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Women's Hall of Fame Dedicated At World's Fair A W om en’s H all of Fam e was dedicated on M ay 27 by R obert Moses, P resid en t of th e New Y ork W orld’s F air. Located in th e O fficial W orld’s F a ir H os p itality C enter in th e P u rex P enthouse of th e B etter L iving C enter, th e H all of F am e pays trib u te to ten living and ten dead o u tstanding A m erican women of th e 20th century who w ere selected by U. S. m agazine and new spaper wom en’s editors from 100 nom inees in all fields of hum an endeavor. H elen K eller and E leanor Roosevelt received th e m ajo rity of votes. Jacqueline Kennedy, who was selected as one of th e top 10 living w inners, expressed h er appreciation b u t stated she is still not accepting any aw ards or honors. F our living w inners attended th e dedication: M arg aret B our ke-W hite, accredited w ar corres pondent to th e U.S. A ir Force in G reat B ritain, No. A frica and E urope in 1942-45, L ife m aga zine photographer, and a u th o r; Helen H ayes, actress, w inner of th e A cadem y A aw ard and TV ’s Em m y A w ard, H onorary P resi dent of A m erican T h eater W ing, form er president of ANTA, and Hon. C hairm an of W A IF ; D r. Frances 0 . Kelsey, governm ent official, m edical officer w ith th e Food & D rug A dm inistration, re cipient of th e P resid en t’s A w ard for D istinguished F ederal Civil ian Service for h er refu sal to approve distribution of m alform - ing thalidom ide drug; M argaret Mead, anthropologist, cu rato r of Ethnology a t A m erican Mu seum of N a tu ral H isto ry since 1942, th e au th o r of m any books contributing to study of ethnic cultures — “Coming of Age in Sam oa,” “Soviet A ttitu d es To w ard A u th o rity ,” etc., m em ber of Columbia U niversity ^ faculty and M enninger Foundation. The other living m em bers of th e new W om en’s H all of Fam e a r e : Helen Keller, deaf and blind au th o r and lecturer, counselor on in ternational relations, who achieved A.B. degree cum laude a t R adcliffe College, also de grees from Tem ple U. and th e U niversity of Glasgow, pioneer w orker w ith th e handicapped; h er b attle ag ain st blindness and deafness served as th e subject of both a play and film , “The M iracle W orker” ; M arian A n derson, concert a rtist, leading contralto, renow ned in field of hum an rig h ts, holds 22 honor ary degrees from A m erican col leges and universities, U. S. dele gate to th e 13th G eneral A s sem bly of U nited N a tio n s; P earl Buck, author, hum an itarian , firs t wom an Nobel Prize w inner fo r lite ratu re , P ulitzer Prize fo r “Good E a rth ,” established h er foundation fo r adoption of A sian children of A m erican so ld iers; E dna F erber, author, P ulitzer Prize w inner fo r “So B ig” in 1924 w hich was m ade into a film , as well as “Show B oat,” “C im ar ron,” etc., and plays including “D inner a t E ig h t,” and “Royal F am ily” ; M arg aret Sanger, b irth control m ovem ent leader, author, founder of In tern atio n al Planned Parenthood F ederation, recipi en t of m any aw ard s; M argaret Chase Sm ith, U. S. S enator from M aine since 1948, began political career in Republican P a rty in 1940, w as candidate fo r P resi dent of U nited S tates in 1964. The ten deceased m em bers of th e new H all of Fam e a r e : E lea nor Roosevelt, internationally acknowledged “F irs t L ady of th e W orld,” C hairm an of th e H um an R ights C om m ittee in th e U.N. in 1946, U. S. R epresentative to U. N. G eneral A ssem bly; Jane A ddam s, settlem ent w orker and au th o r who shared Nobel Prize in 1931; E th el B arrym ore, stage, screen and radio actress, A cad em y A w ard w inner, m em ber of F irs t Fam ily of A m erican T hea te r; Evangeline C. Booth, social service w orker, orator, compo ser, Com m ander in C hief and G eneral of W orld W ide Salvation A rm y ; Rachel Carson, scientist and au th o r of best-selling book “Silent Spring,” w hich created world-wide concern over effects of sp ray poisoning of food plants, etc. on hum ans and ani m als ; A m elia E a rh a rt, aviator, author, firs t wom an to cross A t lantic in airplane, lost on flig h t across P acific in 1937; E dna St. V incent Millay, poetess, won P ulitzer Prize fo r P oetry, was m em ber of A m erican A cadem y of A rts & L e tte r s ; G randm a Moses, painter, becam e renow n ed fo r prim itive p aintings a t 81; Dr. Florence R. Sabin, scientist, firs t wom an teach er a t John Hopkins Medical School, firs t wom an m em ber of N ational A cadem y of Sciences and Rocke feller In stitu te fo r M edical Re search ; and Babe D idrikson Za- harias, ou tstan d in g wom an a th lete of all tim e, broke 4 Olympic records in 1932, cham pion in golf, basketball, baseball, sw im m ing, jum ping and boxing. M rs. M arg aret T rum an Daniel, H onorary Co-Chairm an of th e F a ir’s W om en’s A dvisory Coun cil, read th e citations a t th e dedi cation cerem ony as a P u rex rep resen tativ e presented th e w in ners w ith a “W om an’s Touch A w ard,” a gold verm eil vase w ith a Royal W orcester porce lain flow er. K atherine Cornell, fam ous stage actress, accepted th e aw ard fo r Miss Keller. A m ong th e guests a t th e dedi cation and reception w hich fol lowed w ere M rs. M ary D ush nyck, who served as th e UN- W LA ’s liaison w ith th e W orld’s F a ir H ospitality C enter, w here she was in charge of U krainian hostesses and a reception fo r A m erican wom en leaders on Sep tem ber 25, 1964, attended by rep resen tativ es from 20 U N W LA branches. M rs. D ushnyck w as also in charge of an exhi b it presented by B ranch 72 on A pril 23, 1965 w hich w as shown on Color Television a t th e RCA C enter a t th e F air. A nother U k rain ian p resen t w as Miss M arsha M etrinko, “Miss New Y ork C ity” fo r 1964, who interview ed Helen H ayes, M arg aret Mead, Dr. Kelsey and M rs. Daniel for Radio S tation W PIX . “Soyuzanky” are welcome to visit th e W om en’s Hall of Fam e НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЛИПЕНЬ-СЕРПЕНЬ, 1965 25
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