Foraier first lady visits area center YMiK I - V*I..AINI>KAI/!CK -WKDNKSDAY. SEPTEMBER 14, IMS by Joanne Springman >i - maintenance fund, contributed listen to what women are unique, special, ana miraculous/' "It is remarkable said Susan Powell president of the National Forum for Women, "that the dream of for so long has finally so many cMnte tru the struggle for women's rights and the history of that \guest in the United States was Wte main theme of the day as the NFW hosted a national dwicatkm of the Woodstock Conference Center Sunday. B^mstein and other NFW leaders welcomed more than 400 contributors to the project and other guests, including Rosalynn Carter, who was among the 121 women honored as founders for their gifts of $1,000 or more. The former First Lady traveled from Plains, GA, to be with her daughter-in-law, Judy Langford Carter, a member of the NFW board of directors, the nucleus of the movement to establish the first national conference center for women's was Mflhliithted greetings irom iem, another The day also tar telegram Gloria Steinem, founder, Coretta Scott King, Wisconsin Gov. Anthony Ban, the Wisconsin State Legislature, Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and Illinois Gov. James Thompson, who declared Sunday as a day of by more than 1,100 women in 31 states, and obtained tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service. - Earlier in the day, ensconced withthepressin a cottage on the property, Mrs. Carter remarked on the beauty and tranquillity of the 88-acre site Referring to her memoirs, to be published next summer, Mrs. Carter laughed: "If I had had my word processor here for the past few months, I would've had my book finished." Mrs. Carter said she was "thrilled to see this develop," and she called the center "a facilitator, providing a place for retreat and reflection.'1 She talked about the variety of groups who worked to make the conference center a reality for the NFW, and she sakf the center would be a place to pull things-diverse people and elements--together. "We hope that this will be a place for creating change for the better," she said, "not just for women but for the world as well" lying. r<But the battle for true equality has only just begun," she admonished her audience. "The changes that count and the Carter said women always have been "nurturers" in their traditional personal roles as wives, mothers and helpers and in thefc traditional professions lilrp nursing tAnnhfifg "Now we need to extend that nurturing to ourselves so we can work more effectively," she added. "I'm proud and happy to be here today and to share in that vision." Another standing ovation and > play her 'men, with Ms. Scheinfc "key' thunderous applause greeted Sylvia Scheinfeld, i that the reception who confided brings tear to my eyes." * Ms. Scheinfeld talked about the inception of the center and how the concept was created by herself and her late husband She said that this year marks the 13th year since the founding of the facility, which she called "one of the finest facilities of its kind in the nation. "This is a new phase in the life of the center," she added. "I let go the reins with every oorrfidence that will continue to play her accustomed role." with a warm embrace, feld turned over the to the center to Ms. Bernstein. si Ms. Bernstein echoed the Sentiments of Judy Carter, calling the acquisition of the center "the pursuit of a dream to have a place of our own." Accepting the key, Ms. Bernstein said, "I accept this with the promise to be loyal to our purpose and lasting in our commitment." The historical significance of the event was reiterated by Jean Peterson, president of the Illinois League of Women Voters (ILWV), and Dr. Gerda Lerner, another founder and professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ceremony in tb^aftemoroJUta TWO fat ill Cl̂ ShCS Carter took the podium amid a for the center and the Sylvia and Aaron Scheinfeld Foundation of Chicago. The Scheinfeld Foundation transferred the $3 million facility north of Woodstock to the NFW after the organisation raised $175,000 for a revolving standing ovation. As flashbulbs popped, she spoke of the many months of work and ' which brought the goal. f "I know how hard it is to get people to support someone or _'ve never heard of." Two men died and two more were critically injured in area traffic accidents this past Mrs. Carter also noted the progress of the women's movement in general. 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