every individual counts. When the litmus test for
success is ability, and ability alone, only then can we become a
color and sex blind society.
The Report of The Glass Ceiling Initiative, which details
the findings of pilot reviews completed earlier this year, is
just one part of an overall strategy to make opportunity a
reality for every American.
While 9 reviews do not define the universe, they do give us
clear signs that the progress of minorities and women in
corporate America is being affected by more than just
qualifications and career choices.
Most of the companies we reviewed truly believed they were
fulfilling their obligations as federal contractors. Each
company, because of differences in the nature of its business,
its corporate culture, had different methods for developing
individuals. But they had one thing in common -- they didn't
make these opportunities as available to minorities and women.
And they didn't monitor these experiences, like special training
or sitting on corporate task forces and committees, for equal
opportunity and access.
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More to the point, the reviews revealed these findings:
* That the glass ceiling exists at a much lower level of
management than originally thought;
* That minorities have plateaued at lower levels of the
workforce than women;
* That artificial barriers exist in corporations that deny
qualified minorities and women opportunity for career
advancement;
* And that there are steps companies can take to identify
and eliminate the effects artificial barriers have on minorities
and women.
With all this knowledge in hand, what do we do next?
First, over the months since it became publicly known that the
Department was undertaking this initiative, a number of companies
have come to us, to tell us what steps they are taking to
dismantle any glass ceiling that might exist.
I intend to use the bully pulpit as Secretary of Labor to
encourage every corporation to develop its own strategy -- based
on its own corporate culture -- that will allow all employees to
realize their maximum potential while accomplishing corporate
goals and objectives.
We will continue to meet with business groups, trade and
professional organizations, civil rights leaders and other
leadership organizations. Our Women's Bureau will spearhead our
public outreach.
The Department will act as a clearinghouse and resource of
information so that federal contractors can come to us for help.
We will provide guidance and technical assistance to help them
meet their obligations to provide opportunity and access without
reference to race, sex, religion or national origin.
And finally, we will continue to conduct corporate
management reviews as part of the Department's ongoing
responsibility to ensure that federal contractors live up to
their obligations not to discriminate and to actively recruit,
and provide training and advancement opportunities for all
segments of society.
The glass ceiling, where it exists, hinders not only
individuals but society as a whole. It effectively cuts our pool
of potential corporate leaders by eliminating over one-half of
our population. It deprives our economy of new leaders, new
sources of creativity -- the "would be" pioneers of the business
world. If our end game is to compete successfully in today's
global market, then we have to unleash the full potential of the
American work force. The time has come to tear down, to
dismantle, to remove and to shatter -- the "Glass Ceiling."
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE
UNTIL 8:00 P.M. EDT
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1991
TEXT OF REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY
AT THE 100 DAYS EVENT
The South Lawn
June 12, 1991
Thank you, good evening. Members of the Cabinet, honored guests.
Dr. Benjamin Payton of Tuskegee Institute who brings a lifelong
commitment to our Historically Black Colleges, welcome. Governor
Campbell, Governor Castle. Drew Batavia, winner of the 1988
Distinguished Disabled American Award, welcome to you, sir. To
Robert Egger, founder of the D.C. Central Kitchen, and the 60
other Points of Light who are here tonight, your work inspires
the Nation. Mayor Hackett of Memphis, Mayor Myric of Charlotte,
County Commissioner Klinger, good to see you all again. I see
Paul O'Neill, Chairman of ALCOA, a dedicated advocate for
educational excellence. And to the rest of this extraordinary
gathering -- leaders of businesses, veterans groups,
associations, volunteer organizations, education partnerships,
and all those who make America the land of opportunity, welcome
to the White House.
Over the past 30 months, the world has changed at a dramatic
pace. America has been called upon to meet one challenge after
another. And meet them we did -- each and every one of them.
From Eastern Europe, to Panama, to the Persian Gulf, our country
stands strong as a champion of freedom.
Ninety-eight days ago, I asked Congress to tackle the urgent
problems on the home front with the same energy we dedicated to
tackling the crisis on the battlefront. I spelled out my
domestic priorities, setting out an ambitious agenda founded upon
enhancing economic growth, investing in our future, and
increasing opportunity for all Americans. I sent to the Congress
literally hundreds of recommendations for legislative change.
Then I specifically asked that Congress pass just two laws in a
hundred days -- a comprehensive anti-crime bill, and a
transportation bill.
I thought a hundred days was pretty reasonable. It is now clear
that neither will be on my desk by Friday. I am disappointed,
but frankly I'm not surprised. Tonight I would like to put this
a litany of programs and policies. We have a long list of
all in some perspective. I haven't asked you here to sit through
legislative priorities already before the Congress, awaiting
congressional action. I won't repeat that list here tonight.
Rather, I'd like to do something different, and describe to you
how I personally see the shared strength and promise of America.
It is hard for the American people to understand why a bill to
can't pass a highway bill in a hundred days. Most Americans
fight crime cannot be enacted in a hundred days; or why Congress
believe fear of crime and violence threatens our most basic
freedoms -- denies us opportunity.
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They also believe we must invest in our future -- provide an
infrastructure for those who come after us. So they don't
understand the complications, the inaction, the bickering,
particularly when so many do understand what it takes to solve
problems courage. in their own neighborhoods: commitment, compassion, and
I cannot fully explain this inaction to the American people. As
I said, I'm disappointed, but not surprised. But I can say this
as partial consolation: America's problem-solving does not begin
or end with the Congress.
Yes, it would help if Congress would do what the people are
asking of them. I'll keep working with the Congress -- my hand
remains extended. But we cannot let Congress discourage or deter
us from meeting our responsibilities.
I believe the people gathered here tonight, under the twilight
shadow of Washington's Monument, understand this better than
most. You are extraordinary Americans, representing thousands of
others. You bring to life the genius of the American spirit, and
it is through you and with you that we can solve our most
pressing problems. Together we can transform America, and create
whole and good communities everywhere. Tonight, all Americans
can help lead the way.
A great nation has the courage to be honest about itself. And we
are a great nation. I believe that absolutely, as do you. We
are indisputably the world's most powerful force for freedom and
economic growth. Still, no one can deny that we have enormous
challenges. Not all Americans are living the American Dream.
Many can't even imagine it.
There are impoverished Americans, the poor and the homeless, the
hungry and the hopeless, many unable to read and write. There
are Americans gone astray, the kids dragged down by drugs, the
shattered families, the teenage mothers struggling to cope. Then
there are Americans uneasy, troubled and bewildered by the
dizzying pace of change.
For many years I have crisscrossed this Nation. As President,
part of my job is going to small towns and big cities, schools,
neighborhoods and factories. Those are the places where you
discover what's good and right about our country, and what's
going wrong, too.
The state of our Nation is the state of our communities. As our
communities flourish, our Nation will flourish. So we must seek
a nation of whole communities, a nation of good communities -- an
America, Whole and Good.
What defines such a community? First, it is one that cares for
the needs of its young people by building character, values and
good habits for life. Second, it's a community that provides
excellent schools -- schools that spark a lifelong interest in
learning. Next, there is opportunity and hope rooted in the
dignity of work, and reward for achievement. Fourth, it's where
people care about their health and their environment, and where a
sense of well-being and belonging is nurtured. Finally, all of
its neighborhoods are decent and safe.
Because millions of Americans have chosen to lead the way, these
are not just dreams. Thousands of whole and good communities
have achieved the American Dream. We should never lose sight of
already flourish in America -- communities where ordinary people
that. America is the most prosperous, productive, enlightened
Nation on Earth -- a nation that can do anything. And we can do
even better.
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We should be confident about what lies ahead. America has a
track record of success -- success shaped with our own hands.
Sometimes, in our impatience, we've made mistakes, but when we
do, we dust ourselves off, and go at it again. Every American
should take pride in this country's fundamental goodness. Each
of us must resolve in our own hearts that for all the good we've
done, it's time to do better, much, much better.
Conventional wisdom in our day once held that all solutions were
in the hands of government: call in the best and brightest and
hand over the keys to the national treasury; bigger government
was better government; compassion measured in dollars and cents;
progress by price tag. We tried that course. As we ended the
70's -- our economy strangling on inflation, soaring interest
rates, and unemployment -- America turned away from government as
"the answer."
So conventional wisdom then turned to the genius of the free
market. We began a decade of exceptional economic growth and
created 20 million new jobs. Yet, many of our streets are still
not safe, our schools have lost their edge, and millions still
trudge the path of poverty. There is more to be done, and the
marketplace alone can't solve all our problems.
Is the harsh lesson that there must always be those who are left
behind? America must have but one answer. That answer is No.
There is a better way, one that combines our efforts -- those of
a government properly defined, the marketplace properly
understood, and service to others properly engaged. This is the
only way to an America Whole and Good.
It requires all three forces of our national life. First, it
requires the power of the free market; second, a competent,
compassionate government; third, the ethic of serving others --
including what I call Points of Light. These three powerful
forces create the conditions for communities to be whole and
good, and it's time we harnessed all three of them.
In our complex democracy, power is fragmented. That can be
frustrating. But on balance it's for the good. And power tends
to move toward those who serve the greater good: entrepreneurs,
like John Bryant, a young self-starter who has built a
multi-million dollar enterprise and now helps rebuild inner city
Los Angeles; caring individuals like Mack Stolarski, a retired
carpenter who now helps his student apprentices repair homes for
the poor and disabled.
And because of the power of the free market, what so much of the
world can only imagine, we take for granted: abundant food on
the shelves of our supermarkets, and quality products at our
shopping centers. Nothing beats the free market at generating
jobs, income, wealth, and a better quality of life.
The good news in communities is that the free market is now
applying its resources and know-how to our social problems. Many
companies, recognizing that tomorrow's workers are today's
students, are leaders of a revolution in American education --
partners in our exciting America 2000 strategy. Others are
crusaders for environmental protection, while still others are
innovators from health care to child care.
Transforming America requires not only the power of the free
market, but also a dynamic government. To be the enlightened
instrument of the people -- the government of Jefferson and
Lincoln and Roosevelt -- and the embodiment of their vision -- it
must truly be a force for good.
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I believe in this kind of government -- a government of
compassion and competence. And I believe in backing it up with
action. Here tonight, for example, is Mrs. Lauren Jackson-Floyd,
one of the first Head Start graduates. Now she teaches
preschoolers in that same marvelous program. Her success is why
we expanded Head Start by almost three quarters of a billion
dollars. And last year I signed our child care bill to expand
parents' choices in caring for their children.
We fought for a Clean Air Act that puts the free market in the
service of the environment, and we won. The Americans with
Disabilities Act, the most important Civil Rights Bill in
decades, has brought new dignity and opportunity to our Nation's
disabled -- disability leaders like Justin Dart and Evan Kemp
were right here when I signed it.
Jack Kemp and I stood with Ramona Younger in Charles Houston
Community Center in Alexandria, Virginia -- if the Congress
enacts our HOPE Initiative, these public housing tenants can
become America's newest homeowners. Dewey Stokes here, President
of the Fraternal Order of Police, wants to help make our
neighborhoods safer -- that's why he supports our crime bill.
And if we get a civil rights bill like the one I sent to the
Congress, we will take an important step against discrimination
in the workplace.
This is not big government -- this is good government.
Finally, along with the forces of the free market and the
government, we must add the ethic of voluntary service -- Points
of Light. That is not a phrase about charity. It is about the
light that is within us all. A light that brightens the lives of
others and makes whole the lives of those who shine it. As the
verse of Randy Travis' song says, "a ray of hope in the darkest
night."
Points of Light is a call to every American to serve another in
need. But no one of us can solve big problems like poverty or
drug abuse by ourselves. Only the combined light from every
school, every business, place of worship, club, group, and
organization in every community can dissolve the darkness.
Whether a company holds an after-hours literacy program for its
workers, a police station counsels tough kids, or third graders
phone lonely homebound senior citizens, Points of Light show
those in need that their lives matter.
Government, and the market, joined with Points of Light, will
overwhelm our social problems. This is how we must guarantee the
next American Century. Every person, every business, every
school board -- our associations, our clubs, our places of
worship -- we all have the duty to lead.
Only then, can we truly think and act anew. Now Congress, too,
must understand the successes and failures of the past and help
us forge a certain future for America.
The people gathered here tonight represent those who refuse to
rest easy. I look out and see so much reflected in your faces --
the strength, the conviction, the commitment. You represent
those millions of Americans who use power to achieve a greater
good. I know, because you've brought me into your homes and your
neighborhoods, your schools and your churches.
Last year I walked through a reclaimed crackhouse in Kansas City
with Al Brooks, the leader of an anti-crime coalition. I learned
more about how we can fight crime in two hours than in two months
of TV news.
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Another day I visited D.C. General Hospital, and held a tiny
boarder baby in my arms, the child of a cocaine addict. The
remarkable dedication of the women who rescued these babies was
just as moving. America needs to. hear that story, too.
Just a few months ago, I dropped in on a little West Virginia
school in a town called Slanesville. The National Teacher of the
Year teaches remedial reading there. Her name is Rae Ellen McKee
and she's here tonight. Visiting her gave me the opportunity to
say to the Nation, "thank God for our teachers."
Just yesterday I spoke before the graduating class of the James
H. Groves Adult High School in Sussex County, Delaware. I
invited the class to join us tonight. I went there with Governor
Castle to honor these men and women who had the courage to go
back to school and get their diplomas. They honored us by
telling America to be a nation dedicated to lifelong learning.
These are the Americans who love this country for what it is and
for what it can become. These are the Americans who make this a
nation of boldness -- filled with problem solvers -- gifted with
the American tradition of living up to our ideals. These are the
Americans who prove that no one in America is without a gift to
give, a skill to share, a hand to offer.
This is the genius of America -- ordinary Americans doing
extraordinary things.
The Congress can refer our proposals to its hundreds of
committees, tie itself up with debate, and produce complicated,
expensive, unworkable legislation. But in the end, we must carry
forward the magic of America. We must carry forward what is
good, and reach out and embrace what is best. We must do the
hard work of freedom. I know you have. I know you will.
Through you, our country can become an America Whole and Good.
will prevail.
For that our country is grateful, and because of that our country
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RELIEF
Mrs. Quayle has participated in the following activities:
1989
May:
Briefings at OFDA and FEMA on emergency
operations.
June 1:
Attended FEMA/OFDA disaster relief
conference "Lessons Learned from Armenia"
at FEMA National Emergency Training Center;
Emmittsburg, MD.
June 6:
Attended World Bank seminar on disasters and
sustainable development.
June 15:
Met with Florida emergency relief officials.
June 28:
Addressed meeting of the National Disaster
Medical System in Denver.
July 11:
Met with emergency relief officials from the
southeastern U.S.; met with local emergency
officials in Georgia - in Atlanta.
July 18:
Observed emergency medical evacuation drill
at Camp Pendleton, California. Participated in
demonstration of "Shakey Quakey" earthquake
education van; Monterrey, California.
August 7:
Participated in Response'89 earthquake
preparedness exercise in Sacramento.
August 8:
Participated in demonstration of Albuquerque
Disaster Medical Assistance Team capabilities;
Sacramento.
September 13:
Addressed meeting of American College of
Emergency Physicians; Washington, D.C.
September 20: Visited Korean Meterological Service; Seoul
September 22: Visited Oshima Island's active volcano;
participated in briefing on earthquake and
volcano monitoring; Japan.
September 25: Visited Tsukuba disaster research center; Japan
September 27: Met with Philippine relief agencies and visited
with disaster victims.
October 2 - 3: Toured disaster sites in South Carolina; worked
at FEMA disaster centers.
October 4:
Briefed by private voluntary organizations
engaged in disaster relief activities;
Washington, D.C.
October 6 - 7: Visited disaster sites in Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands; met with relief officials and
disaster victims.
October 18:
Participated in on-site assessment of damage
caused by Loma Prieta earthquake in San
Francisco Bay area.
October 20:
Delegate to UN Disaster Relief Organization's
conference on emergency relief; Geneva,
Switzerland.
November 2 -3: Toured disaster sites in San Francisco Bay area:
Hollister, Watsonville, Los Gatos and Santa Cruz
Met with local government officials and
relief workers.
November 7:
Addressed Illinois Earthquake Task Force;
participated in briefings with Scott Air
Force Base emergency search and rescue and
response personnel; Illinois.
November 9:
Attended Annenberg Washington symposim on the
role of communications in disasters; Washington.
November 16
Met with President Carlos Salinas de Gotari to
discuss, among other topics, emergency
preparedness. Met with key disaster
preparedness and relief officials at the
Secretaria de Gobernacion and the Mexican Red
Cross headquarters; Mexico City.
November 17:
Addressed Partners of the Americas 25th
International Convention; Guadalajara.
November 18:
Visited tornado-devastated regions of
Huntsville, Alabama; met with local relief and
government officials.
December 5:
Addressed meeting of the American Red Cross
Eastern Operations Division; Washington, D.C.
December 11:
Hosted coffee for Soviet delegation
of officials and scientists visiting the U.S.
to study earthquake preparedness and response.
1990:
January 16:
Participated in OFDA review of disaster
preparedness activities over the past ten years.
January 19:
Addressed Salvation Army Board of Directors;
Washington, D.C.
February 5:
Addressed National Coordinating Council on
Emergency Management's Mid-Year meeting;
Washington, D.C.
February 21:
Toured disaster sites in Tuscaloosa, Alabama;
in Huntsville, participated in elementary school
assembly on severe weather safety; presented
awards to local school teachers whose weather
awareness saved lives during November tornadoes.
February 22:
Addressed FEMA Employee Award Ceremony
February 27:
Addressed National Emergency Management
Association Mid-Year meeting; Washington, D.C.
March 1:
Participated in Ohio Tornado Safety Month Kick-
Off, at Watson Elementary School, Youngtown; met
with local emergency managers, Niles, Ohio.
March 9:
Briefed by disaster preparedness expert; Caracas,
Venezuela.
March 10:
Met with Caribbean disaster preparedness officials
and Peace Corps volunteers; Bridgetown, Barbados.
March 12:
Visited earthquake-damaged village of Santa Luisa,
Chile; met with federal and local disaster
preparedness officials, toured all-volunteer fire
station, viewed and was briefed on flood
mitigation project on Mapocho River; Santiago,
Chile.
March 13:
Visited Pilar, Paraguay to view areas flooded by
Parana River; briefed by local disaster
preparedness and response officials on flood
relief program; Paraguay.
March 13:
Participated in meeting on the multinational
impact of flooding on the Rio de la Plata system;
briefed by local representatives of Caritas relief
organization on flood relief programs; Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
March 15:
Briefed by scientists from the National Institute
for Amazonian Research on flood mitigation
projects in the Amazon region; Manaus, Brazil.
April 18:
Delivered keynote address to the National
Hurricane Conference; Houston, Texas
April 30:
Taught third grade science class about hurricane
preparedness; briefed on beach renourishment
project, which is underway to rebuild beaches
affected by hurricane-force winds; Bradenton,
Florida.
May 8:
Briefing by London Fire Brigade and demonstration
of search and rescue technique; London
May 10:
Visited flooded areas of Dallas, Texas; met
with Red Cross workers and disaster victims.
May 23:
Briefed by the Small Business Administration
about the Agency's disaster relief programs;
Washington, D.C.
May 24:
Addressed meeting of private voluntary
organizations engaged in foreign disaster relief;
Elkridge, Maryland.
June 14:
Participated in U.S. - Canadian Consultative
Meetings on disaster preparedness; Ottawa, Canada
June 25:
Attended briefing by disaster preparedness
division of the Los Angeles County Fire
Department; Los Angeles
June 25:
Participated in disaster simulation staged by
Los Angeles County Fire Department and Paramount
Studios; Los Angeles
June 26:
Briefed by Getty Museum staff on disaster
mitigation and earthquake preparedness measures;
Los Angeles
June 27:
Participated in tour and briefing of National
Earthquake Information Center; Golden, Colorado
July 11:
Met with Japanese Diet Member Hajime Ishii to
discuss U.S. and Japanese programs related to the
U.N. Decade on Natural Hazard Reduction;
Washington
September 19: Participated in American Red Cross Family
Preparedness Kick-Off; Washington
September 26: Met with Paraguayan Minister of Health to discuss
progress in the Paraguayan Disaster Preparedness
Program; Washington
October 17:
Addressed the Bay Area Earthquake Preparedness
Project Conference "Lessons Learned from the Loma
Prieta Earthquake;" San Francisco
October 23:
Visited disaster volunteers in Plainfield;
presented FEMA award to Plainfield High School
coach for heroic actions during August tornados;
Plainfield, Illinois
November 15:
As co-chair of U.S. disaster preparedness
delegation, visited Soviet Scientific Center for
Emergency Medical Assistance; toured mobile
hospital for emergency medical assistance in
disaster areas; met with Raisa Gorbachev and V.H.
Doguzhiev, Deputy Chairman of the USSR Council of
Ministers' Commission on Emergencies; Moscow
November 16:
Toured training center for civil defense,
Novogorsk
November 17:
Visited Proton Machine Building plant for
discussion about the production of search and
rescue robots; Khruchinov
November 19:
Participated in U.S./Soviet meeting on disaster
management cooperation; met with Russian Republic
Deputy Prime Minister for Ecological Affairs I.T.
Gavrilov; Moscow
November 30:
Visited flooded areas of Washington State; met
with disaster victims and state, federal and
volunteer workers; Seattle
December 8:
Participated in Center for Strategic and
International Studies' earthquake simulation
exercise designed to examine the role of the
executive and legislative branches in earthquake
disaster relief; Washington
1991
January 8:
Visited Marion County and Kokomo, Indiana; met
with local firefighters and DAC members; North
Central Indiana
February 23:
Addressed the Indiana Fire Conference on disaster
issues and volunteerism; Indianapolis, IN
February 25:
Toured the National Institute of Standards and
Technology and saw demonstrations of lightening,
flashover and structural testing; Gaithersburg, MD
February 27:
Addressed the Credit Union National Association on
disaster issues and international development
cooperation; Washington
March 4:
Addressed the Simon Weisenthal Center National
Leadership Conference on disaster issues;
Washington
April 15:
Addressed the Wisconsin Funeral Director's Mass
Casualty Training Symposium on disaster issues and
NDMS; Steven's Point, Wisconsin
April 22:
Addressed the National Association of State Fire
Marshals on disaster issues and emergency
preparedness; Newport, Rhode Island
April 24:
Attended meeting of the Subcommittee for Natural
Disaster Reduction; briefed on U.S. Government
agency efforts in the disaster response and
planning fields; NOAA, Washington
April 30:
Addressed the Annual Congressional Fire and
Emergency Services Dinner on disaster issues and
emergency preparedness; Washington
May 21-23:
Assisted with international relief efforts in the
cyclone-affected areas of Bangladesh; met with the
Prime Minister and Acting President of Bangladesh;
briefed on U.S. response efforts and those of
international private voluntary organizations;
Dhaka/Chittagong, Bangladesh
May 29:
Chaired first full committee meeting of the
International Disaster Advisory Committee (IDAC) ;
the IDAC, organized by Office of Foreign Disaster
Assistance at the U.S. Agency for International
Development, is a group of private sector
representatives examining ways to increase their
involvement in preparedness and response issues
overseas, Washington
May 30:
Participated in two workshops and gave plenary
remarks at the 20th annual conference of the
National Association for Search and Rescue,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
June 21
Addressed the Florida Association of Insurance
Agents about disaster preparedness and response,
Orlando
June 27
Hosted breakfast in honor of the Disaster Relief
Coordination Delegation from the Soviet Union,
Washington
July 25
Presented awards to Centennial Cooperative Weather
Observers and delivered disaster preparedness
remarks at NOAA, Dept. of Commerce, Washington
July 26
Met with Rep. Bill Emerson and staff regarding
disaster releif response and famine in Africa,
Washington
August 7
Visited fire department training center, Sao
Paulo, Brazil
October 1-2
Lead American delegation to the National Emergency
Respose Services IV meeting of UNDRO at the
U.N./Geneva, Switzerland
October 9-10
Participated in the first meeting of the Special
High-Level Council of the International Decade for
Natural Disaster Reduction, United Nations, New
York
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
October 18, 1991
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT CEREMONY FOR SWEARING IN OF CLARENCE THOMAS
AS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT
The South Lawn
2:00 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Welcome all to the White House. Mr.
Vice President and Mrs. Quayle, a warm welcome. And, of course, to
the members of the Supreme Court. And may I simply say that Barbara
and I join with you and with all the nation in mourning the loss of
Nan Rehnquist, the wife of the Chief Justice.
Let me also welcome the many members of the United
States Congress that are with us today. Single out but a few --
Minority Leader Dole and Chairman Biden, and ranking member Thurmond
of the committee, and so many others. Members of our Cabinet over
here and so many friends of Clarence Thomas, who have worked with him
here in Washington -- and, of course, I should especially single out
Senator Jack Danforth, a man every American would be proud to call
friend. (Applause.)
And of course, those special guests, the many members of
Clarence Thomas's family here today: his wife, Ginnie, son Jamal
here in the front row. And Clarence's mother, Mrs. Leola Williams;
his sister, Emma Mae Martin; his brother, Myers. His cousins -- it
reminds me of Pinafore -- his cousins, sisters, aunts. (Laughter.)
But that's the way it ought to be. And all of you, some of whom
drove all the way up -- I see a little advertisement over here from
Pin Point, Georgia, to be here this afternoon. (Applause.) That's
600 long miles -- but I've got a feeling they might have driven 6,000
miles to be here today.
People from far and wide -- from all walks of life, all
levels of education and income -- have come here today in testament
to the character of Clarence Thomas. But what brought you here is
also something more: the power of the American ideal -- the values
of faith and family, of hard work and opportunity. These are the
values that unite us all -- that give America meaning.
America is the first nation in history founded on an
idea: on the unshakable certainty that all men are created equal.
When we ask our Justices to uphold the Constitution, we entrust to
them the laws that give life to our principles. Clarence Thomas now
joins the distinguished ranks of jurists to whom we entrust this
sacred task -- who, in the stark and simple phrase of Chief Justice
Marshall, tell us "what the law is."
I said when I nominated Clarence Thomas that this man is
a fiercely independent thinker, with an excellent legal mind, who
believes passionately in equal opportunity for all Americans.
Since then, the whole nation has learned that the passion and the
intellect and the independence of mind all spring from a single
source: an inner strength stamped on his character long ago, when he
walked the dirt roads of Pin Point.
Clarence Thomas comes to the Supreme Court having worked
in the private sector -- having served in state government and in
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every branch of federal government. Each position will serve him
well on the Court -- sharpening his vantage point on the many
questions that come before him.
These are the man's qualifications. They are not the
same as his experience.
Clarence Thomas knows firsthand the searing hate and
sting of segregation. He knows the cold face of indifference -- the
unthinking cruelty that tells some men and women that society expects
little of them -- and offers even less.
But Clarence Thomas would not be here today if there
were not more to his story. He's known his share of the joys of
life: the love of family, the devotion of friends, the kind gestures
from people committed to decency and fairness, to justice and to the
American Dream.
Clarence Thomas has endured America at its worst -- and
he's answered with America at its best. He brings that hard-won
experience to the High Court, and America will be better for it.
So let me say to everyone here: Don't be overawed by
the solemnity of this moment. Celebrate this day. See what this son
of Pin Point has made of himself. See how he makes us proud of
America -- proud of all that is best in us.
In just a few moments, we will bear witness as the oath
of office is administered to our nation's newest Supreme Court
Justice. Before we do, let me say on a personal level, America is
blessed to have a man of this character serve on its Highest Court.
Clarence Thomas -- Mr. Justice Thomas, congratulations.
And now I'd like to ask Justice Byron White to administer the oath.
(Applause.)
(The oath is administered.)
JUSTICE THOMAS: Thank you all so much. This is
wonderful.
Mr. President, Mrs. Bush, Mr. Vice President and Mrs.
Quayle, Senator Dole, and all my friends and all the members of
Congress, Justice White and my future colleagues, and all my
wonderful family members, friends, supporters and those who helped.
Even as I am joyful at this event, I am deeply saddened by the death
of Mrs. Rehnquist, and I join in the heartfelt condolences to the
Chief Justice and his family.
Since that bright, sunny day in Kennebunkport July 1,
there have been many difficult days as we all went through the
confirmation battle -- and I mean we all. But on this sunny day in
October at the White House, there is joy -- joy in the morning.
(Applause.)
I thank almighty God. I thank those who stood along the
road of 43 years of my life from Pin Point to the Supreme Court, from
1948 to 1991. I thank my mother and my father; my wonderful,
wonderful grandparents; the nuns; my relatives; my neighbors; my
friends -- all who insisted that I make something of myself. And all
who stood ready to help me do just that.
I thank America for the ideal, the opportunity and the
reaffirmation of so much that is good about our great country. I
thank my wonderful wife and my funny son. (Laughter.) My wife is my
best friend, and over the past 110 days, we have been brought closer
together, our love has been strengthened, and we have become better
people.
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Today, now, it is a time to move forward. A time to
look for what is good in others, what is good in our country. It's a
time to see what we have in common, what we share as human beings and
as citizens. It is a time to look for solutions rather than exploit
problems. In the words of Sir Winston Churchill, "Let us go forward
together."
I close this process, this long and enduring process, as
I began in Kennebunkport. Only in America could this day have been
possible. I thank you all and may God bless you. (Applause.)
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"New Discoveries, New Directions" begins with on elegant evening reception of the British Embossy, localed on Washington's
exclusive Embossy Row. Following the reception, you'll enjoy 0 champagne tour of the Washington monuments, ending with o
special supper under. the moonlight of the Lincoln Memorial.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1991
After your "official" welcome to Washington, (as only Washington can do), you meet our first panel of experts al the National
Museum of Women in the Arts to learn about "New Discoveries and New Directions in Space and Telecommuni-
cations". Our speakers, on the cutting edge of technology, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, PacTal
Cellular, and the Advanced Materials Center, will tempt you with "what can be" and "what will be". Before leaving
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chaired by IWF members, Senators Nancy Kassebaum and Barbara Mikulski. After dining with your own Congressional
representatives, senior Members of Congress will brief you on Energy and the Environment; International Finance; the Budget;
Defense and Foreign Affairs; and the U.S. Domestic Agenda,
A Special Invitation
Our busy day would be incomplete without afternoon tea, which we'll have at The White House. hosted by SOMA very special
Washingtonians (Pholo identification required for admittance).
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
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before beginning our first-hand look of "New Directions in International Relations" of the U.S. State Department. IWF
members Ambassador Rozanne L. Ridgway, President of the Allantic Treaty Council and Senator Nancy Kassebaum (R-Kansas):
senior state department officials; and one of our own IWF foreign correspondents will then brief US on what the world may be like of
the turn of the century.
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lunch of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate Women and Corporations Who Have
Made a Difference awardees, emceed by IWF members and television news anchors, Susan King with WJLA-TV, the ABC
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special performance by the world-renowned political satirists, "Capital Steps."
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
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fontastic an galleries; shopping in our exclusive stores: or driving to Annapolis or Mount Vernan. Didion World Travel will be happy
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"Women and Corporations Who Make a Difference"
Gretchen Poston - Chair
Susan King & Carole Simpson - Emcees
1:00 PM
Awards Luncheon - Kennedy Center
2:30 PM
New Directions in Health
Debbie Steelman - Chair
Surgeon General Toni Novella -Featured Speaker
4:00 PM
Return to hotel
7:00 PM
Cocktails
8:00 PM
Gala - Susan Davis & Alex Armstrong Co-chairs
Bette Anderson - Chair corporate sponsors
Capital Steps entertain
Lynda Carter - master of ceremonies.
11:00 PM Party for special guests
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PROJECTED ATTENDANCE FOR
1991 IWF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Total Participants
275 - 300 persons
Geographic Distribution:
* United States of America
210
United Kingdom
15
France
6
Belgium, The Netherlands,
4
Luxembourg
Italy
8
Sweden
4
USSR
4
China
1
Hong Kong
2
The Philippines
3
Mexico
4
The Bahamas
6
Canada
2
Israel
2
Turkey
4
* 25 of the U.S. participants are expected to be from the
Women's Forum of Washington, D.C.
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Franklin Associates
2600 Virginia Avenue. N. W.
BARBARA HACKMAN FRANKLIN
Suite 506
TELEPHONE 202-337-9106
PRESIDENT
Washington. D. C. 20037
FACSIMILE 202-337-9104
Helen - This is a copy of
August 14, 1991
an earlier letter - but the
info is still useful.
The Honorable Susan Porter Rose
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Susan:
Here's a bit more information about the International Women's
Forum. I've tried to answer your key questions relating to
our hope that Mrs. Bush can greet the group on the afternoon
of October 24th.
0
What does IWF do? In addition to "bringing together
women of diverse achievements there is another
important thing I neglected to mention when we spoke.
That is the Leadership Foundation which is the edu-
cation and training arm of the Forum.
The Leadership Foundation's mission is to provide
impetus to the study of women in leadership roles and
to encourage women to help each other in striving to
become leaders. One of its notable recent contribu-
tions: the Foundation commissioned a unique study of
styles of leadership to see if there are differences
between the way women and men lead. The study showed
that there are differences, and the results were pub-
lished in a Harvard Business Review article authored
by the University of California professor who did the
study. It illuminated the special way women lead --
"interactive leadership" -- by "making people feel
important, included, and energized." The article is
enclosed.
Enclosed also is an op ed piece, which will appear soon,
articulating what the Leadership Foundation is all
about. Additionally, there are other materials
regarding the Foundation enclosed in the blue folder.
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The Honorable Susan Porter Rose
August 14, 1991
Page 2
o
How many women will be at the meeting here in October
and where are they from? I told you there would be 250,
but I've since learned that the number is now estimated
at 275-300. (See the enclosed sheet.) The majority
(210) will be from the United States. Texas will have
one of the largest delegations (15-20), with other major
delegations representing California, New York, ohio,
Colorado, Washington state, Oregon, Arizona, Maryland,
and, of course, Washington, D.C.
Thank you for your help, and please let me know if there are
other questions. I very much hope she can do it.
Warm regards to you,
Sincerely,
Barbare
Enclosures
Hope this isn't too much paper - gitch
what you don't want!
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Ways Women Lead
by Judy B. Rosener
an excerpt from this
article will follow.
If you'd like the entire
article (7 pages), I'd
be happy to send it.
Harvard Business Review
No. 90608
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The IWF Survey of Men and Women Leaders
The International Women's Forum was founded
$166,454 versus $300,892. (Only 39% of the men
in 1982 to give prominent women leaders in diverse
have full-time employed spouses, as opposed to 71%
professions around the world a way to share their
of the women.)
knowledge with each other and with their com-
Both men and women leaders pay their female
munities and countries. The organization now has
subordinates roughly $12,000 less than their male
some 37 forums in North America, Europe, Asia,
subordinates with similar positions and titles.
Latin America, and the Middle East. To help other
Women are more likely than men to use transfor-
women advance and to educate the public about the
mational leadership-motivating others by trans-
contributions women can and are making in gov-
forming their self-interest into the goals of the
emment, business, and other fields, the IWF created
organization.
the Leadership Foundation. The Foundation com-
Women are much more likely than men to use
missioned me to perform the study of men and
power based on charisma, work record, and contacts
women leaders on which this article is based. I con-
(personal power) as opposed to power based on or-
ducted the study with the help of Daniel McAllister
ganizational position, title, and the ability to reward
and Gregory Stephens (Ph.D. students at the Gradu-
and punish (structural power).
ate School of Management at the University of Cali-
Most men and women describe themselves as
fornia, Irvine) in the spring of 1989.
having an equal mix of traits that are considered
The survey consisted of an eight-page question-
"feminine" (being excitable, gentle, emotional, sub-
naire sent to all the IWF members. Each respondent
missive, sentimental, understanding, compassion-
was asked to supply the name of a man in a simi-
ate, sensitive, dependent), "masculine" (dominant,
lar organization with similar responsibilities. The
aggressive, tough, assertive, autocratic, analytical,
men received the same questionnaire as the IWF
competitive, independent), and "gender-neutral"
members. The respondents were similar in age, oc-
(adaptive, tactful, sincere, conscientious, conven-
cupation, and educational level, which suggests that
tional, reliable, predictable, systematic, efficient).
the matching effort was successful. The response
Women who do describe themselves as pre-
rate was 31%.
dominately "feminine" or "gender-neutral" report
The respondents were asked questions about
a higher level of followership among their female
their leadership styles, their organizations, work-
subordinates than women who describe themselves
family issues, and personal characteristics. The fol-
as "masculine."
lowing are among the more intriguing findings,
Approximately 67% of the women respondents
some of which contradict data reported in academic
are married. (Other studies report that only 40% to
journals and the popular press:
50% of women executives are married.)
The women earn the same amount of money as
Both married men and married women experi-
their male counterparts. The average yearly income
ence moderate levels of conflict between work and
for men is $136,510, for women it is $140,573. (Most
family domains. When there are children at home,
other studies have shown a wage gap between men
women experience only slightly higher levels of
and women.)
conflict than men, even though they shoulder a
The men's household income (their own and their
much greater proportion of the child care-61% of
spouse's) is much lower than that of the women-
the care versus 25% for the men.
One example of the kinds of mechanisms that en-
demands, the interviewee said that those whose
courage participation is the "bridge club" that one in-
help she needs make the time to come. "They know
terviewee, a group executive in charge of mergers and
their contributions are valued, and they appreciate
acquisitions at a large East Coast financial firm,
the chance to exchange information across func-
created. The club is an informal gathering of people
tional boundaries in an informal setting that's fun."
who have information she needs but over whom she
She finds participation in the club more effective
has no direct control. The word bridge describes the
than memos.
effort to bring together these "members" from differ-
Whether or not the women create special forums
ent functions. The word club captures the relaxed
for people to interact, they try to make people feel in-
atmosphere.
cluded as a matter of course, often by trying to draw
Despite the fact that attendance at club meet-
them into the conversation or soliciting their opin-
ings is voluntary. and over and above the usual work
ions. Frieda Caplan, founder and CEO of Frieda's
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