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ABOUT WOMEN On July 4th 1986 the Statue of Liberty celebrated her 100th birthday. For this grand occasion, the colossal statue was given a pampered overhaul which began two years ago, requiring the skills and ingenuity of archi tects, engineers, some 300 workers, application of high technology, historical research, and the advice of 12 French artisans. The project was carried out under the direction of Lehrer/McGovern, a construction manage ment firm with more than 30 subcontractors pitching in with brain and man-power. The Statue of Liberty was the design project of a Frenchman, Frederick Auguste Bartholdi. It is said that he fashioned the statue’s face after the stern visage of his mother, but that may be a bit of gossip. Actually, Bartholdi expanded upon an unrealized idea to place a gigantic guard-like statue at the entrance to the Suez Canal. Bartholdi employed the services of Eugene Emma nuel Viollet-le-Duc, an expert in medieval architecture, to draw plans for the construction of Liberty. The pro ject was a great challenge since the statue’s precarious position — open to the finicky weather of the Atlantic, made the designer’s demand for a hollow frame and thin copper sheeting somewhat unrealistic. Viollet-le-Duc died shortly after putting together the head and the torch-bearing arm, therefore Bartholdi turned to Gus tave Eiffel to work out the practical aspect of this giant undertaking. Eiffel proved himself a master in the art of engineer ing (his Tower in Paris can testify to that), when he designed a structure system which allowed the outer skin of the statue to “breathe” (react to the outside con ditions) independently of the inner support construc tion. It is remarkable that after 100 years of weather and people use and abuse, minimal structural repairs had to be performed on Lady Liberty. The original cost for the State of Liberty in 1886 was $250,000. A century later the bill for refurbishing the lady is $31 million and counting. This is drawn from more than $233 million which was raised to restore Lib erty and Ellis Island. As they say in the ad, “You’ve come a long way, baby!” W O M A N A G A IN S T W O M A N Nebraska is a state one doesn’t hear much about, yet on May 14, 1986 it became a state with a historic first — its gubernatorial election will feature women in the top slot, running against each other as candidates from the two major parties. Campaigning for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Nebraska is Helen Boosalis, who fell into politics almost “by accident” as she says. Mrs. Boosalis was president of the League of Women Voters in Lin coln, where she lives. When no one volunteered to run for the City Council, she did, was elected and served for 16 years. Consequently she ran for Mayor and was elected, and then she became the first woman to be president of the United States Conference of Mayors. The Republican candidate, Kay Orr, began her pol itical activity in the 1964 Presidential campaign of Sena tor Barry Goldwater. Since that time she has gone to three Republican National Conventions as a Reagan delegate, and has served as co-chairman of the platform committee, where in 1984 she helped write its anti abortion stand. Mrs. Orr, who now serves as the State Treasurer, also opposes the equal rights amendment, saying that its goal can be achieved without it being added to the Constitution. S A V IN G S B O N D S C A M P A IG N F O R W O M E N American women are the focus of a new information campaign outlining the benefits of U.S. Savings Bonds. This campaign was introduced by Katherine D. Ortega, Treasurer of the United States. “Women are becoming financial decision-makers, both as individual investors and in corporate board rooms,” said Ms. Ortega. “Women are destined to play a larger role in the economy. One reason is our ability to work with and motivate people, to supplant muscle power with brain power — and maybe a little bit of good old-fashioned feminine intuition.” In her capacity as the 38th Treasurer of the United States, Ms. Ortega oversees the U.S. Savings Bonds Div ision, the U.S. Mint and the Bureau of Engravings and Printing. She served as one of five commissioners on the Copyright Royalty Tribunal and also as one of ten members of the President’s Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business. She is a Certified Public Ac countant and in 1975 became the first woman president of a California Bank. Ms. Ortega promotes the purchase of Savings Bonds as “smart investment with unique qualities”, and fitted to meet the needs of the large and the small investor. Savings Bonds are exempt from state and local income taxes, while Federal income taxes can be deferred until the Bonds are cashed in. For information about the U.S. Savings Bonds, one can contact any bank or write to: O ffic e o f P u blic A ffa irs U.S. S avings B onds D ivision D e p a rtm e n t o f the T rea su ry W ashington, D C 2 0 2 2 6 for an informative booklet entitled “50 Q and A on U.S. Savings Bonds.” НАШЕ Ж ИТТЯ”, ЛИПЕНЬ/СЕРПЕНЬ 1986 25
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