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TALKING IT OVER
BY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
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Two elite groups of American athletes came to the White House this
week. One came to celebrate the ending of an international athletic contest, the
other to celebrate the beginning of a new one. On Wednesday, the U.S.
Olympic team attended a reception in its honor. The day before, athletes with
disabilities from all over the country helped the President kick off the Paralympic
torch relay. Though they missed each other by a day, the two groups of athletes
have much in common to celebrate.
For weeks, we've watched the Olympic athletes, especially the women,
succeed at many competitions in Atlanta. Next week, we will marvel at the
accomplishments of the American Paralympians. But few of us recognize that
two pieces of federal legislation are in many ways responsible for enriching
these performances. Federal laws that ended the unfair exclusion of certain
groups, Title IX and the Americans With Disabilities Act, have made a world of
difference.
Just think of all the American women we applauded: Dot Richardson,
who hit a two-run homer for a U.S. gold in the first-ever Olympic softball
tournament; the women's track-and-field relay teams who took gold; and the
members of our gold-medal-winning women's basketball team.
Last Saturday, the President, Chelsea and I called the U.S. women's
soccer team to congratulate them on their gold medal. Talking all at once
through a speakerphone, they told us how thrilled -- and tired - they were after
the game. Their enthusiasm was infectious; and Chelsea, who played in a
soccer league during much of her childhood, was especially excited to talk to
them.
These women are just a few of those who would not have made it into the
Olympics and our hearts if they had not had the opportunity to train on high
school and college teams that were strengthened - or even created after Title
IX's passage in 1972.
That law requires all schools that receive federal funding to offer women
students equal opportunities to participate in organized athletics. In other words,
it required schools that offer men's sports to develop women's teams as well.
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In 1972, just 295,000 girls competed in high school sports; 32,000
competed on the college level. The numbers have grown to about 2 million and
110,540 respectively. While the majority of these women will never see an
Olympic medal, an All-American citation or even an athletic scholarship, they've
had the opportunity to learn what their male classmates learned for years:
teamwork, discipline and the sheer joy of athletic. competition.
At its heart, Title IX isn't just about athletics. It's about giving every person
in this country a chance to fulfill his or her God-given potential. That's what the
ADA is all about as well. Title IX and the ADA are landmarks in our country's
continuing effort to make our society more just and more inclusive.
Where Title IX opened gyms, playing fields and swimming pools to
women, the ADA has helped millions of Americans gain greater access to town
halls, workplaces, transportation systems and movie theaters.
And just as the Olympics showed the world what American women can
do when given the opportunity to make the most of their abilities, next week's
Paralympics will demonstrate what people with disabilities can accomplish
when they, too, have a chance to fulfill their potential.
About 4,000 athletes with physical disabilities from some 120 countries
will gather in Atlanta, just as their Olympic counterparts did. They will compete
in events such as basketball, judo, tennis, swimming, yachting, track and field,
and power-lifting. The Paralympics began in Rome in 1960 and are held every
Olympic year, but this will be the first time they are televised.
Through these games, we'll meet a new set of heroes. We'll meet
athletes who, despite their disabilities, will post race times that are not so far off
Olympic marks. And we'll meet athletes like Diane Straub, an above-the-knee
amputee who is a competitive swimmer and medical student; and Randy Snow,
a wheelchair tennis and basketball player who's as graceful as any Dream
Team member on the court. Both will be participating in the Paralympic torch
relay.
The flame that lit the Olympic Games where so many women shone and
the flame that is on its way to the Paralympics symbolize much more than
athletic competition. They represent the talent and dedication of people who
took advantage of the opportunities we all worked to make available to them.
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BY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
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When I was 14, I dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Inspired by Alan
Shephard's pioneering 15-minute trip into space, I wrote NASA to find out what I
needed to do to see the stars up close. The space agency thanked me for my interest
but said that women were not being considered for the job.
I doubt that I was the only girl to receive a disappointing letter from NASA. And I
know that this past spring and summer, I wasn't the only woman who found her old
dreams of space travel orbiting Earth with Shannon Lucid in a 136-ton space station.
For six months, I was among millions of men and women who silently - and
sometimes loudly -- cheered each time we heard that Dr. Lucid had broken another
space record or when we read reports of her good-humor, stamina and quiet strength
during her stay on the Russian space station Mir.
We chuckled as she described how she and her two Russian colleagues looked
forward to Jell-O for dessert on Sundays. Our admiration grew as she gamely took the
news that her return to Earth would be delayed by six weeks. And it was refreshing for
all of us to see an American display so much grace and civility in the close quarters of
a space station when those attributes sometimes seem to be in short supply on Earth.
I wish I could have been at Kennedy Space Center last week to see Dr. Lucid
as she defied expectations and walked off the space shuttle Atlantis on her own two
feet. (Scientists had thought that after 188 days in the weightlessness of space, she
would have been too weak to stand, much less walk.) I wish I could have seen her face
when she opened the large box of M&Ms, the candy she had missed so much on Mir,
that the President had sent her as a welcome-home present. And I wish I could have
been with Bill the next day in Houston when he paid tribute to Dr. Lucid for setting the
record for the longest flight by any American - and any woman -- in space.
Like many Americans of my generation, the space program captured my
imagination when I was still very young. After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik and
became the first country to travel into space, I remember President Eisenhower urging
all of us schoolchildren to study more math and science. A successful space program,
he said, would require many talented and visionary scientists, engineers and
mathematicians. I took his and later President Kennedy's words to heart, feeling that I
could play a part in preparing our country for space exploration and the future.
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My brothers and I followed the space program closely. We were glued to our
black-and-white television set and pored over the morning papers each time the
Mercury astronauts blasted into space. And like many Americans, I remember where I
was when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. (I was washing dishes
at a National Park hotel in Alaska.)
As an adult, I continued to share in every triumph, disappointment and
milestone in our space program -- from Sally Ride's historic shuttle ride to the
Challenger explosion, which reminded all of us of the great risk our astronauts take
each time they travel into space, to this summer's announcement that there may have
been life on Mars.
Perhaps no recent achievement resonates more with American women and
girls than Dr. Lucid's. Here's a woman who refused to let prevailing stereotypes limit
her interests and ambitions. When she was 13, she wrote an essay about her dream of
becoming a rocket scientist: Her teacher laughed at the idea, saying that if there were
such a profession, women would never be part of it. But Dr. Lucid didn't abandon her
interest in science or space. She learned to pilot an airplane. While raising a family,
she got a doctorate in biochemistry.
And, when NASA decided to end its single-sex policy, Dr. Lucid was ready --
and qualified. She joined Sally Ride in the first group of American woman astronauts.
Today, Dr. Lucid is a veteran of five shuttle missions and one of America's most
experienced astronauts.
While there are still many more frontiers of work and space to explore and
conquer, Dr. Lucid is living proof to all of us -- and especially our daughters - that the
sky need not be the limit of our dreams and ambitions.
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With the Presidential Inauguration upon us and a second term about to
begin, many people are asking me about my plans for the next four years.
First and foremost, I will continue to work hard to support my husband
and his goals for our country. 1 want to do whatever I can to promote the
possibilities for peace, progress and prosperity that the President champions
and that will ensure America's continuing greatness and leadership into the
21st century. That is what I have tried to do during the last four years, too.
Whether through advocating for health care reform, speaking out about
women's rights, promoting democracy and civil society, writing a book about
responsibilities for raising children, advancing the arts and humanities, working
to extend credit to the poor, studying the illnesses of Gulf War veterans or
fighting for breast cancer research and detection, my hope has been to unite
people around common goals of creating opportunity, demanding responsibility
and strengthening community.
In the next four years, I will continue to focus my time and attention in
much the same way -- by working to ensure that people are equipped with what
I call the tools of opportunity: adequate health care, education, access to jobs
and credit, protection from violence and injustice, and the freedom to participate
fully in the political life of their country.
One of the great joys of the position I'm in is that I can help draw public
attention to what is working in America and around the world to give people
these tools: Financial programs have lifted women and their families out of
poverty and transformed entire villages in Bangiadesh. Grass-roots efforts are
building democracy from the ruins of dictatorship in the former Soviet bloc. And
innovative charter schools are changing the face of public education across
America. I want to help galvanize people to exchange ideas like these.
Although there are no quick fixes to the challenges of poverty, racism,
oppression and irresponsibility, we know more now about how to encourage
men and women to take greater control of their lives and contribute in positive
ways to their families and communities.
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In the coming months, I will have the chance to travel around the United
States, as well as to represent our country overseas, and to highlight programs
that are working.
Close to home, Washington, D.C., offers all of America a moral
challenge. It's not right that in the capital of the strongest nation on earth so
many children live in fear of violence, attend schools that lack basic resources,
grow up in inadequate housing and see few prospects for jobs or a brighter
future.
The bad news is that these problems are not unique to Washington. The
good news is that we are discovering innovative ways to remedy some of the
causes of these social ills, here and elsewhere. Just in the past few weeks, I've
had the chance to pursue two of my longtime interests in Washington -
microcredit and early childhood development. I hope efforts in these areas will
help make the city the vibrant, confident capital it should be.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros and I
recently joined together to help launch a community bank that will provide
modest loans to District residents who want to start their own businesses but are
typically passed over by larger banks. Modeled after similar microlending
operations elsewhere in the United States and overseas, the community bank
will promote economic self-sufficiency and encourage investment and jobs in
the city.
This is an issue I have learned about visiting places as far apart as
Managua, Nicaragua, Ahmadabad, India, and Denver, Colo., and I am pleased
to see the seeds of a great idea planted in our own capital. I believe strongly
that lessons about positive change can transcend national borders and benefit
us all. That's one reason I am looking forward to serving, along with Queen
Sofia of Spain and former Prime Minister of Japan Tsutomu Hata, as an
honorary chair of an international microcredit summit in Washington next month.
Last week, I was also delighted to kick off a campaign in Washington to
educate parents about the importance of brain development in the first months
and years of life. I was joined at a local hospital by children's author and
illustrator Maurice Sendak to read his book, "Where the Wild Things Are," to
young children and to hear from doctors and nurses who are integrating literacy
efforts and children's health. At regular checkups and vaccinations, these
doctors will give parents a "prescription" to read to their children and provide
parents with children's books.
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As I discussed in my own book, "It Takes a Village," scientific advances
have shown that the brain's physical development from birth to age 3 depends
heavily on how it is stimulated by activities like talking or reading to a child. We
have to do more to educate parents about the importance of exposing children
in the first three years of life to spoken words, stories, ideas and language.
To raise awareness about the latest scientific research about the brain,
the President and 1 will host a conference at the White House on brain
development in young children sometime this spring.
While the issues I work on may seem different on the surface, they all
come back to what I care about most - ensuring that all people have the chance
for a better life. I know there are no guarantees in life. But people at least
deserve the right to try. And the only way every man, woman and child will be
assured that right is if they are equipped with the tools of opportunity.
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January 14, 1997
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I first heard about a small explosion near the Planned Parenthood headquarters
in downtown Washington, D.C., a few hours before the Vice President, Tipper Gore and
I were scheduled to speak nearby at a luncheon honoring women who have led our
nation's efforts on behalf of family planning and protecting a woman's right to choose.
The explosion occurred on the 24th anniversary of the Supreme Court's
landmark decision Roe vs. Wade and just one week after bombs had exploded at family
planning clinics in Atlanta and Tulsa. By the time I arrived at the Mayflower Hotel at
noon, it seemed likely that the Washington blast was an accident and not a willful act of
violence. We later learned that the timing and location of the explosion were indeed
coincidental. Still, the tension generated by one small incident reminded me of the
degree to which emotion has shaped the abortion debate. Now, after years of fiery
rhetoric, finger pointing and heated recriminations, it's time for people of good faith -- on
all sides of the abortion issue -- to lower the decibel level and seek common ground.
As I told those gathered at the luncheon in Washington, abortion is always a
difficult and delicate subject. I have met people who passionately disagree with each
other on abortion but nonetheless recognize the complexities and anguish that women
may confront in certain circumstances. The key is to find ways to respect our
differences, expand the dialogue and join together with those who do not share
extremism as their rallying cry. By doing this, we can continue to make progress toward
a common goal of reducing abortions, lowering the rate of teen-age pregnancy and
giving women opportunities to make the choices that are best for themselves and their
families.
I believe that my husband's formulation on abortion is still the right one: Abortion
should be legal, safe and rare. Over the past four years, his administration has worked
hard to affirm the legality and safety of the practice as well as to encourage attitudes
and values that will make abortion rarer than ever before. And we should all be
heartened that the rate of legal abortions in the United States has fallen to its lowest
level in two decades.
One of the most efficient and cost-effective ways to reduce abortions is to
promote family planning -- here and abroad. We now have ample evidence that in
countries where family planning is available to women, the rate of abortion declines, the
spacing of children increases and the health of mothers and their children improves.
The importance of family planning as an alternative to abortion hit home to me
recently when I was reading a book about the lives of women in countries around the
world. One woman from Russia described how, after marrying her husband, she had
two children and four abortions. Abortion, she suggested, was the only means she had
to limit the size of her family. Family planning was simply not available.
Where family planning is not an option, women often resort in desperation to
unsafe practices that threaten their health and the well-being of their families. A few
years ago, I visited a maternal hospital in one of the poorest regions of Brazil. Half of
the patients had been admitted to deliver their babies. The other half were there for
complications resulting from self-induced or back-alley abortions. The state Minister of
Health explained to me in a public meeting later that day, "We want to give poor women
the same information and access to family planning that well-to-do women have always
had."
That should be our goal in the United States as well -- both at home and in our
foreign policy.
As Vice President Gore said at the National Abortion Rights Action League
luncheon last week: "How can we as Americans, schooled in the deepest respect for a
proper relationship between the individual and the awesome power of the state, say that
the government of the United States of America with all of its resources, all of its
distance and insensitivity to these fragile and complex circumstances pressing in upon
that individual woman must come in and order her to do what it has decided is the
right thing and not her?"
The Vice President's words are a reminder that in many countries decisions
about reproduction continue to be imposed on women against their will. In China, which
I visited in 1995, I spoke out against policies of forced abortion and sterilization that
allow the government to decide the size of every woman's family. Some months later, I
was in Romania, where the previous Communist regime had a policy requiring every
woman to have five children. Some women described to me the degradation and
humiliation they felt each month when they were taken, as part of their work units, to
local hospitals and forcibly examined to determine whether or not they were pregnant.
Those who were pregnant were then monitored by secret police to make sure they gave
birth and didn't abort the pregnancy.
What we have tried to do in promoting choice in our country is to say that
decisions about reproduction are among the most difficult and most intimate a woman
must make. And each woman must be able to make them in private consultation with
her conscience, her God, her family and her physician.
We will never reach unanimity on an issue as complex and controversial as
abortion. But if we start talking to each other -- and listening to what each other has to
say -- we may discover that we have more in common than we think.
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A few years ago, I met a group of extraordinary women. They were all
entrepreneurs in Denver. One of them ran a desktop publishing business, another
owned a bakery, and a third was in the computer business. Each of these women
had pulled herself out of poverty or off welfare.
For years, they were among the thousands of people in this country who can
only dream of getting a bank loan to start a small business. The reality is that "too
many great ideas die in the parking lots of banks," one woman told me.
But given the opportunity - -- and a small cash loan -- these women were able
to open businesses that helped them become self-sufficient and move off welfare
and into the economic mainstream.
This concept of extending modest business loans to low-income citizens who
are willing to work hard but have little or no collateral is called microcredit. And
though it's called "micro," microcredit is really a big Idea. Modest loans can
transform lives, reclaim cities and rural areas from decay, and reduce the number of
people living in poverty.
Just ask Connie Evans. Evans is president of the Women's Self-Employment
Project, an organization that has provided business training, technical assistance,
loans and moral support to thousands of women in Chicago. As a former community
counselor in a public housing development, Evans met many women who needed
a little jump start for their ideas. "It was clear that what they needed wasn't
counseling but money," she said.
For more than a decade, Evans has watched low-income women build
successful businesses and self-esteem with modest loans and the encouragement
of other women. The Women's Self-Employment Project's success can be
measured in countless ways -- in day-care centers, in catering businesses, in hair
salons and in the hopeful eyes of children who have watched their parents work
hard and succeed.
"I like being in control of my own destiny, my own fate," said Arinez Gilyard, a
mother of three who started an in-home day-care center with business training and
a $200 loan from the Women's Self-Employment Project in Chicago. "I believe I will
be self-employed the rest of my working life."
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Why does microcredit work? Because it's a concept that provides
opportunity, demands responsibility and strengthens communities. Many of the loan
programs are built around peer-support networks. Borrowers become members of
groups that meet regularly to discuss their challenges and seek and offer advice.
The members also make sure that the loans are repaid on time. No new loans can
be made unless all group members have kept up with their payments. As a result,
most microcredit organizations can boast loan repayment rates of more than 90
percent -- a rate that is the envy of many commercial banks.
I've seen firsthand how providing credit to people on the margins of society
can reap economic and social benefits. I have met with women worldwide who
have told me how their lives changed from destitution to inspiration because
community banks gave them the opportunity to start small businesses. These
women live in the most remote parts of India, in the poorest barrios of South
America and in places that have weathered civil wars and earthquakes. They now
have the tools to secure better livings for their families and, in turn, strengthen their
countries' economies.
While microcredit was conceived in the developing world, it can be an
important "tool of opportunity" for many Americans -- for farmers whose livelihoods
have been undermined by bad luck or bad weather, inner-city parents who are
struggling to balance a job on the night shift with family responsibilities and welfare
mothers eager to move off the public dole into work.
Last week, the President and Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin presented the
first Presidential Awards for Excellence in Microenterprise Development to
organizations that have pioneered efforts to extend credit and economic opportunity
to needy yet promising entrepreneurs. The Small Business Administration has
awarded $70 million in grants to non-profit microlending organizations. The
President announced last week that he is requesting a $1 billion increase over the
next five years for community banking.
All of these efforts will be crucial to making sure no one is left behind in the
new millennium. In an era of greater competition and scarcer resources -- an era
when the gap between rich and poor is widening in many parts of the world --
microcredit can help our poorest citizens take control of their lives and their futures,
and ultimately make the world a better place for us all.
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SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1997
FINAL*
WASHINGTON, D.C.
CHILD CARE CENTER,
LEAD ADVANCE:
ASHLEY BELL
202/222-1904
Office
202/234-1013
Home
CHILD CARE CENTER,
PRESS ADVANCE
RYAN MONTOYA
202/546-8323
Home
SCHEDULER:
JOHN FUNDERBURK
202/456-5315
Office
202/456-5340
Fax
202/244-7969
Home
WHCA
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PREV RON
The White House
9:30 am
[001]
(b)(6)
10:50 am -
DEPART South Portico
EN ROUTE U.S. Kids
1425 New York Avenue, NW
[drive time: 5 minutes]
MOTORCADE:
LIMO:
HRC
STAFF VAN:
RYAN, BERRY, ALSWANG, McHUGH, ROCK, SOCKS
10:55 am -
ARRIVE U.S. Kids
Greeters:
- Sheran Hall Fleming, Director, US Kids
- Karen Fahle, Director of First Lady Scheduling Correspondence
Note:
Ashley Bell will meet HRC curbside.
11:00 am -
U.S. KIDS CHILD CARE CENTER VISIT
11:30 am
U.S. Kids
Holding Room: Director's Office
Phone:
202/233-4623
Fax:
202/233-4593
OPEN PRESS (Great Room Only)
Contact: Karen Fahle
202/456-2708
FORMAT:
-- HRC, Sharon Fleming and Karen Fahle will
proceed to the Infant Room and for a brief
tour. (CLOSED PRESS)
Note:
During HRC's tour, Socks will be taken to the last
Room in the tour (The Great Room).
-- HRC, Sharon Fleming and Karen Fahle will
proceed to the Toddler Room for a brief tour.
(CLOSED PRESS)
-- HRC, Sharon Fleming and Karen Fahle will
proceed downstairs to the Junior Room for a
brief tour. (CLOSED PRESS)
--
Following the tour of the Junior Room, Johnny
Cob will present HRC with a painting.
(CLOSED PRESS)
--
In the Junior Room HRC will meet Rose
Roberts, US Kids parent and VA employee
and Lynn Winslow, Board President of US Kids.
(CLOSED PRESS)
-- HRC, Sharon Fleming, Karen Fahle, Rose
Roberts and Lynn Winslow will proceed to the
Great Room and take their seats.
--
Sharon Fleming will welcome all the children
and introduce HRC.
--
HRC will read a short story (Bring The Rain
To The Kipiti Plane) to the children
(ages 3 ½ to 5 year old).
-- HRC has the option of opening a discussion on
the Center with Sharon Fleming, Karen Fahle,
Rose Roberts and Lynn Winslow.
--
Following reading or discussion, Sharon
Fleming will thank HRC and close.
--
HRC departs.
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 35 children, 15 teachers.
11:35 pm
DEPART US Kids
EN ROUTE South Portico
[drive time: 5 minutes]
MOTORCADE:
LIMO:
HRC
STAFF VAN:
RYAN, BERRY, ALSWANG, McHUGH, ROCK, SOCKS
11:40 am
ARRIVE The White House
12:30 pm
WORKING MOTHER LUNCH
2:00 pm
State Floor
OPEN PRESS (During Second Remarks Only)
FORMAT:
--
HRC arrives State Dining Room for a meet &
greet with approx. 20 awardees.
(WH PHOTO ONLY)
--
HRC is announced into the East Room and
proceeds on stage.
--
HRC delivers opening remarks.
--
Following her remarks, HRC proceeds to her
table.
--
Lunch is served.
Note:
Following Dessert the press will enter the room.
--
Following Lunch, HRC proceeds to lectern on
stage and delivers remarks
--
Following remarks, HRC introduces Judsen
Culbreth.
--
Judsen Culbreth recognizes each awardee.
--
Following recognition of the awardees, HRC
thanks and concludes the luncheon.
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 160 invited guests.
3:00 pm -
PRIVATE MEETING with
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3:30 pm
Residence
CLOSED PRESS
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4:00 pm -
PRIVATE MEETING with
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CLOSED PRESS
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WEATHER FORECAST FOR WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Low 33
High 52.
OVERNIGHT GUESTS:
- Hugh Rodham
WASHINGTON, D.C. EVENTS:
KENNEDY CENTER
- The Washington Opera - La Finta Giardiniera
- Yayoi Toda, Violinist
FORD'S THEATER
- Twilight Los Angeles, 1992
February 7, 1997
Working Mother Luncheon
DATE:
Monday, February 10, 1997
TIME:
12:00 pm
LOCATION:
East Room
FROM:
Betsy Myers
I.
Purpose
You will be hosting a luncheon for 19 dynamic working mothers who have been honored
by Working Mother magazine in its February edition. The women represent the best in
their fields who have taken risks, broken down barriers and forged new territory for
others. There will be 160 guests, mostly working mothers, including women from the
Administration, the media and roundtables that you have held during the past two years.
There will be about 30 White House press corps members in the audience.
II.
Background
In February, Working Mother magazine published for the first time its list of 25 most
influential working mothers. In compiling the list, the magazine looked for strong role
models, women who have gained exceptional power in their professions or caused
profound change in the workplace. Each one of these women has helped make the work
place significantly friendlier to parents trying to achieve balance in their work and family
lives. In addition to you, the finalists come from a wide range of experiences, including
government, sports, entertainment, politics, law, media and advocacy.
The magazine has a great track record of focusing on the issues important to working
mothers. Three years ago, the magazine held a series of workshops with Secretary Reich,
and last year, the Vice President spoke at an event for the magazine where 110 companies
with family-friendly work place policies were honored.
Many of the Administration's initiatives for working women have been supported by the
magazine, including advocating for family-friendly work places; the Family and Medical
Leave Act; increased access to affordable and quality child care; retirement equity;
breaking the glass ceiling; and children's education, development, health and well-being.
The magazine has honored 100 family-friendly companies and publishes an annual
edition on the state of child care in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The magazine has a readership of 3.5 million. The median age of the readers is 33 with a
median income of about $18,820. About 81 percent of the readers are employed and
about 87 percent have children.
III.
Participants
HRC
Judsen Culbreth
Note: Mrs. Gore will attend the lunch.
IV.
Sequence of Events
To be provided by the Social Office.
V.
Press
Open press.
VI. Remarks
Prepared by Lissa Muscatine.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
TO:
THE FIRST LADY
WHAT:
LUNCHEON HONORING WORKING MOTHERS
WHEN:
Monday, February 10, 1997
12:15 p.m.
WHERE:
Meet & Greet:
State Dining Room
Lunch:
East Room
NOTES:
Approx. 160 guests/Press for remarks after lunch only
FROM:
Ann Stock
(Invitation time is 12:00 p.m.),
11:40 a.m.
Gate opens for guest arrival. Guests are directed to the State Floor for beverages
before being seated in the East Room.
12:15 p.m.
The First Lady and Mrs. Gore arrive in the State Dining Room for a
meet and greet.. (Approx. 25 guests. Refer to separate list.)
12:25 p.m.
The First Lady and Mrs. Gore are announced as they enter the East
Room. The First Lady proceeds to toast lectern on stage. Mrs. Gore
proceeds to her table.
The First Lady welcomes guests and proceeds to table.
Lunch is served.
1:15 p.m.
(Approx. time) Following lunch, the First Lady returns to the lectern to
deliver remarks.
The First Lady introduces Judsen Culbreth, Editor-in-Chief, Working
Mother Magazine, who will recognize each Honoree.
The First Lady concludes the luncheon and departs.
Press Note: Open Press for this portion. Press will enter the East Room
after dessert is served.
1:45 p.m.
The First Lady departs.
WORKING MOTHER MAGAZINE LUNCHEON
Monday, February 10, 1997
STATE DINING ROOM
MEET & GREET GUEST LIST
Judy Ann "Judsen" Culbreth, Editor-in-Chief, Working Mother Magazine
John "Jay" MacDonald, CEO MacDonald Communications
Tina Garcia
Pam Kiger
Beatrice Rudder
Lisa Thomas
Working Mother Magazine Honorees:
Charlene Barshevsky
Laurel G. Bellows
Cathy Black
Katie Couric
Jamie Gorelick
Marta Kauffman
Shelly Lazarus
Donna Lenhoff
Patty Murry
Irene Natividad
Karen Nussbaum
Elaine Pagels
Barbara Reisman
Linda Sanford
Patricia Summet
Valora Washington
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MOST
INFLUENTIAL
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WORKING
MOTHERS
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1ere are the American women who are wielding power
hat does it mean to be
I. JILLBARAD, 45, CEO, Mattel, Inc., the world's largest
an influential working
toy maker; married, mother of two sons, 17 and 14.
mother? We looked
You don't find many moms at the head of major cor-
for striking role mod-
porations in America. In fact, Barad is the only woman to
els, women who have
head a Fortune 500 company. She recently assumed pow-
raised the bar in their
er as CEO of Mattel after serving in the company in var-
fields, taken risks,
ious capacities for over 15 years. But she made her mark
broken down barriers
early, as a junior executive in 1983, when she asked for a
in male-dominated
bigger challenge and was given Mattel's then-sleepy Bar-
arenas and forged new
bie division to run. Under her direction annual sales grew
territory SO the rest of
from $200 million to nearly $1.5 billion. Now she presides
us could follow.
over a business with estimated 1997 sales of $4 billion. As
In selecting this
we went to press, Barad was engineering another bold
first annual list of 25 women, we used the following
move-the purchase of Tyco, the maker of Matchbox
criteria: The honorees had to have children 18 years old
cars, to increase global sales.
or younger, and either had to have gained exceptional
Her firsthand experience of trying to juggle work and
power in their professions or caused a profound change
family has made her an avid supporter of Mattel's family-
in the culture of the workplace, making it significantly
friendly policies that for the past four years have earned
friendlier to parents trying to achieve balance in their
it a spot on our list of 100 Best Companies.
work and family lives.
2. CHARLENE BARSHEFSKY, 46, acting United
The finalists come from a wide range of experiences-
States Trade Representative; married, mother of two
from Elaine Pagels, the professor of religion at Princeton
daughters, 13 and eight.
University whose scholarship raised the consciousness of
"Our toughest trade negotiator," is how President Clin-
the entire Christian community about the role of women
ton describes Barshefsky, the nation's senior trade nego-
in the church, to Pat Summitt, the NCAA champion bas-
tiator, whom he designated for this cabinet-level post.
ketball coach who helped young female athletes excel and
Barshefsky identifies her top priority as opening global
come to national fame in a male-dominated sport. There
markets to American products, and she expresses impa-
are also representatives from the corporate world, poli-
tience with those who advocate nonreciprocal trade prac-
labor, TV, journalism, medicine, law and the arts.
tices. In trade, she says, "You get what you give. It's that
id significantly, our honorees include the heroines of
simple. There are no free rides."
workplace. These are the women who have literally
Barshefsky was recruited to the government from
..anged the mind of corporate America to accept the idea
Steptoe & Johnson, one of Washington's top law firms,
that family-friendly policies are a legitimate business con-
where she served as cochair of the international division.
cern. With incredible imagination and courage, these
She has successfully faced down the Japanese and Chi-
working mothers have carved out unique careers: In do-
nese, hammering out milestone agreements that opened
ing so, Fran Sussner Rodgers of WFD, which provides cor-
Japanese markets to American products and cracked
porate work/life services, Dana Friedman, cofounder of
down on Chinese factories pirating American intellectu-
the Families and Work Institute; Barbara Reisman of the
al property-videos, CDs, software and books.
Child Care Action Campaign; Karen Nussbaum, founder
A devoted mother, Barshefsky monitors homework
of 9 to 5 and now director of the AFL-CIO Working
and music lessons via transatlantic telephone, and admits
Women's Department; and Donna Lenhoff, general coun-
her juggling act would be impossible were it not for her
sel for the Women's Legal Defense Fund, have brought
exceptionally supportive husband.
about revolutionary changes in the working conditions of
3. CAROL BARTZ, 48, CEO and Chairman, Autodesk,
women throughout the country. They have effectively
the world's leading manufacturer of computer-design
worked to convince American corporations that support-
software; married, mother of one daughter, eight.
ing employees' family lives is good for the bottom line.
In three years, Bartz has doubled Autodesk's sales to
What qualities compelled these women to go all out for
$600 million, making it the fourth-largest manufacturer
their dreams? It's hard to generalize, but as they shared
of personal-computer software in the world. One of the
their stories with us, certain similarities emerged:
most powerful women in Silicon Valley, Bartz has won
Many on our list said their ambition originated in their
respect from computer industry insiders for introducing
birth families, and noted that their parents encouraged
effective management to a company known for being
them to excel in school and in extracurricular activities.
long on creativity, but short on organization and strategic
Most are married and describe their mates as unusually
planning. Within months of arriving at Autodesk from
supportive of their careers and active as co-parents.
Sun Microsystems, the strong-willed Bartz changed Au-
Most had children fairly late-after 30 and often after 35.
todesk's direction, jettisoning some new products, com-
None spoke of having master plans for their careers.
mitting to others and leveraging existing customers. Her
-her, they kept going, taking one assignment after an-
goal now is to increase sales to $1 billion a year.
:, seizing opportunities when they were offered.
Under Bartz's leadership, Autodesk's family-friendly
join us in saluting these remarkable working mothers!
policies have been expanded to include adoption leave,
Here they are, in alphabetical order.
parenting classes and stronger telecommuting and flex-
acking the glass ceiling and leading us into the future
THE
time programs. Crediting her own success
Black started in publishing in 1972 as Ms. magazine's
to her love of math and science, Bartz en-
first advertising manager. Later, at New York magazine,
courages Autodesk employees to teach
she became the first woman publisher of a weekly con-
these subjects on a volunteer basis-on
sumer magazine. She was also the first president and pub-
company time-up to four hours a month
lisher of USA Today. Industry leaders say in addition to
in the local public schools, whether they
brains, drive and stamina, Black sees trends before they
MOST
have children or not.
emerge and turns them into corporate revenue.
INFLUENTIAL
4. LAUREL G. BELLOWS, 48, partner,
7. FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON,
WORKING
Bellows and Bellows, Chicago law firm
49, attorney, author, advocate for children; married, moth-
MOTHERS
specializing in investment fraud cases and
er of one daughter, who turns 17 this month.
women's business ventures; married,
The nation's first professional woman to serve as First
mother of one daughter, 15.
Lady is without doubt one of the most visible and pow-
Five years ago, as president of the 22,000-member
erful advocates for children and working mothers in the
Chicago Bar, Bellows invited women lawyers to breakfast
country. Last summer, for example, she delivered an im-
to discuss the discrimination they faced on the job. Sev-
passioned speech at the Democratic National Conven-
enty lawyers crowded into her office to describe a litany
tion in Chicago, calling for "a nation that doesn't just talk
of wrongs relating to legal education, hiring and promo-
about family values but acts in ways that value families."
tion practices and sexual harassment on the job. That
Mrs. Clinton has had a distinguished career as a lawyer
meeting shook Bellows, who had been largely untouched
serving on the impeachment inquiry staff of the House
by sexism in her own firm. As a result, the Chicago at-
Judiciary Committee during the Watergate hearings; she
torney has become one of the nation's most powerful ad-
was also chair of the American Bar Association's Com-
vocates for women in the legal profession. Now serving
mission on Women in the Profession. For many years
the final year of a three-year term as president of the
Mrs. Clinton juggled a legal career, motherhood and her
American Bar Association's Commission on Women in
role as the wife and first lady of Arkansas. Her under-
the Profession, Bellows has overseen the publication of a
standing of the pressures that bear down on working
pair of reports documenting the persistence of sexism in
families has informed all her efforts during her four years
the nation's law schools and law firms and recommend-
in the White House, from her support for universal health
ing changes to bring about its end.
care to her tours overseas advocating women's economic
A brilliant attorney, Bellows is not easily thwarted. In
and political rights.
nse to the failure of some law school deans to adopt
8. KATIE COURIC, 40, co-anchor, NBC News' Today;
,uggested reforms, she has induced law-school
married, mother of two daughters, five and one.
Lors to lobby the deans in favor of the Commission's
"I'm not a TV star who happens to be a mother. I'm a
recommendations.
working mom who happens to have a high-profile job
5. CANDICE BERGEN, so, five-time Emmy winner, ac-
that puts me in the spotlight," says Couric with the ca-
tress, star of the CBS hit series Murphy Brown; widow,
sual modesty that has helped to make her one of the
mother of one daughter, 11.
world's most popular television anchors. Each day some
After the death of her husband, film director Louis
75 million television viewers worldwide tune in to see
Malle, last year, fans worried that Bergen might not re-
two-time Emmy Award-winning Couric, whose pres-
turn to fighting sexist dragons as Murphy Brown-
ence since 1991 on Today has helped restore the program
America's feistiest single mother on television. But back
to its No. I spot in the morning-show ratings. Couric's
she came for a ninth season this past fall, the woman
high energy, "girl-next-door" style appeals to viewers, but
who talked back to Vice President Dan Quayle when he
her skills as a journalist and interviewer are what keep
assailed the character she plays on the show. And this
them coming back. Subjects who have underestimated
year, she has as her new boss and foil the incomparable
her toughness, including 1996 Republican Presidential as-
comedian Lily Tomlin. Bergen, a talented comedian her-
pirant Bob Dole, whom she clobbered with questions
self, has won the loyalty of women viewers for portray-
about the addictive nature of tobacco, do not leave the
ing the experience of a single mother without sentimen-
studio unimpressed.
tality, showing the chaos and humor of a life spent
9. CONNIE K. DUCKWORTH, 42, managing director
juggling the competing demands of ambition and at-
of Goldman Sachs, the investment bank and securities
tachment, work and children.
firm, and manager of the Chicago operations of its Fixed
6. CATHIE BLACK, 52, president, Hearst Magazines;
Income Division; married, mother of two girls, five
married, mother of a daughter and a son, nine and five.
months and four years, and two boys, two and six years.
Black has been shattering glass ceilings in the maga-
Duckworth is an undisputed star in the financial in-
zine and publishing industries for 25 years. Last year, she
dustry, a field traditionally inhospitable to women. But
made history as the first woman to be named president
she claims that has changed. "Performance is what
of Hearst Magazines, the world's largest publisher of
counts. The industry provides women with a level play-
thly magazines. No woman has ever wielded as much
ing field; the financial rewards allow us to hire enough
in the magazine industry as she. All 16 of Hearst's
help at home so we can perform more easily at work."
zines-among them Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeep-
Duckworth came to Goldman Sachs in 1981 after work-
g, Esquire and Harper's Bazaar-are published each
ing as a senior financial analyst for Atlantic Richfield. In
month in more than 100 countries with worldwide
1990, she became manager of Chicago operations of the
monthly readership of nearly 125 million.
Fixed Income Division, where the daily bond transac-
22WorkingMotherFebruary1997
tions she oversees typically run hundreds of millions of
power to present a perceptive and entertaining new image
dollars. She served for five years on the Goldman Sachs
of the relationship between men and women to a mass
diversity committee-which works on equity issues re-
audience. Based loosely on Kauffman's earlier adventures
lating to women and minorities. During her tenure on
in New York City with writing partner David Crane, the
the committee, it created the industry's first backup child
program breaks new ground exploring the rich complex-
care center, located at headquarters in New York. The
ities of the twentysomething generation, and offering a
group also provided adoption leave, a liberal maternity
provocative view of the changing mores of society. Kauff-
leave and a mentoring program for women managers.
man's nonsexist stance and powerful honesty seem to
IO. DANA FRIEDMAN, 45, senior vice president, Cor-
threaten some key men in the industry. "They call me a
Family Solutions, a company that designs, imple-
strong woman, a tough cookie," she says, "but they think
ments and evaluates work/family programs; married,
I am something worse." The huge success of her show,
mother of three daughters, IO, six and four.
however, gives Kauffman and her partners unprecedent-
Fresh out of college in 1974, Friedman took a job as re-
ed clout in Hollywood. The three recently signed a
ceptionist with a child care advocacy group in Washing-
whopping $35 million deal with Warner Brothers to de-
ton, D.C. In six months, she was legislative director of the
velop new television programming. In the works now-
organization and testifying in Congress about the need
a comedy starring former Cheers star Kirstie Alley that
for child care-long before she had children of her own.
will debut next season.
Since then she has become one of the nation's most pow-
13. SHELLY LAZARUS, 48, CEO, Ogilvy & Mather
erful champions of child care, elder care and other
Worldwide; married, mother of a daughter, 17, and two
work/family issues. A skilled researcher and writer,
sons, 22 and 10.
Friedman has always sought to get work/family policies
As CEO of one of the largest advertising agencies on
into the mainstream as a legitimate business issue. In
the planet, Lazarus is one of the most powerful women
1989, she and research expert Ellen Galinsky, whose
in the industry. But when she started as an account ex-
grown children make her ineligible for this list, cofound-
ecutive at Ogilvy & Mather 25 years ago, Lazarus recalls,
ed the Families and Work Institute, a nonprofit organi-
"I was usually the only woman at meetings. Clients
zation that conducts research on business, government
would ask me what women think, as if I were there to
and community efforts to help people balance their
represent all the women in the world." Things have
work/family responsibilities. Clients have included John-
changed. As CEO, Lazarus now presides over a compa-
son & Johnson, IBM, AT&T, the U.S. Department of La-
ny that operates 275 offices in 64 countries with total
bor and the U.S. Postal Service. Now, as senior vice presi-
(1995) billings of $7.6 billion. And there is no shortage of
dent of Corporate Solutions, Friedman is creating
women joining her in positions of authority. Half of
a work/family division for this corporate child care
Ogilvy's partners and senior partners are women, and
provider. Her new post allows her more time with her
Lazarus took over the CEO position from Charlotte
usband and three young daughters.
Beers, 61, who remains Worldwide chairman. How did
1. JAMIE GORELICK, 46, Deputy Attorney General of
Lazarus get where she is? Her rise began IO years ago
the United States; married, mother of a son and a daugh-
when she became president of Ogilvy's direct marketing
ter, eight and three.
division, but her most spectacular feat occurred in 1994
Along with acting Trade Representative Charlene
when, as President of O&M North America, she wooed
Barshefsky, Gorelick is one of the stars of the Clinton Ad-
and won the $500 million-plus IBM account, the ad
ministration. When Gorelick arrived at the Justice De-
world's largest plum.
partment in 1994 as second-in-command to Attorney
14. DONNA LENHOFF, 45, General Counsel, Wom-
General Janet Reno, the vast federal agency was in bu-
en's Legal Defense Fund; married, mother of one
reaucratic disarray. Gorelick is widely credited with pick-
daughter, four.
ing up the pieces and transforming Justice into a model
No recent political victory has been more important
agency-well run, effective and family friendly. Gorelick
for working mothers than the 1993 passage of the Family
and Attorney General Reno have expanded flextime, ex-
and Medical Leave Act. Much of the credit for this his-
perimented with telecommuting and encouraged all fed-
toric win goes to Lenhoff, longtime chief attorney for
eral workers, especially women in low-level jobs, to get
Washington's influential Women's Legal Defense Fund.
more education and advance.
Lenhoff drafted the first version of the Family and Med-
Gorelick arrived at Justice after a year's stint at the De-
ical Leave Act back in 1984, then spent the next nine
partment of Defense where she served as General Coun-
years fighting to win passage of the measure. The law
sel and Chief Legal Officer, supervising the work of
grants working parents unpaid time off to care for new-
6,000 attorneys. Prior to government work, she was a liti-
borns and adoptees and sick children or family members.
gator in a private Washington, D.C., law firm, where she
As vice chair of the bipartisan Family Leave Commis-
specialized in civil and criminal cases. In 1992 she served
sion, Lenhoff supervised research proving that the
as president of the D.C. Bar, a 60,000-member association.
FMLA helps millions of employees without significantly
Insiders predict the sky's the limit for Gorelick.
hurting business. Lenhoff has worked as an attorney at
12. MARTA KAUFFMAN, 40, cocreator and executive
the Legal Defense Fund for 18 years, helping to success-
producer of the NBC hit comedy Friends; married, moth-
fully establish some of working women's most funda-
er of a daughter and a son, eight and five.
mental rights, including the right to collect disability in-
Kauffman and her two partners at Bright/Kauff-
surance when pregnant and the right to sue for sexual
n/Crane Productions have used television's enormous
harassment under federal antidiscrimination laws.
February1997WorkingMother23
THE
15. PATTY MURRAY, 46, United States
Women Count. Over 250,000 working women respond-
Democratic Senator from Washington
ed. The poll revealed that in every category, women share
State; married, mother of a son and a
the same aspirations: They want fair pay, health insurance,
daughter, 20 and 17.
help in managing their dual responsibilities of family and
Early in her career as a grass-roots
work, and respect. Now Nussbaum is working to realize
activist in Washington State, Patty Mur-
these goals as director of the Working Women's Depart-
MOST
ray went to Olympia, the capital, to lobby
ment of the AFL-CIO.
INFLUENTIAL
for better schools, where she was told by
18. ROSIE O'DONNELL, 34, actress, comedian, host of
WORKING
a local legislator to go home-she was a
ABC's The Rosie O'Donnell Show; single mother of an
MOTHERS
nobody, "just a mom in tennis shoes." Far
adopted son, one and a half.
from squelching Murray, the put-down
Shortly after O'Donnell's popular davtime talk show
motivated her to build a political career as "the mom in
debuted last June, a columnist wrote, "She's taken the
tennis shoes." After winning a seat in the state legisla-
trash out of talk
and for that she should be given a
ture, Murray ran for the U.S. Senate in 1992. Drastically
Nobel Prize." Viewers love Rosie for elevating the fare
outspent by her Republican opponent, she defied the
that is heard on talk TV. Within weeks of her debut, the
odds and won overwhelmingly, becoming the first
quick-witted, compassionate and funny O'Donnell was
woman from her state to serve in the U.S. Senate. On
earning the highest ratings of any talk show in 10 years.
Capitol Hill, she has been a tireless worker and a skilled
Trained as a stand-up comedian, with a number of
coalition builder, sponsoring bills such as the Women's
movies to her credit, O'Donnell took the job as talk-
Pension Equity Act, which allows spouses of employed
show host because she wanted more time with her child.
men to open their own IRA accounts, and the Small
Now she takes son Parker to work, and uses her televi-
Business Preservation Act, which lowers estate taxes on
sion program as a forum to make the case for working
mom-and-pop operators from 55 percent to 15 percent.
families. O'Donnell's commitment to children and par-
She also worked for the passage of the Family and Med-
ents goes far beyond lip service. A spokesperson for the
ical Leave Act and to increase child care services in the
Children's Defense Fund, she is exploring an opportuni-
welfare bill.
ty to underwrite a foundation to fund child care centers
16. IRENE NATIVIDAD, 48, principal, Natividad & As-
around the country.
sociates, and chair, The National Commission on Work-
19. ELAINE PAGELS, 52, Harrington Spear Paine Pro-
Women; married, mother of one son, 12.
fessor of Religion, Princeton University; married, mother
atividad, a native of the Philippines, has devoted her
of a daughter and a son, IO and eight, plus three stepsons,
r to promoting the political and economic power of
26, 24 and 19, from her second marriage.
nen. A masterful politician and a brilliant public
Pagels is a towering force in the theological communi-
strategist, she is known for bringing people together to
ty and a beacon for women seeking a voice in the Church.
push a common agenda. For instance, during the 1996
By exploring the suppression of women by early Church
Presidential election season, Natividad led a coalition of
leaders, Pagels has raised the Christian community's con-
110 women's organizations in a nonpartisan voter out-
sciousness about sexism in organized religion. Her im-
reach campaign that targeted II states where female rep-
pressive scholarship-she possesses a working command
resentation at the ballot box was low. The bilingual drive
of Greek, Latin, German, Hebrew, French, Italian and
registered 55,000 new voters and created a model of voter
Coptic-has earned her international respect. Her books
outreach that can be replicated on the state and local lev-
The Gnostic Gospels, Adam, Eve and the Serpent, and The
els. Natividad is best known for her 10-year stint, begin-
Origin of Satan (all published by Random House) are
ning in 1981, as a leader and president of the National
among those rare works to win both scholarly and popu-
Women's Political Caucus, which helps women run for of-
lar acclaim.
fice on both the local and national levels. She is also di-
20. BARBARA REISMAN, 47, executive director, Child
rector of the biennial Global Summit of Women, and re-
Care Action Campaign; married, mother of a daughter
cently held a meeting in Miami where some 500
and a son, 16 and 13.
corporate leaders, policymakers and women activists
In 1971, as a student at Brown University, Reisman
from around the world shared programs and ideas on
won a $5,000 travel grant-a prize that had never before
how to increase the economic power of women.
gone to a female student. She used it to see how other na-
17. KAREN NUSSBAUM, 46, director, AFL-CIO Work-
tions organized and paid for child care. Her subsequent
ing Women's Department; married, mother of two boys,
experiences in France, Israel, Sweden and Denmark
and 12, and one daughter, eight.
changed her life. Reisman returned to the United States
Workplace discrimination of women did not exist as
and became a community organizer in Brockton, Mass-
an issue until 1973 when Nussbaum, a college dropout
achusetts, where she worked to improve the availability
working in a clerical job, began organizing her col-
and quality of child care. In 1977, she went to work for
leagues. Outraged by their low pay and miserable work-
the United Electrical Workers Union where she promot-
in conditions, they decided to found the organization
ed work/family benefits within the labor movement.
9 to 5 with Nussbaum as their director. She has
Now, as executive director of the Child Care Action
righting for working women's rights ever since. In
Campaign, Reisman stresses two basic messages-that
-.993, Nussbaum stepped out of her union role to lead the
children need quality care and that their parents need
U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau, where she
help paying for it. Reisman and her colleagues work to
commissioned a landmark survey called Working
that end by organizing partnerships of local govern-
24WorkingMotherFebruary1997
ment, business, labor and nonprofit groups to set their
and home. Shellenbarger's interest in work/family issues
own child care priorities and devise funding mecha-
originated from her own struggles while working as a
nisms to develop them.
beat reporter and then bureau chief for the Wall Street
21. FRAN SUSSNER RODGERS, so, founder and CEO
Journal's Chicago office. "I felt pulled all the time,
of WFD (formerly Work/Family Directions), the nation's
whether I left the office early or stayed late," Shellen-
leading provider of corporate work/life services; married,
barger recalls. Now she not only writes about the bene-
mother of two daughters, 18 and 15.
fits of flextime, she lives them-working out of her Port-
Rodgers's career as the premier creator of services that
land, Oregon, home, getting to her desk at four a.m. and
humanize the workplace was motivated by her own ex-
working until three p.m., with time out to get her kids to
perience. Her first child was born with severe asthma.
school. Shellenbarger also hosts the Work and Family talk
For two years Rodgers struggled to meet the require-
show, which airs from IO a.m. to noon EST Saturdays on
ments of her educational consulting job, while caring for
the Wall Street Journal Radio Network.
a sick child who kept her awake by night and worried by
24. PAT SUMMITT, 44, head coach of the University of
day. Feeling she was being split in half by these compet-
Tennessee's NCAA Division One national championship
ing demands, Rodgers quit her job and became a man-
women's basketball team; married, mother of one son, six.
agement consultant to businesses and hospitals in the
Twenty years ago, it would have been unimaginable
Boston area. In 1983, after conducting studies for a num-
that the highest-paid coach at a large state university
ber of companies, she was asked by IBM to set up a na-
would be a woman. But at the University of Tennessee
tional work/family program for its employees. Eventual-
that's precisely the case-and with good reason. Sum-
ly she was providing similar services to other major
mitt, coach of Tennessee's National College Athletic As-
corporations such as DuPont, Aetna and Hewlett
sociation (NCAA) Division One championship women's
Packard. Those services evolved into what's now called
basketball team, has the best win-lose percentage on
Works, which helps nearly half a million employees
campus. Every Summitt basketball team in the past 14
deal with life transitions related to child care, their chil-
years has won at least 20 games; 14 of her Tennessee
dren's educational needs, adoption and elder care. Last
teams earned berths in the NCAA playoffs and four of
year, the service saved their companies an average of 17
her teams-1987, 1989, 1991 and 1996-won NCAA Divi-
hours per worker that otherwise would have been spent
sion One titles. Summitt also won an Olympic gold
tracking down the needed information.
medal in 1984 when she coached the U.S. women's
22. LINDA SANFORD, 44, General Manager, Sys-
Olympic basketball team. Women's basketball was small
tem/390, one of IBM's most profitable divisions, employ-
potatoes back in 1974 when Summit arrived at the Uni-
ing 6,000 people worldwide; married, mother of a son and
versity of Tennessee. "Just a handful of spectators
a daughter, 18 and 16.
showed up that first season," she recalls. Things have
One of the most influential women in corporate Amer-
changed considerably. Summitt's teams play before audi-
ica, Sanford is among a handful of women holding such
ences of 8,000 or more, and have helped transform
a high rank. She has earned enormous respect for revital-
women's basketball into a major sport.
izing IBM's vast mainframe operation, which she took
25. VALORA WASHINGTON, 44, Program Director,
over in 1993 at what she calls "its lowest point." Sanford
W.K. Kellogg Foundation; single mother of an adopted
says the division's poor performance was "a tremendous
son and daughter, 12 and five.
opportunity," enabling her to reinvent the manufacturing,
As the Kellogg Foundation program director, Wash-
development, distribution and marketing of IBM's most
ington has dispensed in excess of $86 million in the past
powerful computer system. After four years with Sanford
six years to a variety of programs to benefit children and
at the helm, the division is now one of IBM's most prof-
families. The mother of two adopted children, Washing-
itable. The only female general manager for an IBM prod-
ton has made finding adoptive families for the 100,000
uct division, Sanford is cochair of the Women's Task
children nationwide who linger in foster care her top pri-
Force, a group of IBM's most talented women. Sanford
ority. She created and is managing Families for Kids, a
and the Task Force work closely with Fran Rodgers (see
$42 million project operating in II states which supports
above) to create programs that solve the needs of women
families that are able to stay together, and provides for the
at IBM. A strong proponent of a flexible workplace, San-
speedy adoption (within one year) of kids whose birth
ford champions the idea of evaluating workers by "mea-
families cannot care for them. Washington hopes Fami-
suring their results, not where or how the work is done."
lies for Kids will eventually be used as a model for re-
23. SUE SHELLENBARGER, 45, Work and Family
vamping foster care in all so states. She has also devised a
columnist, the Wall Street Journal, and talk-show host; mar-
$3 million School Readiness Program that helps commu-
ried, mother of a daughter and a son, nine and six. Step-
nities prepare their most vulnerable students for kinder-
mother to three children in their 20S.
garten and a $2 million program for elementary students
Five years ago, Shellenbarger struck a significant, sym-
in Michigan that has improved their science scores.
WM
bolic victory for the cause of working parents when the
Journal-the preeminent newspaper of the cor-
Michaele Weissman is a freelance writer and author of A
porate and financial community-agreed to run her col-
History of Women in America Bantam Books).
umn called "Work and Family," in one stroke legitimiz-
Editor's Note: Readers who want to suggest candidates for
ing work/family issues as a business concern. Her column
next year's list of The Most Influential Working Mothers
now gives national voice to the struggle of working par-
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Working Women Count!
Key Findings
Working Women Count! revealed a resounding consensus:
0 a consensus on issues that crosses all occupations and
incomes, all generations and races, and all regions of the country;
0 the concerns of the women in the scientific sample mirror those of the self-
selected respondents to the public questionnaire.
More than 250,000 women responded to the public questionnaire.
Working women like working:
79% of respondents tell us they "love" or "like" their jobs overall.
The concerns of greatest importance to working women were:
Pay and benefits
- 65% of women say "improving pay scales" is a high priority for change.
- 49% of women say "I don't get paid what I think my job is worth."
- "Health insurance for all" ranks as the number one priority for change:
43% of women respondents who work part-time and 34%
of women over age 55 lack health insurance (far greater
than the 18% of the general population who lack
insurance).
0
Work and family
- Stress ranks as working women's number one problem.
- 63% of mothers with children age 5 and under, and 61% of single mothers,
give high priority to getting paid leave to care for children or relatives.
- Almost half of all respondents support paid leave as a priority for change.
Valuing women's work and skills
- 61% of respondents say they have little or no ability to advance.
- a majority of women give high priority to "insuring equal opportunity."
- On-the-job training and giving employees more responsibility for how
they do their jobs are cited by more than half of respondents as
priorities for change.
Background
The Working Women Count! campaign was initiated by the Department of Labor's Women's
Bureau as an attempt to ask women across the country what they like about work, what they
don't like and what they would like to see changed.
More than 250,000 women responded to the popular questionnaire, available May 5 - August
31, 1994, in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Portuguese, Braille and Large
Type. The questionnaire was distributed by 1,600 partner organizations in all 50 states,
Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to their constituents, employees, members, or
readers. A parallel telephone survey of 1,200 women from a scientifically selected, national
random sample was conducted in June, 1994.
The Working Women Count! campaign was launched on May 5, 1994, at the White House,
with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, and actors Linda
Lavin ("Alice") and Valerie Harper ("Rhoda").
There are 58 million working women in the U.S. -- nearly half of the American workforce.
Ninety-nine percent of all women work for pay at some point in their lives.
CHRONOLOGY OF FIRST LADY'S EVENTS WITH WORKING WOMEN
May 4, 1994
Working Women Count! Kick-Off and Press Conference
The White House
Launched the Department of Labor's national questionnaire, "Working Women Count!" and to
garner media attention for the questionnaire.
October 14, 1994
Working Women Count! Announcement of Results and Press
Conference, The White House
Publicized the results of Department of Labor's national questionnaire to working women,
Working Women Count!, through media attention, and to demonstrate to working women that the
Clinton Administration listens to them and takes seriously their concerns.
May 1, 1995
Working Women Count! Event - Atlanta, Georgia
Hosted a roundtable discussion with middle class working women to discuss the themes raised in
the Working Women Count! national questionnaire.
May 26, 1995
Working Women Event - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Hosted a roundtable discussion with 10 to 15 typical women workers who can talk about the
themes raised in Working Women Count!: Balancing work and family, achieving fair pay and
benefits, and the valuing of women's work.
September 12, 1995 Working Women Discussion - Silver Spring, Maryland
Informal, roundtable discussion on economic insecurities with eight middle class working
women.
October 31, 1995
Working Women Count! Honor Roll Event with Secretary Reich:
Honoring Family Friendly Businesses and Organizations
Washington, D.C.
To demonstrate how this Administration has been a catalyst for change in the lives of working
Americans, and to honor those who have already joined our effort and challenge others to do the
same.
March 8, 1996
Good Housekeeping Discussion on the Challenges Facing Today's
Families - Chicago, Illinois
Participated in a discussion with 8 Good Housekeeping readers from the Chicago area with Ellen
Levine, Editor-in-Chief, on the challenges facing today's women and families.
June 6, 1996
Discussion with Working Families - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Discussion with a group of working families about the challenges of balancing work and
families.
October 17, 1996
Discussion with Working Women - Nashua, New Hampshire
To join a group of Democratic candidates and working mothers in a discussion on the challenges
facing working families in New Hampshire.
October 22, 1996
Roundtable Discussion with Working Women - Denver, Colorado
Roundtable discussion with approximately 15 working mothers.
October 23, 1996
Working Women's Roundtable Discussion - Las Vegas, Nevada
Participated in a discussion with working women to discuss issues of concern to working
families in Nevada
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Ms. Aida Alvarez
Administrator-designate, Small Business Administration
Washington, DC
Ms. Belinda Anderson
Memphis, TN
Ms. Susan M. Andross
Legislative Assistant, Department of State
Ms. Deborah Armstrong
MacDonald Communications
New York, NY
Hon. (Amb.) Charlene Barshefsky
Acting U.S. Trade Representative
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Marika Cohen
Ms. Judith Beaudry
Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati, OH
Mrs. Laurel G. Bellows
Partner, Bellows and Bellows
Chicago, IL
Guest: Miss Lindsay Bellows
Ms. Cathleen Black
President, Hearst Magazines
New York, NY
Guest: Ms. Sue Webb
Ms. Ann Blackman
Time
Washington, DC
Ms. Ellen B. Bloom
Director, Office of Congressional Affairs, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Washington, DC
Ms. Amy Bondurant
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand
Washington, DC
Ms. Rita Braver
White House Correspondent, CBS News
Washington, DC
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Chair, Consumer Product Safety Commission
Bethesda, MD
Hon. Carol M. Browner
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC
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Ms. Marian Burros
The New York Times
New York, NY
Ms. LaVarne Addison Burton
Ellicott City, MD
Ms. Kelly Carnes
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, Department of Commerce
Washington, DC
Mrs. Joyce H. Carrier
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Liaison, Department of the Treasury
Hon. Ida L. Castro
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Labor
Washington, DC
Ms. Ann Compton
ABC
Washington, DC
Ms. Susan Jean Cornwell
Reuters
Washington, DC
Ms. Hilary Cosell
Stamford, CT
Mr. John Costello
Sears
Hoffman Estates, IL
Ms. Katie Couric
Co-Anchor, "Today", NBC
New York, NY
Guest: Ms. Frances "Terry" Schaefer
Ms. Judy Ann "Judsen" Culbreth
Editor-in-Chief, Working Mother Magazine
New York, NY
Ms. Lynn G. Cutler
Senior Vice President, The Kamber Group
Washington, DC
Hon. Linda Hall Daschle
Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
Washington, DC
Ms. Mary Dixon
Agency Representative, Interagency Committee, White House Women's Office
Washington, DC
Mr. John Donoghue
Senior Vice President, Mass Marketing, MCI
Arlington, VA
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Partner & Manager, Fixed Income Division, Goldman Sachs
Chicago, IL
Hon. Sue Eckert
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Department of Commerce
Mr. Gregory K. Erickson
National Director of Entrepreneurial Services, Ernst & Young LLP
Dallas, TX
Ms. Sally Ericsson
Washington, DC
Mrs. Susan G. Esserman
Bethesda, MD
Ms. Lisa Farnin
Doylestown, PA
Ms. Shelley Fidler
Chief of Staff, Council on Environmental Quality
Hon. Lauri Fitz-Pegado
Assistant Secretary & Director General, US & Foreign Commercial Service, Department of Commerce
Washington, DC
Ms. Dana Friedman
Co-President, Families & Work Institute
New York, NY
Guest: Ms. Brooke Friedman
Ms. Jane Fullerton
Arkansas Democratic Gazette
Washington, DC
Ms. Tina Garcia
President, Special Properties, Inc.
Lake Ridge, VA
Hon. Toby T. Gati
Assistant Secretary for Intelligence & Research, Department of State
Washington, DC
Ms. Pamela Gentry
Deputy Director, Office of Public Affairs, Department of HHS
Washington, DC
Ms. Doreen Gentzler
Ch. 4 WRC
Washington, DC
Ms. Ann Gerhardt
The Washington Post
Washington, DC
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The Washington Post
Washington, DC
Ms. Christina Gold
Avon
New York, NY
Hon. Mary Lowe Good
Under Secretary for Technology, Department of Commerce
Washington, DC
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Gore
Honorable Jamie S. Gorelick
Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice
Washington, DC
Ms. Parnice "Patricia" Green
Suitland, MD
Ms. Frankee Greenberg
Federal Railroad Administration
Washington, DC
Ms. Patricia Guadalupe
Pacifica Radio
Washington, DC
Mr. Hiromi Gunji
Chairman & CEO, Brother International Corporation
Somerset, NJ
Hon. Ruth R. Harkin
President and Chief Executive Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Washington, DC
Ms. Barbara Harrison
Ch. 4 WRC
Washington, DC
Ms. Judith Hasson
USA Today
Arlington, VA
Hon. Kathryn O. Higgins
Assistant to the President for Cabinet Affairs, The White House
Ms. Charlayne Hunter-Gault
News Hour with Jim Lehrer
Arlington, VA
Hon. Shirley Jackson
Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC
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Ms. Gloria Johnson
Greenbelt, MD
Ms. Marta Kauffman
Co-Creator and Executive Producer, NBC - "Friends"
Burbank, CA
Guest: Miss Monica Tribuiani
Ms. Melanie Kenderdine
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy
Mr. George Ker
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Neenah, WI
Ms. Susan Kidd
Ch. 4 WRC
Washington, DC
Ms. Pamela Kiger
Ms. Linda Kramer
People Magazine
Washington, DC
Ms. Cheryl Kroyer
Goodby Silverstein
San Francisco, CA
Ms. Renee M. Landers
Senior Counsel, Department of Justice
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CEO, Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide
New York, NY
Guest: Miss Samantha Lazarus
Ms. Nancy Anne Leamond
Bethesda, MD
Ms. Robin Leeds
Agency Representative, White House Office for Women's Initiatives
Ms. Donna Lenhoff
Vice-Chair, FMLA Commission
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Alice Berkin
Ms. Bonnie LePard
Washington, DC
Honorable Susan Bass Levin
Mayor, City of Cherry Hill, NJ
Cherry Hill, NJ
Ms. Mara Liasson
National Public Radio
Washington, DC
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Chief of Staff to Mrs. Gore
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MacDonald Communications
New York, NY
Ms. Theresa Loar
Sr. Coordinator for International Women's Issues, Department of State
Washington, DC
Ms. Joan Lombardi
Office of the Assistant Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services
Washington, DC
Ms. Anne R. Luzzatto
Mr. John "Jay" MacDonald
MacDonald Communications
New York, NY
Ms. Ruth Marcus
The Washington Post
Washington, DC
Ms. Pilar Martinez
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, DC
Hon. Doris O. Matsui
Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison
Washington, DC
Mrs. Kathleen Matthews
Ch. 7 WJLA
Washington, DC
Mr. James F. McCann
Chairman, 1-800-Flowers
Westbury, NY
Ms. Gail McGovern
AT&T
Basking Ridge, NJ
Hon. Lorraine McHugh
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary for Media Affairs and Operations
Ms. Mary McLaughlin
MacDonald Communications
Washington, DC
Honorable Jolene M. Molitoris
Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration
Washington, DC
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Univision
Washington, DC
Ms. Corlis S. Moody
Director, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, Department of Energy
Ms. Brett Culbreth Mosely
New York, NY
Hon. (Sen.) Patty Murray
D/Washington, United States Senate
Washington, DC
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Ms. Alison "Lissa" Muscatine
Office of Communications
Ms. Betsy Myers
Deputy Assistant to the President for Women's Initiatives & Outreach
Washington, DC
Ms. Irene Natividad and Mr. Andre Cortese
Chair, The National Commission on Working Women
Washington, DC
Ms. Genie Norris
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, Department of State
Hon. (Rep.) Eleanor Holmes Norton
D/District of Columbia, House of Representatives
Washington, DC
Ms. Karen Nussbaum
Director, Working Women's Department, AFL-CIO
Washington DC, DC
Guest: Mr. Gene Arlook
Ms. Susan Page
USA Today
Arlington, VA
Ms. Elaine Pagels
Harrington Spear Paine Professor of Religion, Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Guest: Ms. Katherine Hughes
Ms. Jennifer Perry
Executive Director, Children's Action Network
Los Angeles, CA
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Director of Legislative Affairs, Department of Treasury
Washington, DC
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Editor-in-Chief, Parents Magazine
New York, NY
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"All of you are here and Pamela Anderson Lee and Madonna are not," Working Mother
magazine Editor in Chief Judsen Culbreth told the 180 women gathered at a White House
luncheon yesterday, "because red-hot working mamas were not the way to go." Instead, the
magazine chose CEOs, lawyers, an investment banker and women's rights activists to fill its
list of "the 25 most influential working mothers." And Hillary Rodham Clinton, also on the list,
used her bully pulpit to laud everyday folks like Pamela Kiger of Dunkirk, Va., who is single
and holds down two jobs to support her three kids, and child care worker Lisa Thomas, who
drove several hours from Pittsburgh to be present yesterday.
"Behind every smiling face you will see, you can imagine there have been a lot of sleepless
nights, a lot of juggling, a lot of challenges that have been balanced as best as anyone could,"
said the first lady. "We need to start thinking about how to create a balance in our lives, and in
our society, that will enable working mothers those we honor today and millions who will
never be honored - to feel that they can succeed both at home and or work."
One of the honorees, outgoing Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick, displayed her
balancing act right in the East Room: By the time her name was called, she was gone off to
her daughter's ballet recital.
Charlene Barshefsky, awaiting confirmation as U.S. trade representative, brought along her
daughter, Mari Cohen, who was delighted to trade a day of eighth grade for a luncheon at
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, complete with tomato and lemon grass bisque, lacquered salmon,
and meringue covered with pink spun sugar.
But Mari's 13-year-old eyes really lighted up when she discovered she was sitting across from
honoree Marta Kauffman, co-creator of NBC's hit "Friends." And she tried, in vain, to get some
inside information.
"Oh, that's my favorite show!" she cried. "Tell me what's going to happen this week!"
Kauffman's lips were sealed. Sisterhood goes only so far.
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Angeles to New York for Saturday night's performance of "Rent."
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"Whistle Down the Wind" may be going up in smoke. The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that
closed here Sunday after a nine-week tryout at the National Theater was set to open on
Broadway in April, and then delayed until June.
Yesterday it was postponed indefinitely. "I have to agree that more time is required than we
currently have to complete the work we all know must be done," director Harold Prince
said in a statement.
In the past nine days, two new songs have been written, according to lyricist Jim Steinman.
Lloyd Webber also weighed in: "I believe, possibly, because it was originally conceived for the
cinema, 'Whistle' has not found its stage voice yet." The play, based on a 1961 movie, is about
a group of children who think an escaped convict they meet is Christ.
With any luck we may yet have a Congressional Scuba Caucus.
It seems that Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs Tim Wirth compiled a list some years
back of lawmakers who are certified scuba divers. And as a co-host of tonight's screening of
"The Fragile Ring of Life," a flick produced by the U.S. Information Agency about the fate of
coral reefs, Wirth made sure the amphibians were invited. They include Sens. John Glenn,
John Breaux, Bob Graham and Frank Murkowski and Reps. Jennifer Dunn and Mark Foley.
Grammy-winning singer Melissa Etheridge and her partner, Julie Cypher, are the proud
mothers of a baby girl, Bailey Jean Cypher. She was born yesterday in the L.A. area and
weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces, said Etheridge flack Gayle Fine.
Etheridge and Cypher, the ex-wife of actor Lou Diamond Phillips, announced last year that
Cypher was carrying a child but the women refused to reveal the method of conception or the
sperm donor.
Had to happen. Bob Dole got an agent. Sports rep Mark McCormack of International
Management Group will help the Republican White House loser snag big-buck gigs, Reuter
reported. Dole already has done Air France and Visa ads and has been on several TV shows.
Other McCormack clients are golfer Tiger Woods and violinist Itzhak Perlman.
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Etheridge, a mom; Dole, for hire. Lending a hand to two generations: Before honoring working
moms, Mrs. Clinton visited a nearby day care center yesterday, flanked by 4-year-olds Adam
Selts and Ashlee Williams.
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TALKING IT OVER
BY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
I always enjoy meeting other working mothers because I love to share stories
about raising children while holding down jobs. So I was delighted to host a
luncheon at the White House this week honoring women who have successfully
combined work and family life.
Some of our nation's most accomplished working women were there,
including Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick (who had to leave early to attend
her daughter's ballet recital); Pat Summitt, head coach of the University of
Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team; Jill Barad, the CEO of Mattel Inc.;
Elaine Pagels, a renowned scholar and professor at Princeton University; and other
leading women from the fields of law, entertainment, journalism, business and
politics.
Also on hand were some working mothers whose names you wouldn't know.
They aren't famous or well-to-do. And they aren't in positions of national influence.
They represent the vast majority of women in America who struggle every day to
fulfill their obligations at home and on the job, often with meager resources and little
help. I felt that women like Tina Garcia deserved to be honored, too.
Tina grew up on welfare and was a single mother for eight years. She
couldn't afford child care, so she improvised by working during school hours or
bringing her children to work. She also shared duties with another single mother,
who didn't drive. Tina would run errands and do grocery shopping in exchange for
baby-sitting. Today, this mother of four runs a thriving real estate company in
Virginia.
In recent years, women like Tina Garcia have become a driving force in our
country -- politically, socially and economically. That's because their concerns --
finding affordable child care, spending more time with their children, being valued
at work, being compensated fairly and having flexible leave time for family
emergencies -- are real-life issues confronting tens of millions of working mothers
across our country.
You may remember that many of these were summed up during the
presidential campaign as the "feminization of politics." I think that's an unfortunate
term. After all, most fathers worry about whether their children are in safe,
dependable and affordable child care. Most men want to be able to take time off
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when a family member is gravely ill. Most sons want to ensure that their elderly
parents have health care coverage.
Instead of the "feminization of politics," I prefer to think of this phenomenon as
the "humanization of politics." What we have seen being played out in the political
arena is how people's personal concerns can become political if they use their
voices -- and their votes to define them.
The gender gap we hear so much about is simply a measure of how women,
who are experts on the hazards and vicissitudes of life, vote their self-interest and
their values. In so doing, they deliver a clear message that the issues they care
about deserve to be on the front burner of national politics.
While political scientists often discuss realpolitik, the balance of power
among nations, working mothers are saying that national politics must also be
about real-life politik about how we live and work together and how we achieve
balance in our lives.
Regardless of our political affiliation or where we stand on any particular
issue or even where we come down on the larger question of how we attain a
balance of power in our own lives, we must acknowledge that much is at stake for
women collectively in this debate.
Will public and private institutions help empower women with the tools they
need to expand their choices and take responsibility for their lives? And by that, I
mean, will businesses initiate policies that make work more family-friendly? Will
employers value women by paying them equal pay for equal work?
Will individual women be respected for the choices they make about family,
work and personal growth and will they be able to make those choices free of the
burden of other people's and society's expectations? Will we stop pigeonholing
women and invoking stereotypes that limit their potential? Will we admit that there is
no formula for being a successful or fulfilled woman in today's society that one
can choose full-time motherhood and homemaking or be committed to work outside
the home without marriage or children or, like most of us today, balance work and
family responsibilities?
Whether they are CEOs or minimum-wage workers, most women are doing
everything they can to do right by their families and their jobs. Now it's time for
society to let them know that their choices are supported and respected.
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-- The Colors are presented.
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Princess Margriet, Netherlands, makes
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Cancer Coalition, proceeds to stage.
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Teen Pregnancy
Remarks by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
May 2, 1997
Mrs. Clinton: We are just delighted to have you here at the White House in the East Room. And
I want particularly to welcome Dr. (inaudible), the president of the National Campaign to
Prevent Teen Pregnancy; and Sarah Brown, the campaign's executive director. And I'm very
pleased that Congresswoman Connie Morella could be here. And I promised Congressman
Sandy Levin (phonetic) I would say he was here but had to leave to catch a flight. So we are
delighted to is Nina here too?
Nina: I'm over here.
Mrs. Clinton: Okay. That is the second time I've done that, Nina.
Unidentified woman: (Inaudible.)
Mrs. Clinton: Sheena has been a strong supporter of this campaign as well. Anyone else who is
here? This is the beginning of teen pregnancy prevention month, and the first anniversary of the
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. In his 1995 State of the Union address, the
president called on parents and leaders across the country to join together to prevent teen
pregnancy. All of you who have been part of that campaign, and the many, many people you
represent around the country, deserve our thanks for having met the challenge of a non-partisan,
non-profit national campaign. I want to thank you for all of your work over the last year,
including your efforts on Capitol Hill to raise interest in teen pregnancy, and your leadership in
forging partnerships among government, business, the media and others. You've also been on
the front lines of creating more support for state and local action. And I am grateful for your
series of informative and insightful reports.
I am particularly happy that today we meet to recognize the National Campaign's first 12
honorees, leaders whose efforts to prevent teen pregnancy are making a difference across the
country. And we are making progress. I was delighted that I could wake up this morning and
see on the front page of a major newspaper statistics that demonstrated that the work of many
people, going back many years Sarah Brown and I were talking before we came in here. I first
met with Sarah in the spring of 1993 to talk about teen pregnancy, and I know many of you from
a previous incarnation, when I was in Arkansas and elsewhere working on this issue. So it's
been a long time coming, but we are seeing progress. However, teen pregnancy remains a
serious problem in the United States. Four in 10 girls become pregnant at least once before
turning 20. And 75 percent of teenagers who have children are not married.
I don't need to tell this audience that having a child as a teenager is more likely than any other
act to limit a young mother's likelihood of finishing high school, and increases the chance that
she will end up in poverty. And the children of teen parents also suffer. They have poorer
health, more difficulties in school, and unfortunately a greater chance of being abused or
neglected.
But the new information we have about the importance of the earliest years of childhood it is
especially heartbreaking to think that children are being born to parents who are not yet prepared
to care for, nurture and stimulate them.
On a personal note, I would add, this is not a new problem. It has been around from the very
beginning of time, I would guess. My own mother was the child of a teenage mother, age 15,
teenage father, age 17. And finally, when it became clear they were totally unprepared and
unqualified for parenting, she and her younger sister were put, by themselves, on a train in
Chicago, and sent to the maternal grandparents in California. And I've heard many times the
stories of how that felt to be, initially, not treated well by one's own parents, and then to be
essentially abandoned by them. So it's not a new problem. The problem is we have too many
young parents, unprepared for parenting. And we have too many children, therefore, left to
essentially raise themselves with all of the resulting consequences that we know so well.
We are heartened that the teen birth rate has fallen four years in a row, after reaching its highest
point in two decades in 1991. And the HHS study that I referenced, released yesterday, has
given us more encouraging news by showing that teenage sexual activity has dropped for the
first time since the survey began 20 years ago. The president and the members of his
administration, and particularly with the leadership of Secretary Shalala, are committed to
bringing those numbers down even further. Since 1993, the administration has supported
innovative and promising teen pregnancy prevention strategies in over 1400 communities. And
just yesterday, Secretary Shalala announced two new grants to prevent teen pregnancy and
promote responsible behavior. One grant, part of the Girl Power campaign, will give
communities tools to work with girls between the ages of 9 and 14 to build their own sense of
self-worth, their own capacity to say no, and to prevent teen pregnancy as well as smoking and
drug use.
The other grant will help communities educate boys, often left out of the rhetoric and equation
when it comes to teen pregnancy, much to our regret, and we need to do more to encourage
young boys to make responsible decisions.
The unifying theme of the president's commitment and work on teen pregnancy is that there is
no one-size-fits-all answer to teen pregnancy. We know that people and communities like those
we will honor today are developing unique and diverse solutions that are bringing this problem
to the kind of progress that we can report. That's why I am pleased to recognize leaders of 12
organizations being honored today by the National Campaign. These programs share important
basic themes: They all emphasize the importance of values and self-esteem when attacking teen
pregnancy; of working hand-in-hand with businesses and the media. Of attacking approaches to
change times and circumstances. Of including boys in prevention strategies and encouraging
communication between adults and children - not when the children become teenagers, but
starting way before that. And if all the young people themselves in efforts and discussion of how
to prevent teen pregnancy. I would like to recognize each of these organizations and individuals
to ask them if they would stand. Governor Tom McCain is the chair of the national campaign
with whom I have worked with great delight for many years, has known firsthand what this
effort means to our state and our country and he will (inaudible) us in a few minutes and I want
him to be here with me to help recognize and congratulate these 12 honorees and I would ask
them if they wanted to come to the stage and stand here for a minute with Governor McCain and
let us get a picture of and memorial of this occasion. But first, here's two well-known women
who have committed themselves to this effort. Elaine Bennett is the president and founder of the
Best Friends Foundation, a school-based program reaching about 2,000 girls in 15 cities to
promote responsible behavior and abstinence, and to build self-esteem. I would also like to
recognize Elle McCo, (correct name?) who is chair of the national council and a member of the
board of the Best Friends Foundation who is also here today. Could I ask you ladies to please
come forward?
(inaudible name) The president of the board of the National Organization of Adolescent
Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention has brought together a diverse network of health care
(inaudible word) education and social service professionals and national, state and community
leaders to help reduce teen pregnancy. (inaudible statement)
Essel C. Day (correct name?), vice president of the Johnson and Johnson family of companies
and the chair of Johnson and Johnson Corporate Contributions Committee is here representing
that company because Johnson and Johnson has made a civic commitment and ongoing support
of this cause. I would ask him to join us and thank him and all Johnson and Johnson for its
contributions and support.
Sue Cameron is a Tony (?) county commissioner for Tillamook County, Oregon. Oregon has
been on the frontlines of reducing teen pregnancy for a number of years to a variety of state,
local and some federal partnership and has absolutely set the standard for how one goes about
doing this. I think it's fair to say that Sue Cameron and her fellow commissioners and citizens of
Tillamook County deserve a great deal of congratulations -- and through unity of purpose and
diversity of means they have achieved dramatic success. Reducing the teen pregnancy rate in
their county by nearly 75 percent between 1990 and 1994. Sue, will you join us?
Gloria Feld is the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Campaign. She
unfortunately could not be here but we do have Michael Dubee, the vice president of educational
services at Planned Parenthood, who is here today on her behalf and on behalf of the
organization. The work that Planned Parenthood has done to encourage families to communicate
about sexuality and the responsibilities of parenting has been very important and we appreciate
their commitment to the campaign and I invite Mr. Dubee, on behalf of Planned Parenthood, to
come forward.
Eric Graham (correct name?) is the president of Children's Express and if you ever been
anywhere important (inaudible) the (inaudible) in Philadelphia you'll see all of these young
people, clad in a certain colored T-shirt -- it changes with the event, or at least that's been my
experience - asking the best questions that have been asked during my visit - and Children's
Express has given children in journalism a voice of this and other important issues. By giving
children a voice, it also gives us adults a chance to hear what is on their minds - so please, Eric
Graham, on behalf of Children's Express, thank you.
Susan Wolson (correct name?) is the executive director of the network of family life education at
Rutgers University. And Rutgers University and the network has done something that is very
significant. They have created a forum for teens to discuss pregnancy, abstinence, drugs and
other issues. Giving young people a chance to support each other, to have responsible adults
interact with and discuss difficult issues with, is something we don't do enough of in our country
and I'm hoping that this forum serves as the model for many, many other such forums. Please
join me in welcoming Susan Wolson.
Dr. (inaudible) is the director the National Father's Recognition and he has worked very hard to
improve the well-being of children by increasing the chances that they will grow up with loving,
committed and responsible fathers. This campaign that we are honoring today, and all of your
efforts has very importantly moved the role of young men, and particularly fathers, forward in
the discussion of teen pregnancy with long overdue developments, and I want to thank all of you
who are working with boys and young men and fathers, to try to create more responsibility and I
want
to
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Dr.
for helping to lead the way.
In addition, Edward Kitt, who is the associate director of the Republican Project and the director
of the National Practitioner's Network of Fathers and Families at the Families and Work Institute
is here as well. The Families and Work Institute is a full-time supporter of efforts to deal with
issues that affect the well-being of American families. And this particular project has given a
stronger voice for the role of fathers and other responsible men who (inaudible) during their
teens. And I want to thank Families and Work Institute and particularly Edward Kitt for being
part of this.
Marian Powers, phD., is the (inaudible) director of the Brady Teen Services program, which has
since 1970, run innovative programs and in care of those programs, rigorous evaluations which
is something we certainly need in our fight against teen pregnancy. We need to know what
works, which was one of the reasons why the campaign was started and that we have a place that
can serve as a repository of data and evaluation and what has been done in the Brady Teen
Services program has increased our knowledge about how to prevent teen pregnancy and I'd like
to thank Dr. Powers for that.
One of our most important partners in the campaign against teen pregnancy has been Black
Entertainment Television, BET. BET has used the media to raise awareness on this critical issue.
And tomorrow, it will host a wide, nationally-televised telemeeting on teen pregnancy. I know
from personal experience how influential BET TV can be in the lives of young men and women
and I'm particularly pleased that Sheila Johnson, vice president of corporate affairs at BET, is
with us and I want to thank her for her commitment to this effort, Sheila Johnson.
And finally, the magazine that we all read, whether we're women or not, that is dog-eared and so
worn on most (inaudible) walls and waiting rooms I've ever been in, the people look like they've
been thumbing it to try to get inspiration, as well as turning the pages, is People magazine, and
today with us, we have Ann Ward, president of People magazine. And we are honoring People
magazine for printing a compelling cover story on teen pregnancy which informed millions of
Americans about the serious consequences of teen pregnancy. And in speaking with Ann earlier,
I know that the coverage of teen issues, the kinds of questions teenagers have, maybe they won't
ask anyone, even if they don't see it discussed in People magazine, they might not have anyway,
and we've been getting good information, something that Ann has committed to continuing, for
which we are grateful. Please join me in welcoming Ann Ward.
(inaudible) is the work of all these honorees and particularly the national campaign, by pulling us
together as a nation on behalf of this issue and giving us an opportunity to honor those who have
been on the front lines for many years, doing the work that is beginning to really make a
difference. You show us all that while teenage pregnancy is a serious problem, there are
approaches that work and that all of us feel that they have a stake in the success of these
approaches and we will not only see them working in one community or another, we see them
sweeping the country and making the kind of substantial difference that we know we need to do
on behalf of our children.
I would like now to invite someone who has dedicated himself to meeting challenges for a very
long time. I first knew Tom McCain when he was governor of New Jersey, when he and my
husband worked together on issues like teen pregnancy education and others that they believed
were as important as any other issue facing our country and he has done a lot of positive work
and speaking out about the need to bring people together around these issues. He is the board
chairman of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, president of Purdue University
and a powerful determined voice in the battle against teen pregnancy. I'm so pleased that the
chairman of this campaign could be with us today. May I introduce Governor Tom McCain.
(inaudible) each of you represents and the promise that they're going to be able to hold up to
our children and young people that they will be parents when they're ready to be parents and
they are willing to make that commitment to all of us.
(speaker)
I'm once again, so pleased that BET and the Teen Summit as well as participants like all of you
are going to be talking about this issue and I admire your outspokenness and leadership and I
hope that young teens - and not so young teens - will listen to what you have to say.
May 2, 1997
TEEN PREGNANCY EVENT
DATE:
May 2, 1997
LOCATION:
Roosevelt Room
TIME:
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
FROM:
Bruce Reed
I.
PURPOSE
To demonstrate the Administration's commitment to reducing teen pregnancy and to
highlight the one year anniversary of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
and their first 12 honorees. The event also recognizes the month of May as Teen
Pregnancy Prevention Month.
II.
BACKGROUND
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is a private nonprofit organization
dedicated to preventing teen pregnancy. It formed in response to President Clinton's
challenge, issued in his 1995 State of the Union address, that "parents and leaders across
the country. join together in a national campaign against teen pregnancy." May 1997
marks the campaign's first anniversary.
Following his State of the Union comments, the President held a meeting at the White
House with a group of prominent teen pregnancy prevention experts and advocates to
discuss what could be done to combat the problem. From that meeting came a private
sector planning effort that led to the creation of the national campaign.
The campaign is chaired by former New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean. Its Board of
Directors includes Whoopi Goldberg, Katherine Graham, the Hon. Nancy Kassebaum-
Baker, the Hon. Warren B. Rudman, and William Galston. Isabel V. Sawhill, President
of the campaign, was an Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget
during President Clinton's first term.
Today, at an earlier event on Capitol Hill, the campaign distributed three reports. The
first, Whatever Happened to Childhood, chronicles the problem of teen pregnancy in the
United States. Using mostly previously released data, the report finds that: 1) although
we are making some progress, there is much more work to do and 2) there is no single or
simple solution to the problem so we must continue to be creative, innovative, and
persistent in our efforts. A second report, Snapshots from the Front Line, provides
examples of community efforts to prevent teen pregnancy, highlighting some of today's
honorees. The campaign is also distributing a previously released report No Easy
Answers: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy, which finds that
only a few programs have produced credible evidence that they reduce the risk of
pregnancy, but the overwhelming evidence shows that sex education does not increase
sexual activity.
At the close of the program you will recognize 12 honorees chosen by the campaign who
will be seated in the front row. Each honoree supports prevention approaches that are
helping to lower teen pregnancy rates and strengthen communities. The honorees' work
embodies several key themes that are essential to preventing teen pregnancy:
Emphasizing values and self-esteem in working with adolescents;
Forging partnerships with the corporate sector;
Focusing the community on a "unity of goal" to prevent teen pregnancy
even when there are conflicts over program approaches;
Encouraging adult-child communication;
Involving youth in the discussion;
Emphasizing the importance of male involvement in prevention;
Recognizing the importance of program evaluation; and
Involving the media in reducing teen pregnancy.
In your remarks, you will discuss two new teen pregnancy prevention grant programs and
new findings from a study of childbearing and family planning released yesterday by the
Department of Health and Human Services.
Grants: In Los Angeles yesterday (May 1), Secretary Shalala announced the two new
community grant programs to prevent teen pregnancy and promote responsible behavior.
One program will be aimed at teenage girls and the other at teenage boys. Each of the
grant programs will total about $1 million per year and involve public-private
partnerships organized by individual communities.
HHS Study: The Secretary also discussed a newly released study which shows that teen
sexual activity declined from 55 to 50 percent during the 1990s after increasing steadily
for more than two decades. The decline is small -- 10 percent -- but significant because it
shows that the long-term increase in teenage sexual activity may finally be over. This
data is part of a new study of child bearing and family planning covering all women 15-
44.
III. PARTICIPANTS
The First Lady
Former New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean,
Chair of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
*Attached is a list of the 12 Campaign honorees who will be seated in the front row.
Also, please note that Alma Powell, who is on the board of Best Friends, one of the
honored organizations, will be seated in the front row as well.
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Open.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
- You will greet the 12 honorees and Isabel Sawhill in a brief photo receiving line prior to
the event in the Blue Room.
- The 12 honorees and Isabel Sawhill will then be announced into the East Room and
proceed to their seats in the front row.
- You and former Governor Kean will be announced into the East Room and proceed to
the stage.
- You will make remarks and then individually recognize the 12 honorees and ask
them to stand.
- You will then introduce Governor Kean.
- Governor Kean will make remarks.
- You will then close the event by inviting the guests into the State Dining Room for tea.
VI. REMARKS
Prepared by Jennifer Klein.
TO:
THE FIRST LADY
WHAT:
NATIONAL TEEN CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY
WHERE:
Greeting: Blue Room
Speaking Program: East Room
Rec. Line: Blue Room
WHEN:
Friday, May 2, 1997
2:00p.m.
NOTES:
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FROM:
Ann Stock, Setti Warren
2:00p.m.
The First Lady arrives in the Red Room for event briefing
2:05p.m.
The First Lady proceeds to the Blue Room to meet recipients and stage
participants.
2:10p.m.
PROGRAM BEGINS:
-recipients are announced into the East Room and proceed to seats in the front
row.
-The First Lady, and Governor Thomas Kean are announced in to the East Room
-The First Lady, delivers remarks and introduces Governor Thomas Kean.
-Governor Kean delivers remarks.
2:30p.m.
Upon conclusion of program, The First Lady, returns to the podium to invite
guests into State Dining Room for a tea.
The First Lady proceeds to receiving line with guests.
Receiving line flow: Red Room to Blue Room to Green Room.
2:50p.m.
Upon conclusion of receiving line, The First Lady proceeds to the Diplomatic
Reception Room for an interview with Black Entertainment Television.
3:10p.m.
The First Lady departs.
1997 NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY HONOREES
Elayne Bennett, President and Founder, Best Friends Foundation
Best Friends is a school-based program for girls in grades five through nine that fosters self-
respect and promotes responsible behavior and abstinence. Best Friends helps girls identify what
self-respect is, and teaches them how they can succeed in life if they set goals and maintain their
self-respect. Ms. Bennett formed the program in 1987 in Washington, D.C. and now
approximately 2,000 girls participate in 50 schools in 15 cities.
Patricia Canessa, President of the Board, the National Organization on Adolescent
Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention (NOAPPP)
NOAPPP is a diverse national network of national, state and community leaders and health care,
education and social service professionals dedicated to preventing teen pregnancy and addressing
problems related to adolescent sexuality, pregnancy, and parenting. NOAPP provides technical
assistance and training, informational materials, and organizes conferences to enhance state and
local coalitions working to reduce teen pregnancy.
Russell C. Deyo, Vice President of the Johnson and Johnson Family of Companies
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Mr. Deyo serves as the Chair of Johnson and Johnson's Corporate Contributions Committee,
which supports socially responsible charities and encourages civic improvements and better
health and education for young people. Mr. Deyo and Ms. Canessa serve on the National Urban
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, an effort that identifies, evaluates and disseminates
information about successful adolescent pregnancy programs.
Sue Cameron, County Commissioner, Tillamook County, Oregon
County Commissioner Cameron has lead a successful county-wide effort which has reduced the
teen pregnancy rate of girls under age 18 by nearly 75 percent between 1990 and 1994.
Realizing that their are differing values and that no single approach can alone reduce teen
pregnancy, Ms. Cameron used the debate over teen pregnancy as an opportunity to incorporate
several different approaches into one coordinated effort to reduce teen pregnancy in Tillamook.
Gloria Feldt, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., New York, NY
Planned Parenthood is the world's oldest and largest voluntary family planning organization
which provides educational programs to enhance the understanding of individual and societal
implications of human sexuality. Ms. Feldt has increased efforts to help parents talk with their
children and teenagers about sexuality, growth and development through a comprehensive
program, Talking About Sex: A Guide for Families.
Eric Graham, President of Children's Express
Children's Express is a national, non-profit youth development and leadership organization that
uses journalism to give children a voice. Children's Express issues a weekly national column
which is researched, reported and edited by children and adolescents and is syndicated to
newspapers around the country.
Susan Wilson, Executive Director for the Network for Family Life Education
New Brunswick, New Jersey
The Network for Family Life Education publishes Sex, Etc. A Newsletter by Teens, for Teens,
which publishes the opinions of teens on social issues, including sexuality, abstinence, teen
pregnancy, drugs, etc. It also provides educational information to teens on these issues.
Wade Horn, Ph.D., Director of the National Fatherhood Initiative
Gaithersburg, Maryland
The National Fatherhood Initiative is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization that aims to
improve the well-being of children by increasing the number of children growing up with loving,
committed and responsible fathers. This organization promotes fatherhood through public
awareness campaigns, conferences and community fatherhood forums.
Edward Pitt, Associate Director of the Fatherhood Project and Director for the National
Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families at the Families and Work Institute
New York, New York
The National Practitioners Network is a center for research-based solutions to the problems
associated with changing trends in family life. Mr. Pitt has worked for the Urban League's Male
Responsibility Campaign and has been a committed voice for the role of fathers and other men in
the lives of children and teens.
Marion Howard, Ph.D., Clinical Director, Grady Teen Services Program, Atlanta, Georgia
The Grady Teen Services Program has been providing educational classes on Postponing Sexual
Involvement since the 1970's. The classes evolved into a comprehensive program designed to
help young teens understand the pressures influencing their sexual behavior; to understand their
rights in social relationships and ways of meeting social and personal needs other than by sexual
involvement.
Sheila Johnson, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Black Entertainment
Television (BET)
Teen Summit is BET's award-wining, weekly talk show that focuses on African-American teens
and engages teens and celebrities in frank discussions about issues affecting young people. In
May 1997, as part of their Teen Summit programming, BET will air a live Town Meeting
focusing on the consequences of teen pregnancy and on involving boys and men in preventing
teen pregnancy. BET has also created teen pregnancy PSAs which will be broadcasted around
the time of the Town Meeting and shared with other networks who wish to promote the issue.
Ann S. Moore, President of People Magazine, New York, New York
In the fall of 1994, Ms. Moore ran a cover article for People on teen pregnancy entitled, "Babies
Who Have Babies: A Day in the Life of Teen Pregnancy in America." This issue was one of the
highest selling issues in People Magazine history. The article focused on the stress teen
pregnancy puts on teen mothers and all involved. The article and its sequel a year later raised the
profile of the consequences of teen pregnancy.
BACKGROUND AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS FACT SHEET
Over the past four years, the Clinton Administration has launched a comprehensive effort to
prevent teen pregnancy. Data shows we are making progress:
Teen birth rates have fallen four years in a row, by 8 percent from 1991 to 1995, and
appear to have continued to drop since then; and
A new study, released today by HHS, shows the percentage of teenagers who have had
sex declined by 10 percent in the 1990s (from 55 percent in 1990 to 50 percent in 1995).
However, there is still much work to do. More than 4 out of 10 young women become pregnant
before age 20 and 75 percent of those who give birth do so outside of marriage. Teen pregnancy
remains a major social problem for this country and one that none of us can ignore.
Administration Accomplishments
Since 1993, the Administration has supported innovative and promising teen pregnancy
prevention strategies tailored to the unique needs of communities. HHS-supported
programs already reach about 30 percent or 1,410 communities in the United States.
In his 1995 State of the Union address, President Clinton challenged "parents and leaders
across the country to join together in a national campaign against teen pregnancy to
make a difference." In response to his challenge, The National Campaign to Prevent
Teen Pregnancy was formed. The national campaign is a private nonprofit organization
dedicated to preventing teen pregnancy by supporting values and fostering actions that
are consistent with a pregnancy-free adolescence. This month marks the national
campaign's first anniversary.
The President has consistently supported efforts to reduce teen pregnancy as part of
welfare reform, and the law he signed in August 1996 contains several important
provisions:
Unmarried minor parents are required to stay in school and live at home, or in an
adult-supervised setting, in order to receive assistance;
The law encourages "second chance homes" -- adult-supervised residential homes
designed to provide teen parents with the skills and support they need;
$50 million a year in new funding for state abstinence education activities is
provided starting FY 1998;
The law includes the toughest ever child support enforcement measurements
which send a strong message to young boys and girls that they should not have
children until they are ready to provide for them.
Just yesterday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala announced two
new community grant programs to prevent teen pregnancy and promote responsible
behavior. One program will be aimed at teenage girls and the other at teenage boys.
Each of the grant programs will total about $1 million per year and involve public-private
partnerships organized by individual communities.
The Secretary also released a new study that shows that teen sexual activity declined from
55 to 50 percent in the 1990s after increasing steadily for more than two decades. The
decline is small -- 10 percent -- but is significant because it shows that the long-term
increase in teenage sexual activity may finally be over. This data is part of a new study
of child bearing and family planning covering all women 15-44.
FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TEEN PREGNANCY
THE EAST ROOM
MAY 2, 1997
[Acknowledgments: Governor Tom Kean, Board Chairman of the National Campaign to
Prevent Teen Pregnancy; Bel Sawhill, Ph.D., the Campaign's President; and Sarah Brown,
Director of the National Campaign.]
Thank you for joining me as we mark the beginning of teen pregnancy prevention month
and the first anniversary of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. In his
1995 State of the Union address, the President called on parents and leaders across the
country to join together to prevent teen pregnancy. You met that challenge and formed
the nonpartisan, non-profit National Campaign. I want to thank you for all of your work
over the past year: including your work on Capitol Hill to generate interest in teen
pregnancy; your leadership in forging partnerships among government, business, the
media, and others; your support for state and local action; and your series of informative
and insightful reports. I am particularly happy to welcome you here today to recognize
the National Campaign's first 12 honorees -- leaders whose efforts to prevent teen
pregnancy are making a difference across the country.
Teen pregnancy is a serious problem in the United States. Four in ten girls become
pregnant at least once before turning 20, and 75% of teenagers who have children are
not married.
Having a child as a teenager limits a young mother's likelihood of finishing high school
and increases the chances that she will end up in poverty. And the children of teen
parents often suffer. They have poorer health, more difficulty in school, and a greater
chance of being abused or neglected. With the new information we have about the
importance of the earliest years of childhood, it is especially heartbreaking to think that
children are being born to parents who are not yet prepared to care for, nurture and
stimulate them.
We are making progress. We are heartened that the teen birth rate has fallen four years in
a row after reaching its highest point in two decades in 1991. And an HHS study released
yesterday has given us more encouraging news by showing that teenage sexual activity
has dropped for the first time since the survey began 20 years ago.
The President is committed to reducing teen pregnancy. Since 1993, the Administration
has supported innovative and promising teen pregnancy prevention strategies in over
1,400 communities across the country. Just yesterday, Secretary Shalala announced two
new grants to prevent teen pregnancy and promote responsible behavior. One grant, part
of the Girl Power! Campaign, will give communities tools to work with girls between the
ages of nine and 14 to build self-esteem and prevent teen pregnancy, as well as smoking
and drug use. The other will help communities educate boys and encourage them to
make responsible decisions.
In addition, the welfare law signed by the President contains several provisions to prevent
teen pregnancy. It requires that unmarried minor parents stay in school and live at home
or in an adult-supervised setting in order to receive assistance, invests $50 million each
year beginning in fiscal year 1998 for state abstinence education activities, and includes
tough child support enforcement measures.
The unifying theme of the President's work on teen pregnancy is that there is no one size
fits all answer to teen pregnancy. We know that people in communities around the
country are developing unique and diverse solutions that are making a real difference.
The Administration is dedicated to supporting and fostering these community-based
efforts.
That is why I am so pleased today to recognize the leaders of 12 organizations that are
being honored by the National Campaign. [RECOGNIZE EACH OF THE HONOREES.
ASK THEM EACH TO STAND BUT ASK AUDIENCE TO HOLD APPLAUSE
UNTIL THE END.]
Elayne Bennett, President and Founder of the Best Friends Foundation, a school-
based program reaching about 2,000 girls in 15 cities to promote responsible behavior
and abstinence, and to build self-esteem. I would also like to recognize Alma Powell,
Chair of the National Council and a member of the board of the Best Friends Foundation,
who is also here today.
Patricia Canessa, President of the Board of the National Organization on Adolescent
Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention, who has brought together a diverse network of
health care providers, education and social service professionals, and national, state and
community leaders to reduce teen pregnancy.
Russell C. Deyo, Vice President of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies
and the Chair of Johnson & Johnson's Corporate Contributions Committee, for
Johnson & Johnson's civic commitment and ongoing support of this cause.
Sue Cameron, County Commissioner of Tillamook County, Oregon, who through
unity of purpose and diversity of means have achieved dramatic success -- reducing the
teen pregnancy rate in the county by nearly 75% between 1990 and 1994.
Gloria Feldt, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., who
unfortunately could not be here, for the work she and Planned Parenthood have done to
encourage families to communicate about this difficult issue. Michael McGee, the Vice
President of Educational Services at Planned Parenthood, is here today on her behalf.
Eric Graham, President of Children's Express, who through journalism has given
children a voice on this and other important issues.
Susan Wilson, Executive Director for the Network for Family Life Education at
Rutgers University, for creating a forum for teens to discuss pregnancy, abstinence,
drugs and other issues.
Dr. Wade Horn, Director of the National Fatherhood Initiative, who has worked to
improve the well-being of children by increasing the chances that they will grow up with
loving, committed and responsible fathers.
Edward Pitt, Associate Director of the Fatherhood Project, and Director for the
National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families at the Families and Work
Institute, who has also been a strong voice for the role of fathers and other men in the
lives of children and teens.
Marion Howard, Ph.D., Clinical Director of the Grady Teen Services Program, who,
since the 1970s, has run innovative programs and paired them with rigorous evaluations,
thereby increasing our knowledge about how to prevent teen pregnancy.
Sheila Johnson, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Black
Entertainment Television (BET), who has used the media to raise awareness on this
critical issue and will host a live, nationally-televised town meeting on teen pregnancy
tomorrow.
Ann S. Moore, President of People Magazine, who printed a compelling cover story on
teen pregnancy which informed millions of Americans about the serious consequences of
teen pregnancy.
I am grateful for the work of all of these honorees, the National Campaign, and so many
others who are with us today. You show all of us that while there are no easy answers -
as the title of one of the National Campaign reports so rightly suggests -- there are
approaches that can work if everyone who has a stake in this problem and in the future of
our children dedicate ourselves to the challenge.
I'd like to introduce someone who has done just that. Governor Kean, the Board
Chairman of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, the President of Drew
University, and the former Governor of New Jersey, has been a powerful and determined
voice in the battle against teen pregnancy. I am so happy, Governor Kean, that you could
be with us today.
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4:25pm
Classroom, J.O. Wilson Elementary School
HRC Hold: Custodian's Office
Phone: 202/724-4707
Fax: 202/724-5575 (in GED multi-purpose room)
OPEN PRESS
FORMAT:
--
The First Lady and Secretary Riley view
exhibits of after-school activities.
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 30 people to attend.
4:25pm-
MEET AND GREET w/ AFTER-SCHOOL SPORTS TEAMS
4:30pm
Hallway
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J.O. Wilson Elementary School
HRC Hold: Custodian's Office
Phone: 202/724-4707
Fax: 202/724-5575 (in GED multi-purpose room)
CLOSED PRESS
FORMAT:
-- The First Lady and Secretary Riley pose for a
group photo with the uniformed members of the
after-school sports teams.
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 25 people to attend.
4:30pm-
ADDRESS WASHINGTON INTERFAITH NETWORK EVENT
10pm
Multi-Purpose Room
J.O. Wilson Elementary School
HRC Hold: Custodian's Office
Phone: 202/724-4707
Fax: 202/724-5575 (in GED multi-purpose room)
OPEN PRESS
PROGRAM:
-- The First Lady, accompanied by Erma Fields,
Carol Wheeler, and Secretary Riley, proceeds
to the stage.
-- The First Lady proceeds to her chair.
NOTE: The First Lady is seated next to
Secretary Riley and Erma Fields.
-- The Choir performs a song.
--
Erma Fields delivers brief remarks and
introduces Carol Wheeler, Washington
Interfaith Network.
-- Carol Wheeler, Washington Interfaith Network,
delivers brief remarks and introduces Rev.
Joseph Daniels.
-- Rev. Joseph Daniels, Washington Interfaith
Network, delivers brief remarks and
introduces the First Lady.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1997
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--
The First Lady delivers remarks and
introduces Secretary Richard Riley.
-- Secretary Riley delivers remarks.
-- Upon conclusion of remarks, The First Lady,
accompanied by Erma Fields, Carol Wheeler,
Washington Interfaith Network, Rev. Joseph
Daniels and Secretary Riley, proceeds to the
front row of the auditorium.
--
First and second grade students perform an
African Dancing and Drum musical piece.
-- Students, TBD, read poems.
-- Upon conclusion of the poetry reading,
the First Lady departs.
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 300 people to attend.
5:15pm
DEPART J.O. Wilson Elementary School
EN ROUTE The White House
[drive time: 20 minutes]
5:35pm
ARRIVE South Portico
5:40pm-
DOWN TIME
7:10pm
:15pm-
WETA "IN PERFORMANCE"
9:30pm
South Lawn Event
POOL PRESS
FORMAT:
-- The President and First Lady are announced
onto the stage.
-- First Lady makes welcoming remarks and
introduces the President.
-- The President makes brief remarks and
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introduces group TBD.
-- The President and First Lady proceed to their
seats.
-- Entertainment begins.
-- Upon conclusion of entertainment, the
President and First Lady proceed on stage.
-- The President thanks performers.
-- The President and First Lady depart.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 16, 1997
Title IX: Celebrating 25 Years of Progress
DATE:
June 17, 1997
LOCATION:
Room 450
TIME:
11:00 a.m.
FROM:
Maria Echaveste
Elena Kagan E.L.
I.
PURPOSE
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Title IX, receive a report on progress made under
Title IX, and sign an executive memorandum strengthening Title IX enforcement and
applying Title IX's nondiscrimination principles to federally conducted education
programs.
II.
BACKGROUND
Monday, June 23 marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972. Title IX, one of the nation's landmark civil rights laws, was
enacted by Congress to prohibit sex discrimination in all aspects of American education
-- in the classroom, in course offerings, in the school workplace, and on athletic fields.
Executive Directive Strengthening Title IX Enforcement and Addressing Discrimination
on the Basis of Sex, Race, Color and National Origin in Federally Conducted Education
Programs
You will issue an executive memorandum to the heads of executive agencies and
departments. The memorandum has two parts:
First, the memorandum directs each federal agency to develop a plan to enforce Title IX.
A number of agencies have never adopted regulations or complaint procedures to enforce
Title IX. This memorandum will require all federal agencies to consult with the Attorney
General and report back to you within 90 days on measures to ensure effective
enforcement, including methods to make all recipients of federal financial assistance
aware of their obligation not to discriminate and to put in place grievance procedures to
handle Title IX complaints.
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Second, the memorandum addresses discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color and
national origin in federally conducted education programs and activities. Currently, Title
IX generally prohibits discrimination based on sex, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 generally prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in
education programs or activities that receive federal assistance. However, these laws do
not apply to comparable education programs or activities that are conducted by the
federal government. The executive memorandum will take action against discrimination
in education programs or activities conducted by the federal government as well. It will
not affect military training programs (just as Titles IX and VI do not apply to military
training), but it will cover the military's civilian programs, including the schools it
operates.
We are not aware of any particular incidents of discrimination in federal agencies. This
order will simply hold the federal government to the same standards of non-
discrimination in educational opportunities that we now apply to education programs
receiving federal assistance.
A draft memorandum is attached for your review.
Department of Education Report on Title IX: 25 Years of Progress
Today, Department of Education Secretary Riley will present you with a report entitled
Title IX: 25 Years of Progress, which provides an overview of the educational gains made
by women and girls since Title IX's passage. The report shows that:
The percentage of women receiving medical degrees increased from 9 to 38
percent. The percentage of women receiving law degrees rose from 7 to 43
percent in 1972.
More than 100,000 women participate in intercollegiate athletics, which is a
four-fold increase since 1971.
Girls are slightly more likely than boys to complete high school. In 1995, 87
percent of young adult females had completed high school compared to 86 percent
of young adult males. Almost equal proportions of males and females are taking
vocational-technical courses, and girls are most likely to be enrolled in business
programs.
The report also notes that there is still more to be done to ensure true equality for women
and girls. For example, even though women make up over half of the labor market, they
are often paid less than men. In 1993, women who had majored in the natural sciences
earned 15 percent less than men who majored in the same field.
A pre-publication copy of the report is included in your briefing book.
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III.
PARTICIPANTS
Briefing
Secretary Riley
Judith Winston, General Counsel, Department of Education
Norma Cantu, Assistant Secretary, Office of Civil Rights, Department of Education
Maria Echaveste
Elena Kagan
Jennifer Klein
Event
The First Lady
Secretary Riley
Verelett Allen (Washington, DC) graduated from the Wider Opportunities for Women
(WOW) electronics program in 1981 and is the Coordinator for the YWCA/HCCE Non-
Traditional Employment for Women Program and founder and Executive Director of
Women's Work, Inc., Silver Springs, MD.
Dr. Nelba Chavez (Silver Springs, MD) is one of the key leaders of HHS' Girl Power
campaign and the first Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA). She is also the first Hispanic to head an agency within the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Captain Robin Forster (Baltimore, MD) is a firefighter at Station 10 in Parkville, MD,
and a member of International Association of Firefighters.
Anne Jarvis Jefferson (Winona, MN) has distinguished herself as one of the most
accomplished young scientists in our country. Ms. Jefferson is a U.S. Presidential Scholar
and has also won the Pinnacle Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
Anne will be introducing you.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (East St. Louis, IL) is one of the most accomplished female track and
field athletes of all time. Competing in four Olympic Games, she won six medals (3 gold)
and set numerous World and American records in the heptathlon and long jump.
Dr. Sally K. Ride (La Jolla, CA) became the first American woman to fly in space when the
space shuttle Challenger took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 18, 1983. Ride
served as mission specialist on two Challenger flights.
Audience
150 attendees including:
Members of Congress (Representatives Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)(Co-Chair,
Women's Caucus); Maxine Waters (D-CA); Deborah Ann Stabenow (D-MI);
Patsy Mink (D-HI); Karen McCarthy (D-MO); Rosa DeLauro (D-CT); Ellen
Tauscher (D-CA); Nita Lowey (D-NY); Cynthia McKinney (D-GA); Carolyn
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Kilpatrick (D-MI); Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY).
57 Representatives from the Coalition of Women and Girls in Education;
Marcia Greenberger and others from the National Women's Law Center;
12 Board Members of your Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (Jeffrey Blatnick, Randal
Claytor, Wayne Henry, Joani Komlos, Deborah Larkin, Dorothy McKnight, Thomas
McMillen, John O'Leary, Sandy Perlmutter, Maria Stefan, Barbara Van Blake,
Carmen Delgado Votaw);
4 eighth grade girls from the Thomas Edison Center for Technology's Biotechnology
Summer Focus Program: Fun With DNA, and their program sponsor;
Other leaders and supporters of Title IX.
IV.
PRESS PLAN
Open.
V.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
The President and First Lady greet program participants.
Program participants are announced onto stage.
The President, First Lady and Secretary Riley are announced onto stage.
The First Lady makes remarks and introduces Sec. Riley.
Sec. Riley makes remarks, presents the Title IX report to the President, and
introduces Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee makes remarks and introduces Anne Jarvis Jefferson.
Anne Jarvis Jefferson makes remarks and introduces the President.
The President speaks and signs executive memorandum surrounded by program
participants.
VI.
REMARKS
To be provided by speechwriters.
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A CELEBRATION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITLE IX
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
"TITLE IX: 25 YEARS OF PROGRESS"
JUNE 17, 1997
Today, the U.S. Department of Education is releasing "Title IX: 25 Years of Progress," a
report which summarizes the status and accomplishments of women and girls due to Title
IX initiatives and programs. The following are highlights from the report.
Monday, June 23, 1997 marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972. Title IX, one of the nation's landmark civil rights laws, was enacted by
Congress to eliminate sex discrimination in all aspects of American education - in the classroom,
in course offerings, in the school workplace, and on the athletic fields.
Title IX has brought down many barriers that once prevented girls and women from choosing
the educational opportunities and adult careers they would have liked to pursue. Indeed, the
barriers were so ingrained, they affected all women, regardless of who they were. For instance, in
1966, Luci Baines Johnson, the daughter of President Lyndon Johnson, was refused readmission
to Georgetown University's school of nursing after her marriage because the school did not permit
married women to be students.
Twenty-five years after its passage, Title IX has helped bring about profound changes in
American education and the resulting improvements in the educational and related job
opportunities for millions of young Americans.
PROGRESS IN ACADEMICS
In 1994, 27 percent of both men and women had earned a bachelor's degree. In 1991,
about 18 percent of young women and 27 percent of young men had completed 4 or
more years of college.
In 1992, women earned the majority of master's degrees (191,000), whereas the
majority of master's degrees were conferred to men in 1977 (161,800).
In 1994, women received 38 percent of medical degrees and 43 percent of law
degrees. In 1972, women earned only 9 percent of medical degrees and 7 percent of
law degrees.
PROGRESS IN ATHLETICS
Today, over 100,000 women participate in intercollegiate athletics- a four-fold
increase since 1971.
In 1996, 2.4 million high school girls represented 39 percent of all high school athletes,
compared to only 300,000 or 7.5 percent in 1971.
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American women won a record 19 Olympic medals in the 1996 Summer Olympic
Games.
In athletics, Title IX compliance is governed by a three part test. Colleges and
universities that are attempting to comply with Title IX in terms of increased sports
participation for women are required to be in compliance with only one part of that test.
The three parts of this test are:
Participation opportunities for men and women are "substantially proportionate" to
their respective undergraduate enrollments.
The institution has a history and continuing practice of program expansion that is
responsive to the developing interests and abilities of the under represented sex
(typically female).
The institution is meeting the interests and abilities of its female students even where
there are disproportionately fewer females than males participating in sports.
THE NEXT TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
Today, even with the many advances women have made in academics, employment
and athletics, we still need to recognize some dismaying facts in our efforts to achieve
equality:
In athletics, there are still about 24,000 more boys' high school varsity teams than
girls' teams, women receive only one-third of all collegiate athletic scholarships, and
operating expenditures for women's college sports programs represents only 23
percent of the total operating expenses.
Although women earn half of all college degrees, they are still less likely than men to
earn bachelor's or advanced degrees in high-paying fields such as engineering,
mathematics and computer and physical sciences- fields in which women are under
represented.
Even though women make up half of the labor market, they are often paid less than
men. In 1993, women who had majored in the natural sciences earned 15 percent less
than men who majored in the same field.
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT:
Strengthening Title IX Enforcement and Addressing
Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Race, Color,
and National Origin in Federally-Conducted
Education Programs and Activities
As we commemorate the 25th anniversary of Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972, we should pause to recognize
the significant progress our Nation has made in increasing
educational possibilities for women and girls and recommit
ourselves to the goals of this important legislation. Title IX
has broken down barriers and expanded opportunities -- opening
classroom doors, playing fields, and even the frontiers of space
to women and girls across this country.
My Administration is working hard to expand further opportuni-
ties for women and girls. We have stepped up enforcement of
civil rights statutes in areas such as access to advanced math
and science programs. We have issued policy guidance on racial
and sexual harassment and on ensuring equal opportunities in
intercollegiate athletics. We have aggressively litigated cases
presenting significant issues of discrimination, including cases
challenging the exclusion of women from VMI and the Citadel. My
Administration has also sponsored an education campaign to help
young girls build skills, confidence, and good health. Finally,
my Administration has reaped the benefits of an ever increasing
pool of superbly qualified women, making it possible for me to
appoint record numbers of women to my Cabinet, judicial posts,
and to high levels of decision-making throughout the Federal
Government.
Yet more needs to be done. Our Nation is stronger when all of
our citizens have the opportunity to reach their full potential
and contribute to our society. Today, I am announcing two
important next steps in our fight to reach true equality in
education.
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First, I am directing executive departments and agencies to
develop vigorous, new Title IX enforcement plans. We must
ensure that all Federal agencies that provide financial assis-
tance to education programs or activities take all necessary
steps to ensure that programs and institutions receiving
Federal money do not discriminate on the basis of sex.
I therefore direct all heads of executive departments and
agencies that provide financial assistance to education programs
or activities, following consultation with the Attorney General,
to report back within 90 days on measures to ensure effective
enforcement of Title IX. This should include a description
of department or agency priorities for enforcement, methods
to make recipients of Federal financial assistance aware of
their obligation not to discriminate, and grievance procedures
to handle Title IX complaints. In accordance with Executive
Order 12250, the Attorney General should coordinate imple-
mentation of these measures.
Second, I am asking executive departments and agencies to take
appropriate action against discrimination in education programs
or activities conducted by the Federal Government. Currently,
Title IX generally prohibits discrimination based on sex --
and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 generally
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or
national origin -- in education programs or activities that
receive Federal financial assistance. However, these laws do
not apply to comparable education programs or activities that
are conducted by the Federal Government. I believe it is
essential that the Federal Government hold itself to the same
principles of nondiscrimination in educational opportunities
that we now apply to education programs and activities of state
and local governments and private institutions receiving Federal
financial assistance.
Applying these principles to appropriate Federally conducted
education programs and activities will complement existing
laws and regulations that prohibit other forms of discrimi-
nation in Federally conducted education programs -- including
discrimination against people with disabilities (prohibited by
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973) and discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex or national origin against Federal
employees (prohibited by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964)
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I therefore direct all heads of executive departments and
agencies to report to the Attorney General within 60 days:
(1) identifying and describing education programs or
activities conducted by the executive department or agency
(including the approximate budget and size of the program).
An education program or activity includes any civilian
academic, extracurricular, research, occupational training,
or other education activity conducted by the Federal
Government. Examples of Federally conducted education
programs would include elementary and secondary schools
operated by the Department of Defense for dependent
children of eligible personnel; Federally conducted
educational research; and educational fellowships
awarded directly by Federal agencies to students; and
(2) describing any substantive or procedural issues that
might arise under these education programs or activities
related to prohibiting discrimination based on sex, race,
color and national origin in the program or activity, in
order to aid in determining where application of remedial
efforts would be appropriate.
On the basis of these reports, I intend to issue an Executive
Order implementing appropriate restrictions against sex, race,
color, and national origin discrimination in Federally conducted
education programs. I direct the Attorney General to report to
me within 60 days after receiving these reports with the results
of her review and a proposal for an appropriate and effective
Executive Order.
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
REMARKS FOR TITLE IX EVENT
THE WHITE HOUSE
JUNE 17, 1997
Acknowledgments: Sec. Riley: Dr. Nelda Chavez, Administrator, HHS Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Administration; Members of Congress; Sally Ride; Jackie Joyner-Kersee;
Ann Jaryis Jefferson; Verelett [vair-uh-LETT] Allen, electronic technician; Capt. Robin J.
Forster, Baltimore County firefighter.
As we have just heard from all the speakers before me, for too many years, too many
young women like Hillary were told to put aside their dreams of becoming astronauts -- a dream
finally fulfilled in space by Sally Ride; too many brilliant athletes like Jackie Joyner Kersee had
to jump hurdles off of the field just to get the training they needed on the field; and too many
aspiring young scientists like Ann Jarvis Jefferson learned more about home economics than
nuclear physics.
Title IX changed all that and it changed the face of America. We have heard about the
huge difference it has made in the lives of millions of girls and young women. We have heard
about the confidence it has built, the high expectations it has set, and the achievements it has
helped to inspire. But today I want you to focus on something else. the impact Title IX has
had on our country.
If we have learned anything in the 25 years since Title IX became law, it is that
expanding opportunity for any American benefits every American
and
wasted
opportunity
diminishes us all. As we prepare ourselves for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st
century, it would be sheer folly not to take advantage of every ounce of energy, talent, and
creativity that every American has to offer. More than ever, we know that we cannot afford to
waste even one person.
Just think of what our country would be like without Sally Ride, or Jackie Joyner Kersee,
or any one of the countless women whose contributions are helping to shape our future. I
certainly cannot imagine what my administration would look like without the record number of
women I have been proud to appoint to cabinet-level positions. And every girl in America has
the potential to become an astronaut or an Olympic athlete, a Cabinet Secretary or a Supreme
Court Justice. Every girl in America has the power to change the world. And we have got to
make sure that their power doesn't go to waste.
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For 25 years, Title IX has helped girls to realize their dreams, and to achieve them. But
in spite of our progress, we still have far to go. Far too many schools and education programs
are still dragging their feet, and lagging behind in their responsibility to our nation's young
women and girls. That is why today, I am directing every agency and executive department to
step up their enforcement of Title IX within the next 60 days, by reviewing their current
regulations and complaint procedures and consulting with the Attorney General on the best way
to improve them.
I want every school and educational program in America to understand that complying
with Title IX is not an optional obligation-- it is the law, and we will enforce it.
There is no question that America is better off because of Title IX. But we can go even
further to provide all of our people with the opportunity they need to make the most of their
lives. Currently, Title IX only applies to educational programs and activities that receive funding
from the national government, not to the educational programs that the national government runs
itself. These include the schools run by the Department of Defense and the Burcau of Indian
Affairs, and educational fellowships awarded directly to students.
I believe that the national government must hold itself to the same high standards it
expects from everyone else, especially when it comes to discrimination in education. Today, I
am announcing that following a 60-day study, and on the Attorney General's recommendation, I
will act to prohibit educational discrimination on the basis of sex, race, or national origin in all
federally conducted education programs. With this step, we are saying we will not tolerate
discrimination anywhere and we will do everything in our power to overcome it.
On the desk outside the Oval Office there is a little sign with a quote from a woman who
lives here in Washington. I look at it every day when I go into work, and it says: "I rejoice in
others' success, knowing there is plenty for us all." Today, we are making sure that all of our
people and every one of our girls and young women have the opportunity they need to make
their own success, and we know there is plenty for us all.
Thank you and God bless you.
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HEADLINE: Law gave women a chance;
President Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and some of the women who benefited from
Title IX were at the White House to celebrate the law's 25th anniversary.
SOURCE: News Services
DATELINE: Washington, D.C.
BODY:
Joined by former astronaut Sally Ride and Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee, President Clinton hailed
the 25th anniversary Tuesday of a law barring sex discrimination in schools.
Clinton also broadened the reach of the law, ordering federal agencies to follow it even though some
programs aren't technically covered. The order would apply to schools run by the Defense Department
and Bureau of Indian Affairs, as well as the awarding of fellowships and other aid.
"Too many schools and education programs still drag their feet," Clinton told a reunion of Title IX
supporters in the Old Executive Office Building next to the White House.
He exulted that today there are 2.3 million girls in high-school athletic programs compared with 300,000
in 1972 and that women now get 38 percent of all medical degrees and 43 percent of law degrees, up
from 9 percent and 7 percent, respectively, in 1972.
Title IX did not cause women to succeed, Clinton said. "But it did give them the chance to make the
most of their abilities."
At Tuesday's event, the women told stories of life before and after Title IX, which is best known for
promoting equality in school athletics but was equally important in opening academics.
Joyner-Kersee, winner of six Olympic medals in track and field, recalled having to practice long jumps
at 8 p.m. because that was the only time available for the women. She noted that even after Title IX was
passed, it often isn't enforced.
Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that when she was in high school her coach told her that women
couldn't play full-court basketball because "girls' hearts wouldn't take that kind of running." The First
Lady, a lawyer, remembered, too, how some colleges were closed to her.
Ride, who on June 18, 1983, became the first American woman to fly in space, witnessed Title IX as an
athlete and as a scientist. She played tennis at Stanford University, but had no scholarship. "I would have
appreciated Title IX being earlier," she told reporters after the event.
Anne Jarvis Jefferson, 18, of Winona, Minn., an award-winning environmental scientist, said she's spent
the past four years wading through mud, driving holes in ice, mapping islands, fixing boats and doing
other "unlady-like things" while studying sediment processes in the Mississippi River.
An incoming freshman at Johns Hopkins University, Jefferson said her interest in science stems from her
mother, a biology professor at Winona State University, and because "no one ever told me I could not be
a scientist because I am female." After her remarks, Jefferson introduced the president.
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HEADLINE: Jackie Joyner-Kersee Joins President at White House Title IX Celebration
DATELINE: BEAVERTON, Ore., June 16
BODY:
Legendary athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee will join President Clinton, Hillary Clinton and
other distinguished guests at the White House on June 17 in a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Title
IX, the federal law banning discrimination on the basis of gender in education. The event will highlight
the effects of the law in all areas of education, including sports.
While the event is a celebration, the President also will make a policy statement concerning the law.
Joyner-Kersee will speak about the tremendous effect the law has had in expanding women's
opportunities in sports. Mrs. Clinton, Secretary of Education Richard Reilly and Anne Jarvis
Jefferson, winner of the Intel award for science and engineering, will also speak.
The event will take place at 11:00 a.m. in the Old Executive Office Building with invited guests,
including members of Congress and the media. A reception, sponsored by the Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Youth Foundation, will take place following the event.
Joyner-Kersee twice won Olympic gold medals in the heptathlon and once in the long jump in a career
that spans four Olympic Games, from 1984 through 1996. Her trophy case also holds three more
Olympic medals (silver, heptathlon and two long jump bronze medals) and three straight Goodwill
Games gold medals for the heptathlon. She holds the world heptathlon record and the American long
jump record.
Joyner-Kersee is equally dedicated to giving to her community and to youth. She is Co-Chair of
P.L.A.Y. (Participate in the Lives of America's Youth), NIKE's program to increase the availability and
quality of sports opportunities for kids. She also created the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center
Foundation and works to improve recreational opportunities for kids in East St. Louis, III., where she
grew up.
Joyner-Kersee's visit to the White House has been made possible by NIKE as part of its support for girls
and women in sports. NIKE's support of women's sports includes sponsorship of elite athletes, sports
leagues, U.S. national teams, events, youth programs and educational programs.
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SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1997
FINAL
WASHINGTON, D.C. / CLEVELAND, OH
TRAVELING PARTY:
THE FIRST LADY
BERRY
MARSHALL
FARMER
CLEVELAND
ROB ROSEN
ROOM 2207
LEAD ADVANCE:
SHERATON CITY CENTER
216/771-7600
PHONE
216/771-5129
FAX
202/395-1839
CELL
SITE ADVANCE:
DENVER PEACOCK
ROOM 1302
RON MEYER
ROOM 1318
PRESS ADVANCE:
MARK BERNSTEIN
ROOM 1317
SCHEDULER:
JAYCEE PRIBULSKY
202/456-2922
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202/456-5340
FAX
202/544-4123
HOME
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PREV RON
THE WHITE HOUSE
10:30am-
PRIVATE MEETING
11:00am
Yellow Oval Room
CLOSED PRESS/WH PHOTO ONLY
11:00am-
FRIENDS OF ART AND PRESERVATION OF EMBASSIES
12:00pm
State Floor
OPEN PRESS
-- The First Lady proceeds to the Red Room for a
briefing.
-- Upon conclusion of the briefing, the First
Lady proceeds to the Blue Room to greet
guests.
NOTE: Please see briefing book for list.
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1997
PAGE 2
-- Upon conclusion of the meet and greet, the
First Lady, accompanied by Jo Carole Lauder
Ann Gund and Ellsworth Kelly, are announced
into the East Room.
-- The First Lady proceeds to stage on the south
side of the room.
-- The First Lady delivers welcoming remarks and
introduces Jo Carole Lauder.
-- Jo Carole Lauder makes brief remarks and
introduces Ann Gund.
-- Ann Gund makes brief remarks and introduces
Ellsworth Kelly.
-- Ellsworth Kelly unveils his print.
-- Upon conclusion of the remarks, the First
Lady returns to the podium and invites guests
to the reception in the State Dining Room.
-- The First Lady proceeds to the Blue Room for
a receiving line.
-- Upon conclusion of the receiving line, the
First Lady departs.
1:45pm-
EUROPE TRIP MEETING
2: 45pm
Residence
CLOSED PRESS/NO WH PHOTO
2: 5pm-
PRIVATE MEETING
3: 00pm
Map Room
CLOSED PRESS/NO WH PHOTO
3: 00pm-
PRIVATE MEETING
3: 30pm
Diplomatic Reception Room
CLOSED PRESS/NO WH PHOTO
3: 40pm
DEPART The South Portico
EN ROUTE Andrews Air Force Base
[drive time: 25 minutes]
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1997
PAGE 3
4: 05pm
ARRIVE Andrews Air Force Base
4:15pm
WHEELS UP Andrews Air Force Base
FLIGHT TIME: 1 HOUR 5 MINUTES
5:20pm
WHEELS DOWN Cleveland, OH
Burke/Lakefront Airport
FBO: Million Air
Phone: 216/861-2030
Fax: 216/861-3417
CLOSED PRESS/CLOSED PUBLIC
Greeters:
-Mayor Michael White
5:30pm
DEPART Burke/Lakefront Airport
EN ROUTE Sheraton City Center
[drive time: 10 minutes]
5:40pm
ARRIVE Sheraton City Center
Greeters (outside of the Board Room) :
-Cynthia Friedman, National Chair, Women's Leadership Forum
-Janice Griffin, National Vice-Chair, Women's Leadership Forum
6:00pm-
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
6:45pm
Board Room, Sheraton City Center
HRC Hold: Room 2203
Phone: 216/771-7600
Fax: 216/566-0736
Staff Hold: Room 2207
CLOSED PRESS/OFFICIAL PHOTO ONLY
FORMAT:
-- The First Lady enters the Board Room and
proceeds around the conference table to greet
each guest.
-- Janice Griffin will moderate an open
discussion.
NOTE: The First Lady is seated next to Janice
Griffin and Jane Campbell.
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1997
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-- Upon conclusion of the discussion, the First
Lady departs.
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 10 people to attend.
6:50pm-
MEET AND GREET
7:15pm
Dulder-Hassler Room, Sheraton City Center
Sixth Floor
HRC Hold: n/a
Phone: 216/771-7600
Fax: 216/566-0736
Staff Hold: Utility Room
CLOSED PRESS/OFFICIAL PHOTO ONLY
FORMAT:
-- The First Lady greets guests from left to
right in a photo receiving line.
NOTE: Amy Conroy will introduce the guests
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 40 people to attend.
Greeter (outside of the West Ballroom) :
-Mayor Michael White
PRE-PROGRAM:
- -Susan Turnbull, National Board Member, WLF
-Janice Griffin, National Vice-Chair, WLF
7:20pm-
WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP FORUM FUNDRAISER
7:50pm
West Ballroom, Sheraton City Center
Sixth Floor
HRC Hold: n/a
Phone: 216/771-7600
Fax: 216/566-0736
Staff Hold:
OPEN PRESS
SCHEDULE FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1997
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PROGRAM:
-- Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, County Prosecutor,
delivers an on-stage announcement of The
First Lady, accompanied by, Jane Campbell,
County Commissioner and Mayor White.
-- The First Lady, accompanied by Jane Campbell,
County Commissioner and Mayor White, proceeds
to the stage.
--
Stephanie Tubbs-Jones delivers introduces
Mayor White.
-- Mayor White delivers brief remarks and
introduces Jane Campbell.
-- Jane Campbell delivers brief remarks and
introduces the First Lady.
-- The First Lady delivers remarks.
-- Upon conclusion of remarks, The First Lady
exits stage left and works a ropeline from
left to right and departs.
PARTICIPANTS: Approx. 225 people to attend.
RON
CLEVELAND, OH
SHERATON CITY CENTER
WEATHER FORECAST FOR WASHINGTON, D.C.:
-Mostly sunny, hot and humid. Wind south at 5 to 10 knots. Low
69. High 88.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR CLEVELAND, OH:
-Showers likely. High 70 to 75. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
Chance of rain 60 percent.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1997
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HEADLINE: FIRST LADY VISITS CITY TOMORROW FOR FUND-RAISER
BYLINE: By EVELYN THEISS; POLITICS WRITER
BODY:
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will be in Cleveland tomorrow for a fund-raiser for the
Women's Leadership Forum of the Democratic National Committee.
More than 300 people have purchased $125 tickets to attend the Network '97 reception at the
Sheraton Cleveland City Centre Hotel. The reception will be from 6 to 8 p.m.
Those who buy $1,000 tickets can attend the reception as well as get their photo taken with
the first lady; holders of $5,000 tickets can also participate in a roundtable discussion with her
after the reception.
The roundtable discussion will be limited to about 15 people, said Cuyahoga County
Commissioner Jane Campbell, who helped the DNC arrange the reception.
At the start of the reception, Mrs. Clinton will have her picture taken with 19 young women who
are graduating from the Cleveland schools and who will make their debuts at the Starlight
Cotillion this Sunday.
Network '97 is a membership enrollment program of the Women's Leadership Forum, a
fund-raising organization under the umbrella of the DNC. It grew out of Network '96, started by
the first lady and Tipper Gore as a way to encourage women's financial support of the
Democratic Party and its candidates.
Women who contribute $1,000 or raise $2,000 for Network '97 will be invited to participate in
issue briefings and to attend a National Issues Conference.
Campbell said similar receptions have been held in the last year in New York, Chicago and
Los Angeles. "It's the first time we've had an event like this in Cleveland," she said. "The DNC
wanted to know if it was practical to have one here, and I assured them it was."
She added, "This is the Democratic Party's way of saying that women are an important part of
the party's constituency."
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HEADLINE: WOMEN RALLY TO FIRST LADY'S FUND-RAISER
BYLINE: By EVELYN THEISS; POLITICS WRITER
BODY:
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton candidly told the contributors at a Democratic National
Committee fund-raiser yesterday that she knew they were sticking their necks out.
She put it a bit more delicately. "In today's world, being involved in politics and fund-raising is
something people are concerned about," she told an audience of more than 200 at a Sheraton
Cleveland City Centre Hotel ballroom. "I imagine when some of your friends and colleagues
heard you were coming to this event, they may even have asked why you would want to be
involved in politics."
People still ask her the same thing, she said. "And depending on the day I've had, I could give
a different answer.. today, there are considerable downsides to it. But politics is how we
make decisions together. It's the lifeblood of a democracy."
The first lady was in Cleveland for a fund-raiser for the Women's Leadership Forum of the
Democratic National Committee.
The WLF was started by the first lady and Tipper Gore as a way to encourage women's
financial support of the Democratic Party and its candidates.
Those attending the reception, most of whom were women, paid $125. Those giving $1,000
got photos taken with Mrs. Clinton while $5,000 contributors got to attend a small discussion
group with her.
"I'll bet there isn't a person in this room who wouldn't want to see a different method of funding
is." campaigns," Mrs. Clinton said. "But we have to be willing to put our money where our support
The increasing voice of women in the political process has brought what is, sometimes snidely
referred to as the "feminization" of politics," Mrs. Clinton said. Those are the same people who
criticize the president for concerning himself with medical leaves and lengthening of hospital
stays for new mothers, she added.
"I would call it the humanization of politics and it is long overdue," she said. "We have a
chance to change what happens to our children and grandchildren."
Other countries are watching, she said, referring to her recent visit to Africa, where people
look to the United States "and see a strong vibrant country coming together. They know that
somewhere on this Earth people are making progress - that's what is at stake."
Afterward, Mrs. Clinton shook hands with dozens of those in the crowd as the speakers blared
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Mary Kovack of Medina was one who got to meet Clinton. "I thought her speech was so
inspiring," she said. "And I say that as a fellow mom, attorney and political spouse." Her
husband is Medina Auditor Michael Kovack.
Rhonda Grossman of Cleveland Heights and Jill Stanley of Shaker Heights, both clinical social
workers, also got to meet the first lady up close.
"She has a wonderful way of putting into words what is in your soul," said Stanley.
Shallanna Davis, a recent graduate of South High School, was among two dozen Cleveland
public school graduates who got to attend for free. A highlight was a group photo taken with
the first lady. They all got to shake her hand too. "I thought it was special that she took the
time to do that," Shallanna said.
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Commissioner Jane Campbell and Cleveland Mayor Michael R. White last night while being
honored a the Women's Leadership forum of the Democratic National Committee.; PHOTO 2;
Hillary Rodham Clinton: "In today's world, being involved in politics and fund-raising is
something people are concerned about. I imagine when some of your friends and collegues
heard you were coming to this event, they may even have asked why you would want to be
involved in politics."
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TALKING IT OVER
BY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A man once asked me what I meant when I said, "Women's rights are
human rights, and human rights are women's rights."
I asked him to think of all the rights he as a man enjoyed and apply them
to women. What would it be like if his rights were taken away? What if he were
not allowed to vote? Or inherit property? Or go to school? Or drive? Or hold a
job outside his home? In America, it's easy to lose sight of the importance of
human rights, because our freedoms are guaranteed for both man and women.
When I listen to the stories of women around the world, I am haunted by
the sights, sounds and emotions of those who have been left out of the circle of
human rights. A young woman forced into prostitution, dying of AIDS. A woman
in a refugee camp, holding her children as they die in her arms. Women raped
as a tactic of war or the victims of domestic abuse in their cwn homes. Women
forced to have children in some countries, forced to abort them in others.
These women understand the importance of human rights because
they've lived without them. They believe human rights are as essential to life as
air or water. They know, in spite of everything they are told by culture and
tradition, that these are the rights of the children of God.
This week marks the beginning of a year-long observation of these rights
-- an opportunity to rededicate ourselves to the cause of equal rights for all
humanity.
It was on Dec. 10, 1948, in the aftermath of the unspeakable horrors of
World War II, that the United Nations General Assembly, prodded in large
measure by Eleanor Rooseveit, chair of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights,
adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It defines basic human
rights, from life, liberty and security to freedom from slavery and torture.
In a controversial decision, historic for its time, the Declaration stated that
all of the enumerated rights belong to men and women equally. Yet, even today
-- 50 years later -- full economic, social and political opportunities for women
remain too often an elusive goal.
To be sure, we have made progress. Yet, in many places, the suffering of
women continues, explained away as a "cultural phenomenon." Inheritance
rights for women fall behind those of men. Access by women to equal
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educational opportunities is limited, and illiteracy rates remain
disproportionately high. In some countries, only men enjoy the right to vote, and
women are trafficked as domestic servants, sweatshop workers and prostitutes.
There is no easy answer that will suddenly free women from these
conditions. But, as we embark on this commemorative year, and as we
approach the new century, it's time to bring all human beings into the full
protection of this extraordinary promise.
How can we expect to make progress when women make up half of the
world's population yet remain disproportionately poor? Women and children
are 80 percent of the world's 23 million refugees. Two-thirds of the 130 million
children not in school are girls.
Still too often, we fail to see the connection between women's rights and
human rights. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press, the rights to petition
the government and to assemble - all these are essential. But think how much
weaker these rights are in a nation where the majority of young women are
illiterate. Rights on paper that can't be realized in practice are not really rights at
all.
The full protection of the rights of women is the unfinished business of
this turbulent century.
The beliefs inscribed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were
not invented 50 years ago. They are not the work of a single woman or culture
or country. Some of humanity's bravest lessons emerge only after its deepest
tragedies. This Declaration took shape in a world ravaged by the horrors of
militarism and fascism -- in the wake of the most violent revelation of the depths
to which human beings can dehumanize one another. But these rights have
been with us since civilization's first light.
It is time for the global community to embrace human rights and
especially women's rights once and for all. Now, while we stand at the threshold
of a new millennium, we must rededicate ourselves to completing the work that
farsighted men and women started 50 years ago. We owe it to every woman
who is not living in freedom and security. Women's rights, after all, are human
rights, and human rights are women's rights.
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