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President (1974-1977 : Ford). Office of the First Lady. 1974-1977
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The original documents are located in Box 7, folder "11/13/75 - National Council of Negro
Women" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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For immediate release
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 1975
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Ford
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: MRS. FORD
Wednesday, Nov. 12,
Photo session, South entrance to White House.
4 p.m.
Mrs. Ford will meet Liliane Thorn, wife of
Pickup in press
Prime Minister Gaston Thorn of Luxembourg.
lobby 3:45 p.m.
Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Thorn will have tea in the
Family Quarters of the White House, afterwhich
Mrs. Thorn will receive a tour of the White House.
Thursday, Nov. 13
Mrs. Ford will receive about 200 members of the
3 p.m.
National Council of Negro Women at the White
Pickup in press
House. The Council is holding its Biennial
lobby 2:45 p.m.
Convention in Washington Nov. 10-15.
Friday, Nov. 14
St. Johns Church, 16th and H Sts. NW. Mrs.
10 a. m.
Ford will cut the ribbon and open St. John's
Press should meet
a nnual bazaar. A photo session with Mrs. Ford
at NW entrance
touring the booths will precede the ribbon cutting.
lla.m.
State Dining Room, The White House. Mrs. Ford
will host the official presentation of the new
publication "The First Ladies. " The book,
published by the National Geographic Society as
a public service, will be sold by the White House
Historical Association, with proceeds used to
defray the book's printing costs and to buy
historic items for the White House. The book
chronicles First Ladies from Martha Washington
through Mrs. Ford.
GERALD N. FORD LIBRACY
Digitized from Box 7 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 12, 1975
MRS. FORD:
Event:
Reception for the National Council of Negro Women
Date/Time:
Thursday, November 13, 1975
3:00 p.m.
Place:
State Dining Room
Number of
Attendees:
161 guests
Principal:
Mrs. Dorothy Height, President of the National Council of
Negro Women
Schedule of
Events:
3:00 p.m.
Your guests will arrive through the Diplomatic
Reception Room and will be escorted to the
State Dining Room where refreshments will be
served.
3:10 p.m.
Maria Downs will escort you via elevator to
the State Floor Hall where you will greet
Mrs. Height.
Maria Downs will then escort you and Mrs.
Height to the State Dining Room where you will
join your guests for refreshments and mingle
informally.
3:30 p.m.
You may wish to invite your guests to tour the
White House and then bid farewell to them and
return to the Family Quarters.
NOTES:
Army String Ensemble will be positioned in the
Grand Hall.
R.
FORD
Military Social Aides will be present
LIBRARY
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National Council of Negro Women
Reception
There will be open press coverage.
A White House photographer will be present.
Background information is attached.
Linda Baker
LIGHT
PEOPLE/SCENE
E
First Lady Betty
Ford and Dorothy
Height:
"Today the
feminist movement
isn't a priority
concern in some
black circles.
Still, the word rolls
easily off the lips
of Dorothy Height."
By Charles Del Vecchio
-The Washington Post
Dorothy Height, Feminist
By Jacqueline Trescott
line of toy soldiers.
This year's NCNW budget is a heady $1.6
Throughout most of the program
million.
In the '60s the civil rights leadership
Height kept an unobtrusive role, clapping
No, said Isabel Herson, a department
also
ON THE ROLE OF BLACK WOMEN IN RELATIONSHIP TO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S
EVENT: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE
YEAR AND THE APPROACHING BICENTENNIAL.
TIME: 9:30 A.M.
LOCATION: SHERATON HALL BALLROOM, SHERATON PARK.
2959. CONTACT: SHELIA THOMAS OR EUGENIA WILTSHIRE, 265-2000, EXT. 3169 OR
11-11-75 14:33EST
FORD in 016036 LIBRARY