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CAPTIONED BY THE
00:00:18NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE
--WWW.NCICAP.ORG--
00:00:19>> THIS AFTERNOON.
-- THOUGHT GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:01:32I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE OHIOANS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
00:01:34IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU
HERE TODAY ON THIS VERY
00:01:40AUSPICIOUS DAY FOR THE INDUCTION
OF NINE AMAZING WOMEN INTO THE
00:01:44OHIO WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME.
THIS STATE -- THIS DAY WAS
00:01:49CHOSEN TO COMMEMORATE WOMEN'S
EQUALITY DAY, WHICH WILL
00:01:52ACTUALLY BE TOMORROW, AUGUST 26.
TOMORROW WILL MARK THE 91ST
00:01:57ANNIVERSARY SINCE THE 19TH
AMENDMENT GIVING WOMEN THE RIGHT
00:02:03TO VOTE IN THIS COUNTRY WAS
ENACTED.
00:02:07IT SEEMED AN APPROPRIATE TIME
FOR US TO STOP AND PONDER THE
00:02:12PROGRESS THE WOMEN HAVE MADE,
THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY HAVE MADE
00:02:20OVER THE CENTURIES.
SO, JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK
00:02:25ABOUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR
WOMEN TO LIVE HAD THE RIGHT TO
00:02:29VOTE NOW FOR ONLY 91 YEARS?
AS WE CELEBRATE TODAY, WE WILL
00:02:36BE CONDUCTING ONE WOMAN INTO THE
HALL OF FAME, FRANCES ELLEN
00:02:44WATKINS HARPER -- SHE WAS A
POET, AN ABOLITIONIST, AND A
00:02:50SUFFRAGETTE.
SHE FOUGHT WITH HER FOR MOTHERS
00:02:53TO GIVE US THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
SHE DIED BEFORE KNOWING THE
00:02:58BATTLE WAS RON.
-- 1.
00:03:02THOSE THAT BATTLES WOULD BE SO
PLEASED WITH THE WOMEN THAT WE
00:03:09ARE ADOPTING TODAY.
THE FIELDS THAT THEY'RE BEING
00:03:14INDUCTED FOR, THOSE WOMEN WOULD
HAVE NO CONCEPT OF --
00:03:18ACCOMPLISHMENTS SUCH AS THE
OUTER SPACE, DEEP SEA
00:03:21PHOTOGRAPHY, NEO-NATAL CARE,
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
00:03:33WHAT WOULD THEY BE THINKING?
THE WOMEN WE INDUCT TODAY WILL
00:03:39BE JOINING THE RANKS OF 400
OTHER REMARKABLE WOMEN, WHO ARE
00:03:48ALREADY MEMBER OF THE OHIO
WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME.
00:03:50NOW, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO TURN
THE PODIUM OVER TO TWO OF THOSE
00:03:57WOMEN, AND I DO NOT SEE ONE OF
THEM.
00:03:59WELL, SHE MAY SLIP IN LATE, AND
THAT IS DOROTHY O'JACKSON, THE
00:04:14RETIRED FORMER MAYOR OF AKRON,
OHIO, AND SHE WAS PLANNING ON
00:04:22SIGNING TODAY AS SHE HAD FOR
MANY HOLOPHANE INDUCTANCE.
00:04:27I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WHETHER
ISSUES MAY -- HALL OF FAME
00:04:33INDUCTIONS.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WHETHER
00:04:35ISSUES OR TRAFFIC ISSUES SHE
MIGHT BE GIVEN THE.
00:04:38THE OTHER WOMAN IS THE DIRECTOR
OF MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS WITH
00:04:45THE DATE AND DEVELOPMENT
COALITION.
00:04:46HE WILL SEE TODAY WHY SHE ALSO
RECEIVED THE INTERNATIONAL
00:04:52COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING
INSTITUTE REGIONAL COMMUNICATOR
00:04:58OF THE YEAR AWARD, AND A MULTI-
NATIONAL COMMUNICATOR AND TELE
00:05:06AWARD.
WITH THIS, I HAVE THE GREAT
00:05:10PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING THE
REMARKABLE SHARON HOWARD.
00:05:15[APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:05:20AND WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:05:23SEE, MY SISTER IN THE BACK IS
HELPING ME OUT.
00:05:30IT IS NOT RAINING, IT IS NOT
SNOWING.
00:05:32IT IS NOT 100 DEGREES.
YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN A BIG ROUND
00:05:37OF APPLAUSE WHEN I SAY GOOD
AFTERNOON.
00:05:39[APPLAUSE]
>> I AM SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.
00:05:46I MET ONE OF THE HONOREES PRIOR
TO COMING OUT TODAY, AND I TOLD
00:05:50HER THAT I WAS HERE LAST YEAR,
SO I GUESS I DID NOT MUCK IT UP.
00:05:59I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE.
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING
00:06:03EACH OF THE HONOREES.
WHAT AMAZING WOMEN YOU WILL MEET
00:06:07THIS AFTERNOON.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, AND THE
00:06:11ATTENDANT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE --
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
00:06:17RECOGNIZES THE STRENGTH OF THESE
WOMEN, AS GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH
00:06:21HAS ISSUED A DECLARATION TODAY.
LET'S GIVE THE GOVERNOR A BIG
00:06:30ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
I ONLY HAVE ONE GROUND RULE, AND
00:06:35THEN WE WILL GET GOING.
I MENTIONED EARLIER, BEFORE WE
00:06:39CAME OUT, THAT THESE WOMEN ARE
AMAZING, AND YOU ARE HERE FOR
00:06:43THESE WOMEN, SO IF YOU WANT TO
GIVE THEM A BIG, OLD SHOUT OUT,
00:06:50DO NOT LISTEN TO THE PERSON THAT
TELLS YOU TO BE QUIET.
00:06:52YOU GIVE THEM A BIG, OLD SHOUT
OUT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE EARNEDTHE
00:07:04WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1978 BY BUT
THE WOMEN'S DIVISION OF
00:07:07EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, NOW PART OF
THE OHIO FAMILY DOG AND HUMAN
00:07:11SERVICE.
TO MANY -- TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY
00:07:15OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS WOMEN
HAVE MADE TO THEIR STATE AND
00:07:18NATION.
MEMBERS COME FROM ALL WALKS OF
00:07:20LIFE, BUT EACH HAS DEMONSTRATED
AN EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO
00:07:25EXCELLENCE AND SERVICE TO OTHER.
IT SERVES AS A TRIBUTE TO THESE
00:07:31WOMEN WHO ARE AN ONGOING SOURCE
OF PRIDE AND INSPIRATION FOR ALL
00:07:35HIGH WINDS.
BY CELEBRATING THEIR
00:07:37ACCOMPLISHMENT, STRUGGLE, IN
TRIUMPH, WE PREPARE OUR CHILDREN
00:07:42FOR THE TAURUS IS THEY MUST MAKE
OF THE CHALLENGES YET TO COME.
00:07:47AND I AM PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF
THE 2009 HALL OF FAME CLASS, AND
00:07:52I WOULD ASK OTHER MEMBERS WHO
MIGHT BE HERE TODAY TO STAND SO
00:07:56THAT WE MIGHT RECOGNIZE YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
00:07:58>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
OHIO WOMEN HAVE MADE AND
00:08:11CONTINUE TO MAKE A POSITIVE
DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES,
00:08:15STATE, NATION, IN WORLD.
THE OHIO WHITMAN'S HALL OF FAME
00:08:19HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN
CELEBRATING AND PRESERVING THE
00:08:22CURRENT AND HISTORICAL
TRADITIONS OF OHIO'S WOMEN.
00:08:26THE NINE OUTSTANDING WOMEN WE
AND UP TODAY WILL BE ADDED TO
00:08:30THIS GREAT HISTORY.
NOW IT IS MY PLEASURE TO
00:08:33INTRODUCE TO YOU THE END UP
THESE OF THE CLASS OF 2011.
00:08:36AND CHERYL A BOYGHT.
[APPLAUSE]
00:08:43-- CHERYL VOIGHT.
I LOVE YOU.
00:08:51CHERYL WAS BORN IN EAST ST.
LOUIS AND SAYS HER INTEREST IN
00:09:00PUBLIC HELP WAS THE RESEARCH --
RESULT OF THE PREMATURE DEATH OF
00:09:04HER FATHER.
SHE JOINED A B.A. DEGREE IN --
00:09:08FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER'S FROM
00:09:12THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI.
FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS SHE HAS
00:09:16MADE COLUMBUS HER HOME.
SHE SERVED AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
00:09:19OF THE OHIO COMMISSION ON
MINORITY HEALTH FROM ITS
00:09:22INCEPTION IN 1986 UNTIL 2010.
THE COMMISSION WAS THE FIRST
00:09:30AGENCY IN THE NATION CREATED
EXCLUSIVELY TO ELIMINATE HEALTH
00:09:34DISPARITIES IN HAS BEEN A MODEL
REPLICATED AND 48 -- 40 OTHER
00:09:40STATES.
SHE RETIRED THE LAST YEAR BUT
00:09:42CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE FOR THE
ISSUES SHE CARES SO STRONGLY
00:09:46ABOUT.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO READ THAT
00:09:48YOU INTO THE HIGH A WOMEN'S HALL
OF FAME FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION --
00:09:52INTO THE OHIO WOMEN'S HALL OF
FAME FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION IN
00:09:56HEALTH SERVICE.
[APPLAUSE]
00:09:57>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
00:10:08>> I THINK YOU FOR THIS HONOR,
AND I AM REALLY HUMBLED TO STAND
00:10:16WITH THE WOMEN WHO ARE ON THE
PODIUM TODAY TO HAVE FANTASTIC
00:10:20ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
PEOPLE LIKE THE DOCTOR WHO HAVE
00:10:24GONE BEFORE AND PAVE THE WAY FOR
US.
00:10:25AND I THINK MY FAMILY AND CHURCH
FAMILY -- THANK MY FAMILY AND MY
00:10:33CHURCH FAMILY.
I GREW UP AT THE END OF THE FOOD
00:10:37CHAIN SEPARATE FROM TERRIBLE
HEALTH.
00:10:40THROUGH SENATOR RAY MILLER IT I
WAS AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:10:45ADDRESS ISSUES OF HEALTH
DISPARITIES.
00:10:47AND WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THIS.
00:10:51I STAND IN THANK YOU FOR THE
HONOR OF RECEIVING THIS AWARD.
00:10:54I AM RECEIVING THIS FOR THE
COMMISSION.
00:10:57AND THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE WHO HAVE
00:11:00LABORED OUR BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE
OF THE STATE.
00:11:03THE DAY THAT WE ACHIEVE HEALTH
DISPARITY WE WILL KNOW WE OF
00:11:08ARRIVED.
I THINK OLIVIA THOMAS FOR
00:11:10NOMINATING ME.
RAY FOR ALLOWING ME THE
00:11:13OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AND A
WONDERFUL STAFF ON MINORITY HELP
00:11:18IT CONTINUE TO LABOR ON BEHALF
OF OUR PEOPLE.
00:11:19GOD BLESS YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
00:11:24>> ARE YOU HAVING FUN YET?
ALL RIGHT.
00:11:44ELIZABETH H. BLICK.
[APPLAUSE]
00:11:47ELIZABETH WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
ENGLAND, BUT HAS MADE HER HOME
00:11:58IN COLUMBUS FOR MORE THAN 50
YEARS.
00:12:01IN 1972 SHE PUT ON THE POW MIA
BRACELET OF AN AMERICAN VETERAN
00:12:06MISSING IN VIETNAM, BUT SHE
DECIDED THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH, SO
00:12:10SHE BEGAN A LIFELONG DEDICATION
TO THE VETERAN COMMUNITY AND HER
00:12:14WORK IS EVIDENT ON A LOCAL AND
STATE LEVEL.
00:12:17SHE BECAME THE EXECUTIVE
ASSISTANT TO THE GOVERNOR'S
00:12:21OFFICE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS WHEN
IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1991.
00:12:25AND PROBABLY ONE OF HER GREATEST
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ALONG WITH THE
00:12:29LATE DAVID ALL STAFF, WAS THE
COMPLETION AND DEDICATION OF THE
00:12:33OHIO VETERANS PLAZA HERE AT THE
STATE HOUSE.
00:12:37IN 2006 SHE RECEIVED THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF FAMILIES
00:12:40DISTINGUISH SERVICE AWARD.
IN 39 YEARS OF THE LEAGUE'S
00:12:45EXISTENCE, OF THIS AWARD HAS
ONLY BEEN BESTOWED FIVE TIMES.
00:12:48IT IS OUR HONOR TO END UP TO
TODAY FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO
00:12:54COMMUNITY AND MILITARY SERVICE
INTO THE OHIO WOMEN'S HALL OF
00:12:58FAME.
[APPLAUSE]
00:12:59>> I AM GOING TO GO AGAINST WHAT
WE'RE TOLD AND SAY THANK YOU.
00:13:16FIRST OF ALL, TO MY HUSBAND
BECAUSE WITHOUT HIS LOVE AND
00:13:20SUPPORT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
DO THE VOLUNTEER WORK THAT I DO.
00:13:23SECONDLY, TO ALL OF THE
VETERANS, AND I KNOW THERE ARE
00:13:28SOME HERE TODAY, ESPECIALLY KIM,
WHO NOMINATED ME FOR THIS AWARD.
00:13:34THAT MEANS SO VERY MUCH THAT
THEY RECOGNIZED THAT WORK, AND
00:13:41OF COURSE OUR WORK CONTINUES.
I WANT TO THANK ODJFF FOR
00:13:48SELECTING ME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:13:50[APPLAUSE]
>> FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER.
00:14:11SHE WAS THE MOST PROLIFIC WOMAN
WRITER OF HER TIME.
00:14:15SHE WROTE POETRY, FICTION, AND
NON-FICTION, WHICH WAS WIDELY
00:14:20CIRCULATED AND NEVER WENT OUT OF
PRINT AT HER TIME.
00:14:25SHE WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST
POPULAR BLACK POET.
00:14:27SHE WAS BORN OF FREE AFRICAN-
AMERICAN AND BALTIMORE IN 1825.
00:14:32SHE WAS ORPHANED AT AN EARLY
AGE, BUT RECEIVED AN EDUCATION
00:14:37IN THE SCHOOL OF HER ACTIVIST
UNCLE, WILLIAM WATKINS.
00:14:41THOUGH NOT OFTEN ASSOCIATED
WITH THE OHIO, IN 1851 SHE
00:14:45BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN TO TEACH
AT UNION SEMINARY IN WESTERN ARE
00:14:51OHIO, WHICH LATER MERGED.
SHE WAS ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS
00:14:55OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
COLORED WOMEN, WHICH BECAME THE
00:14:58MOST PROMINENT AND POWERFUL
BLACK WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION IN
00:15:01THE 20TH-CENTURY.
SHE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FOUNDING
00:15:05MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN WOMAN
SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.
00:15:09SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF FRANCE'S
HARBOR TODAY IS HER NOMINATORS,
00:15:13WHAT WALOUIS WHEATLY.
[APPLAUSE]
00:15:20>> I AM NOT FRANCIS HARPER.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, SHE DIED
00:15:39100 YEARS AGO THIS YEAR.
I HAD THE PLEASURE RECENTLY
00:15:44EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT
THE WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF HER
00:15:49LIFE IN MEMORY THAT WAS MADE IN
PHILADELPHIA INTO NEWARK OF THIS
00:15:55YEAR, WHOLE WEEK WORTH OF
PROGRAMS AT SEVERAL OF THE
00:16:02UNIVERSITIES AND PHILADELPHIA
AND CHURCHES AND PEOPLE
00:16:06REMEMBERING HER AFTER ALL THAT
TIME.
00:16:09IT IS TRUE, AS A POET, SHE WAS
MORE LIKE HENRY ROGERS THAN LIKE
00:16:15EMILY DICKINSON, BUT SHE WAS A
VERY POPULAR POET IN THE 19TH
00:16:21CENTURY.
DR. SUSAN ON THAH DIETZEL IS A
00:16:35SPECIALIST ON HER.
AFTER GOING THROUGH BOOK AFTER
00:16:42BOOK OF HER POEMS THAT WERE
PUBLISHED DURING HER LIFETIME,
00:16:46NEVER OUT OF PRINT.
I HAVE YOUR SOMETHING SPECIAL.
00:16:50THIS IS A BOOK FROM THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN'S
00:16:54CLUB.
I WANT TO THANK MY FRIEND AND
00:16:59MEMBER OF OHIO WOMEN INC., FOR
LENDING ME THIS BOOK THAT TELLS
00:17:04A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FRANCIS
HARBOR.
00:17:08-- FRANCIS HARPER.
SHE WAS NOT HERE VERY LONG, BUT
00:17:18IMAGINE HOW IMPORTANT IT WOULD
BE TO BE THE FIRST WOMAN
00:17:21TEACHER WERE TO BE MARRIED HERE
IN CHICAGO -- HERE IN OHIO.
00:17:26SHE WAS BORN ON A FARM NEAR
COLUMBUS THEY SAY.
00:17:34AND WHEN HER HUSBAND DIED IN
1864 SHE LOST THE FARM.
00:17:41SHE WENT BACK TO HER LOVE OF
SPEAKING AND WRITING, WHICH SHE
00:17:50CARRIED ON UNTIL 1911.
FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER.
00:17:55[APPLAUSE]
>> I HAD THE PLEASURE OF
00:18:15STANDING BEHIND LOUIS.
STAND AROUND.
00:18:19ON THE BACK OF HER SHIRT IT
READS
00:18:21EVERY SINGLE INCH OF GROUND THAT
WOMAN STANDS UPON TODAY HAS BEEN
00:18:27GAINED BY THE HARD WORK OF SOME
LITTLE HANDFUL OF WOMEN OF THE
00:18:32PAST.
GOOD FOR YOU, LOIS.
00:18:33[APPLAUSE]
SUSAN B. ANTHONY.
00:18:37BRENDA J. HOLLIS.
SHE GREW UP AND MCCLURE, A SMALL
00:18:48TOWN IN NORTHWEST OHIO.
SHE WAS AN OUTSTANDING ATHLETE
00:18:52IN SEVERAL SPORTS WHILE EARNING
A DEGREE IN LIBERAL ARTS FROM
00:18:56BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY.
FOLLOWING GRADUATION SHE JOINED
00:18:59THE PEACE CORPS WHERE SHE
VOLUNTEERED AS A PUBLIC HEALTH
00:19:03WORKER IN WEST AFRICA.
SHE THEN INVESTED IN THE UNITED
00:19:06STATES AIR FORCE AND SERVED AS
AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
00:19:10RESPONSIBLE FOR BREATHING AIR
CREWS BEFORE AND AFTER MISSIONS
00:19:14IN VIETNAM.
WHEN HER TOUR WAS COMPLETE, SHE
00:19:20EARNED THE AIR FORCE -- SHE
JOINED THE AIR FORCE RESERVE.
00:19:24IN 1994 SHE WAS ALONE BUT TO
OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTOR FOR THE
00:19:30UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL
CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER
00:19:36YUGOSLAVIA.
THIS WAS THE FIRST TRIBUNAL FOR
00:19:39WHICH RACE WAS CATEGORIZED AS A
WARM -- WAR CRIME.
00:19:42SHE CONTINUES TO WORK FOR THE
U.N., ACTING AS LEAD COUNSEL AND
00:19:48A NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS AS WELL
AS TRAINING JUDGES AND
00:19:52INVESTIGATORS.
FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
00:19:54MILITARY AND THE WALL, WE AND
CONDUCTOR INTO THE OHIO WOMEN'S
00:19:59HALL OF FAME.
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
00:20:02MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO BE
WITH US TODAY, BUT SHE SENDS A
00:20:06MESSAGE.
>> BRENDA SAID THIS AND ASK IT
00:20:15BE READ.
I JUST RECEIVED THIS
00:20:18INFORMATION HERE IN AFGHANISTAN
WHERE I AM CONDUCTING TRAINING
00:20:21ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL AND
ALL AND PROCEDURES.
00:20:24I AM HUMBLED BY THIS GREAT HONOR
THAT IS BEING BESTOWED UPON ME
00:20:29AND POLICE THINK ALL OF THOSE IN
THIS ELECTION PROCESS.
00:20:32-- AND PLEASE BANK ALL OF THOSE
IN THIS ELECTION PROCESS.
00:20:36NO DOUBT THERE ARE THOSE THAT
ARE MORE DESERVING OF THIS
00:20:39RECOGNITION.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE LISTED
00:20:42AMONG THEIR RANKS OF THESE
EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN.
00:20:44TOMORROW I RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN
-- RETURN FROM AFGHANISTAN TO MY
00:20:50OFFICE IN THE HAGUE, AND
UNFORTUNATELY WILL BE ABLE TO OF
00:20:55LEAVE MY -- UNABLE TO LEAVE OUT
MY DUTIES TO ATTEND BY INDUCTION
00:21:00CEREMONY.
MY SINCERE REGRETS THE BIBLE BUT
00:21:04BE UNABLE TO BE PRESENT.
MY SINCERE THANKS FOR BEING
00:21:06SELECTED FOR THIS HONOR AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OTHER
00:21:10INDUCTEES.
T[APPLAUSE]
00:21:17>> DOROTHY, HIGH.
I MISSED YOU FROM LAST YEAR.
00:21:30SAY HI TO DOROTHY.
SHE IS CUTE AS SHE CAN BE.
00:21:39YOU WERE LOST?
ALL MY GOODNESS.
00:21:42-- OH, MY GOODNESS.
SHE GOT OFF ON THE WRONG EXIT.
00:21:54YOUR HERE, AND YOU HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL SMILE.
00:21:56WELCOME DOROTHY.
[APPLAUSE]
00:21:58ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT AND THAT THE
XT INDUCTEE IS MARY
00:22:15YUHATZ.
I ARE READY LOVE MARY BECAUSE
00:22:20SHE IS A PITTSBURGH NATIVE, AND
I AM OF PITTSBURGH STEELERS FAN.
00:22:24SHE CAME TO OHIO STATE
UNIVERSITY IN 1985 TO EARN HER
00:22:30PH.D. IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING.
00:22:32IN 2002 AFTER A 22-YEAR CAREER
IN ENGINEERING RESEARCH, SHE
00:22:38TURNED HER ATTENTION TOWARD THE
ADVOCACY FOR WOMEN AND
00:22:41MINORITIES WITH HER APPOINTMENT
AT THE ASSOCIATE DEAN OF
00:22:44DIVERSITY AND OUR REACH IN THE
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING.
00:22:47SHE LEAST THE CHARGE TO DEVELOP
BEST PRACTICES TO IMPROVE THE
00:22:52RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION --
RETAIN THAT OF WOMEN AND PERSONS
00:22:56WITH DISABILITIES AT THE STUDENT
AND STAFF AND FACULTY LEVELS.
00:23:00SHE HELD THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
LEVEL AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE
00:23:12FOUNDATION.
THROUGH HER EFFORTS, THE FIRST
00:23:16WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
AND ENGINEERING SUMMIT WAS HELD
00:23:19IN BARCELONA, SPAIN.
17 COUNTRIES ARE REPRESENTED BY
00:23:23WOMEN ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT RESEARCH COLLABORATION AND
00:23:27AREAS OF ENERGY SYSTEM,
NANOTECHNOLOGY COMMON SIMULATION
00:23:32METHODS.
FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS IN
00:23:36SCIENCE AND EDUCATION, YOU ARE
INDUCTED TODAY INTO THE OHIO
00:23:39WOMEN ALL OF FAME.
[APPLAUSE]
00:23:40>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY HEARTFELT CONGRATULATIONS
00:23:55GOES TO MY FELLOW INDUCTEES.
THEY HAVE ACHIEVED SO MUCH, AND
00:23:59I AM HONORED TO STAND HERE.
THANK YOU TO MY NOMINATOR.
00:24:07WHAT AN HONOR TO BE NOMINATED BY
SUCH AN ACCOMPLISHED WOMAN WITH
00:24:13HEART AND SPIRIT THAT ARE BIGGER
THAN THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:24:15I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, AND
00:24:20ESPECIALLY THE COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING AND ITS MEMBERS FOR
00:24:23THEIR SUPPORT OF DIVERSITY
ACTIVITIES.
00:24:27WE ARE BECOMING A ROLE MODEL TO
OTHER INSTITUTIONS NATIONWIDE
00:24:31THEY DO SO MUCH TO MY AMAZING
STAFF AND OFFICE OF DIVERSITY
00:24:36AND OUR REACH FOR BEING HERE.
THINK YOU TO MY WONDERFUL
00:24:38COLLEAGUES FROM THE NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION.
00:24:41THANK YOU TO FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS FOR BEING HERE TODAY
00:24:47TO SUPPORT ME ON THIS VERY
SPECIAL DAY.
00:24:49INÑi THINK YOU FOR TELLING ME -A
KEY TO MY PARENTS FOR TELLING ME
00:24:56I COULD DO ANYTHING I WANTED IF
I WANTED IT BAD ENOUGH.
00:24:59A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PATIENT
HAS USBAND.
00:25:07HE HAS BOUGHT INTO ALL OF THE
STUFF THAT I DO.
00:25:11IN THE BUSINESS OF DIVERSITY AND
ADVOCACY FOR UNDERREPRESENTED
00:25:16GROUPS, WE MUST GUARD EACH DAY A
NEW PYRAMID NEVER TAKEN FOR
00:25:21GRANTED HOW FAR WE HAVE COME.
COMPLAISANCE SIEGFRIED'S THE
00:25:26BUREAUCRACY.
DIVERSITY AND EXCELLENCE GO TO
00:25:30THE OTHER HAND AND GLOVE.
THEY CANNOT BE SEPARATED EVER.
00:25:34SO WE CONTINUE OUR HARD WORK
HAPPILY.
00:25:38I WILL LEAVE YOU TODAY WITH A
QUOTE FROM ELEANOR ROOSEVELT.
00:25:42A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEA BAG, YOU
NEVER KNOW HOW STRONG SHE IS
00:25:47UNTIL SHE GETS A HOT WATER.
THANK YOU, AND GOOD AFTERNOON.
00:25:50>[APPLAUSE]
BU>> I AM USING THAT ".
00:26:14YOU ALL KNOW YOU WANT TO WRITE
IT DOWN.
00:26:16OUR NEXT HONOREE IS CLEO LEAKER
LUCKNER.
00:26:26[APPLAUSE]
CLEA, A PRINCETON NEW JERSEY
00:26:33NATIVE ARRIVED IN OHIO IN 1971
AT THE FIRST NURSE MIDWIFE.
00:26:38SHE CREDITED FOR MEAL, WORK AT
STANFORD UNIVERSITY AND TAUGHT
00:26:43AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
BEFORE COMING TO TOLEDO.
00:26:46FROM 1972 TO 2008 SHE HELD
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AT THE
00:26:52HOSPITAL WHERE SHE PROVIDED
LEADERSHIP TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT
00:26:55AND PROMOTE PROGRAMS TO BETTER
SERVE WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND
00:26:59FAMILIES.
SHE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN THE
00:27:02DEVELOPMENT OF A LEVEL 3
PRENATAL SPENCER AT TOLEDO
00:27:07HOSPITAL.
TO ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO SERVE
00:27:13THE COMMUNITY SHE EARNED HER LAW
DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
00:27:16TOLEDO.
SHE DESCRIBES THE STORIES AS
00:27:19LEARNING TO BE BILINGUAL WITH
HER MOTHER FIRST A AND THE
00:27:25LANGUAGE OF THE LOSS SECOND
APPEARED IN WE INDUCTED TODAY
00:27:32INTO THE OHIO WOMEN'S HALL OF
FAME.
00:27:34WHEN I MET HER EARLIER SHE SAID
ALL I DO IS BIRTH BABIES.
00:27:38[APPLAUSE]
>> I AM VERY HONORED AND HUMBLED
00:27:52TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE OHIO
WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME AND BE PART
00:27:56OF THIS VERY SPECIAL GROUP OF
WOMEN.
00:27:59AND YOU HEARD I AM FROM TOLEDO
AND HAVE BEEN A NURSE MIDWIFE
00:28:03SINCE 1971 AND A LAWYER SINCE
1971.
00:28:06IN THOSE FIELDS WORK TOGETHER.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE
00:28:10UNDERSTANDING THEM, BUT THEY
REALLY DO WORK TOGETHER.
00:28:12I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY DEAR
FRIEND, NURSING COLLEGE FOR
00:28:19NOMINATING ME TODAY.
YOU ARE VERY THOUGHTFUL AND KIND
00:28:24AND LONG WILL I REMEMBER THIS
VERY SPECIAL DAY.
00:28:26I HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE
BIOS OF MY FELLOW INDUCTEES, AND
00:28:35I AM HUMBLED TO BE IN THEIR
COMPANY.
00:28:37I HOPE I HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET
WITH YOU AND CHAT WITH YOU LATER
00:28:40ON IN THE RECEPTION.
SO FAR IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL
00:28:44EXPERIENCE.
GANDHI ONCE SAID YOU MUST BE THE
00:28:48CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE
WORLD.
00:28:50THIS " HAS ALWAYS MEANT A GREAT
DEAL TO ME.
00:28:52IT IS A BIG PART OF WHY I BECAME
A NURSE MIDWIFE.
00:28:57I DEDICATED MY CAREER TO
PROMOTING WOMEN'S HEALTH ISSUES
00:29:02AND WORKING TO ENSURE THAT EACH
WOMAN HAS A SAFE AND SATISFYING
00:29:07CHILDBIRTH EXPERIENCE.
I WAS THE FIRST NURSE MIDWIFE IN
00:29:11NORTHWEST OHIO IN 1971, AND NOW,
40 YEARS LATER, I AM SO PLEASED
00:29:17THAT WE HAVE 24 NURSE MIDWIVES
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
00:29:21THE FIELD HAS BECOME PART OF
THE HEALTH-CARE MAINSTREAM.
00:29:25WE BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK
OF WOMEN'S HEALTH PROGRAMS AND
00:29:30SERVICES TO MEET THE TOTAL NEEDS
OF OUR COMMUNITY.
00:29:32CHILDBIRTH REPRESENTS 125 YEARS
OF LIFE, I BET YOU DID NOT THINK
00:29:41OF THAT NUMBER.
40 YEARS FOR THE MOTHER, AND 85
00:29:44YEARS FOR THE NEWBORN.
THINK ABOUT HOW THOSE UNITS ARE
00:29:48RESOURCES.
THIS IS ALWAYS TAKING ME AS A
00:29:55PHENOMENAL, AWESOME
RESPONSIBILITY AND PRIVILEGE TO
00:29:58BE THERE WHEN A FAMILY STARTS.
I HAVE DEDICATED MY PROFESSIONAL
00:30:02LIFE TO PROMOTING WOMEN'S HEALTH
ISSUES, AND I AM VERY HONORED TO
00:30:06BE INDUCTED INTO THE OHIO
WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME.
00:30:09AS A SIDE NOTE, I MUST REMIND
SOME OF YOU THAT MIDWIFE MEANS
00:30:14WITH A WOMAN.
IT IS VERY INTERESTING HOW THIS
00:30:18CIRCLE OF MY CAREER HAS COME
ABOUT.
00:30:20I AM DELIGHTED HERE TO BE
REPRESENTING THIS ORGANIZATION,
00:30:27WITH WOMEN.
THANK YOU.
00:30:28[APPLAUSE]
>> OUR NEXT HONOREE IS VALERIE
00:30:50LION.
[APPLAUSE]
00:30:53>BORN IN NORTH TOWN, NEW JERSEY,
SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF NASA'S
00:31:03EXECUTIVE SERVICE FOR MORE THAN
34 YEARS WHERE SHE WORKED IN A
00:31:06VARIETY OF RESEARCH AND
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS.
00:31:09DR. LYONS IS THE CHIEF OF THE
POWER OF IN SPACE PROPULSION
00:31:15DIVISION AT NASA RESEARCH CENTER
IN CLEVELAND.
00:31:17USING HER HIGH TECHNOLOGY FOR
OUTSIDE THE WALLS, VALERIE IS
00:31:34THE FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF AN
AEROSPACE GIANT SUMMER PROGRAM
00:31:38CAN'T FOR CHILDREN AGES 10 TO
15.
00:31:41AT RELIANCE, FOR YOUR
CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE, WE END
00:31:45UP YOU TODAY INTO THE OHIO
WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME.
00:31:48[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:32:00I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS
THAT PUT TOTHIS TOGETHER.
00:32:12I THINK MY DAUGHTERS HERE AND MY
FRIEND WHO CAME ALL THE WAY FROM
00:32:22CLEVELAND.
AND THE THING THAT I WANT TO GET
00:32:25THE MESSAGE TO THE AUDIENCE ARE
A COUPLE OF THINGS.
00:32:27ONE IS I THINK YOU MIGHT NOT
REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR
00:32:32US TO BE AN AEROSPACE STATES.
WE HAVE NOT ONLY NASA AND
00:32:37CLEVELAND, WE HAVE MAJOR
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE AIR FORCE
00:32:43IN DAYTON IN G E IN CINCINNATI.
WE ARE VERY STRONG AEROSPACE
00:32:47STATE.
SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT WONDER WHAT
00:32:51IT IS ABOUT ANYWAY.
I HAVE TO READ IT THAT MY WHOLE
00:32:55CAREER IS DUE TO BEING IN THE
AEROSPACE FIELD.
00:32:58YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS FOR
STARTING YOU COULD LOOK UP AND
00:33:04SEE AGENDA -- JET ENGINES WITH
BLACK SMOKE.
00:33:06BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF NASA AND
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GE, THOSE
00:33:11ENGINES ARE CRYSTAL CLEAR.
TAKE A LOOK.
00:33:1490% EMISSION REDUCTION BECAUSE
OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE TOGETHER
00:33:21HERE IN OHIO.
ALSO, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THERE
00:33:25ARE KEY THINGS WE DO WITH
STUDENTS, KIND OF THE IDEA THAT
00:33:31AEROSPACE'S THE FIELD OF
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND MAP.
00:33:34OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY SHOULD BE
THRILLED ABOUT STUDYING SCIENCE,
00:33:41TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT, BECAUSE IT
IS FUN.
00:33:44IT REALLY IS.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE HAVE REAL
00:33:49PRODUCTS THAT YOU CAN SEE, NOT
JUST THE SPACE SHUTTLE, WHICH
00:33:53SAW BLADE THIS IS THE LAST SPACE
SHUTTLE LAUNCH.
00:33:55WE DROVE ALL NIGHT LONG TO SEE
THAT LAST ONE.
00:34:01SO IT IS KIND OF IS THAT THING,
BUT IT IS EXCITING THAT THE
00:34:08SPACE PROGRAM IS STILL HERE.
I HOPE YOU ALL ART AS STILL
00:34:12EXCITED AS WE ARE TO CONTINUE
THE SPACE PROGRAM.
00:34:14SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE STILL
FOR THE FUTURE.
00:34:23WE WANT OUR YOUNG FUTURE TO GET
WITH IT AND KEEPS SETTING
00:34:29SCIENCE AND MATH AND COME AND
JOIN US IN THE ENGINEERING
00:34:32FIELD.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
00:34:35RECOGNITION OF OHIO HALL OF
FAME.
00:34:36GO AEROSPACE COMMUNITY AND OHIO.
THANK YOU A LOT.
00:34:42[APPLAUSE]
OUR NEXT ON EVERY AS LINDA
00:35:01MELTZKER.
[APPLAUSE]
00:35:04LINDA, A LIFELONG OHIO WIN,
JOINED THE BENJAMIN ROADS
00:35:12INSTITUTE IN 1974 AS A RESEARCH
ANALYST AND GRADUALLY MOVED UP
00:35:17THEIR RANKS WITH GREATER
RESPONSIBILITY.
00:35:19CHIU IS CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR
OF THE TASK POLICY INSTITUTE AND
00:35:24SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR
PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION OF
00:35:25RESEARCH.
SHE IS ALSO AN ADJUNCT FULL
00:35:32PROFESSOR AT CASE WESTERN
UNIVERSITY.
00:35:34SHE IS A HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED AND
RESPECTED PROFESSIONAL IN THE
00:35:38FIELD OF RESEARCH, POLICY AND
SERVICE.
00:35:41SHE IS OFFICER OF MORET --
AUTHOR OF MORE THAN 100
00:35:46PUBLISHED CHAPTERS AND BOOKS.
SHE HAS ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES
00:35:52OF OLDER ADULTS AND FAMILIES AND
OFFER AVENUES OF CREATIVE
00:35:58SERVICE DELIVERY.
SHE SERVES ON THE EDITORIAL
00:35:59BOARD OF SEVERAL PROFESSIONAL
JOURNALS, INCLUDING THE
00:36:04GERONTOLOGIST WHERE SHE IS WHAT
THE EDITOR IN CHIEF FROM 2002 TO
00:36:092006.
FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO
00:36:10COMMUNITY AND HELP HIS SERVICE,
WE INDUCTED TODAY INTO THE OHIO
00:36:15WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME.
[APPLAUSE]
00:36:20>> THANK YOU, ALL.
SO EXCITING.
00:36:30I JUST FEEL THE LOVE.
AND I WANT TO SEND THE BACK.
00:36:35TO MY HAND IN RAYMOND.
-- TO MY HUSBAND RAYMOND.
00:36:49ARE REMEMBER WHEN I GOT MY
DEGREE, PEOPLE WOULD ASK WHY YOU
00:36:54WANT TO STUDY AGING?
HOW DEPRESSING.
00:36:58IT PUZZLED ME, BECAUSE SOME OF
THE MOST FASCINATING PEOPLE I
00:37:03KNEW IN MY YOUNG THE LIFE FOR
YOUNG ADULTS.
00:37:06I AM IN THE LEADING EDGE OF THE
BABY BOOMERS.
00:37:09IN THE 1950'S THE WORLD WAS NOT
READY FOR US.
00:37:13WE HAVE HAVE-THEY SESSIONS IN
SCHOOL, AND I KNEW UNLESS WE
00:37:18STARTED PAYING ATTENTION TO THE
OLDER POPULATION WE WOULD NOT BE
00:37:21READY WHEN THE BOOMERS GREW OLD,
AS WE'RE STARTING TO AND NOW.
00:37:24OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS WE WILL
SEE A HUGE CHANGE IN THE
00:37:29POPULATION.
I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
00:37:31DOING RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY AND
WORKING WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS
00:37:35AT BENJAMIN ROADS FOR OVER 30
YEARS.
00:37:37SINCE 1908 BENJAMIN ROADS HAS
STIRRED THE MOST AT RISK FOR
00:37:44MOBILE ADULTS IN THE COUNTY.
IT HAS BEEN ASSURED JOY TO ME TO
00:37:49WORK IN THE FIELD AND IMPROVE
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OLDER
00:37:53ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
ALSO TO IMPROVE THE WORK FORCE
00:37:57THAT TAKES SUCH GOOD CARE OF
THEM AND ENSURE THEIR THERE IN
00:38:00THE FUTURE.
-- ASURE THEY ARE THERE IN THE
00:38:06FUTURE.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING
00:38:13WITH YOU AT THE RECEPTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:38:15[APPLAUSE]
>> OUR NEXT HONOREE IS CARRIED
00:38:31ONRIE VANDAHAR.
OK, YOU EVEN GOT WHISTLES.
00:38:41AND SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
CINCINNATI.
00:38:44SHE EARNED DEGREES IN FINE ART,
FRENCH AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
00:38:49BEFORE PURSUING ADVANCED STUDIES
IN FRANCE AND THEN AND ROLLING
00:38:54AND THE STRATEGIC FRIENDS
INSTITUTES OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHE IS
00:38:59A CHEAP EXPEDITION PHOTOGRAPHER
AND A KEY ON-CAMERA CHARACTER
00:39:11SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WORK
WITH THE FAMILY AS A TOPIC
00:39:18UNDERWATER CAMERA OPERATOR AND
THE FIRST WOMAN TO DIE CORDELE
00:39:23BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY.
SHE HAS SPENT MONTHS IN THE
00:39:25FIELD AND TAKEN GREAT RISK TO
CAPTURE INSIGHTFUL PHOTOGRAPHS
00:39:29THAT CAPTIVATE AUDIENCES WITH
THEM -- WITH EMOTIONAL IMAGERY
00:39:33OF WILDLIFE AND CONSERVATION
ISSUES.
00:39:36FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS AND ART
AND CONSERVATION WE END UP TO
00:39:46TODAY INTO THE OHIO WOMEN'S HALL
OF FAME.
00:39:49[APPLAUSE]
>> TODAY I AM HUMBLED TO BE
00:40:02JOINING A SORORITY OF AMAZING
WOMEN WHO HAVE TRAILBLAZED THE
00:40:06PATH WHICH I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED
BY FOR THE PAST 34 YEARS.
00:40:10I WANT TO START BY
CONGRATULATING MY FELLOW
00:40:13INDUCTEES WITH WHOM I SHARE THE
STAGE TODAY, AND I WOULD ALSO
00:40:17LIKE TO RECOGNIZE BERNESE AT IT.
SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE
00:40:22WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME IN 1991 AND
HAS HAD TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE ON
00:40:25MY WORK.
SHE IS A PIONEER IN THE WORLD OF
00:40:29PHOTOGRAPHY, AND I THANK HER FOR
FORGING THE WAY.
00:40:31I WOULD LIKE TO THIANK JON
MICHAEL CUSTOW FOR MY
00:40:44OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE
CUSTOW FAMILY.
00:40:48I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY
SISTER IN THE AUDIENCE FOR
00:41:00BEING NICE SOUNDING BOARD, A
CHEERLEADER, AND MY ROCK.
00:41:02AND MY GRANDMOTHER.
I KNOW YOU ARE NOT THRILLED WHEN
00:41:12I DIE BELOW 30 FEET, BUT THANK
YOU FOR TRUSTING ME TO DO SO.
00:41:16AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS
MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE FOR MY
00:41:20DEAREST FRIEND AND HUSBAND,
MATT, FOR HIS SUPPORT AND
00:41:24CONFIDENCE ON THIS JOURNEY THAT
WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO SHARE
00:41:27TOGETHER.
CAPT. CUSTOW ONCE SAID WHEN ONE
00:41:35PERSON FOR WHATEVER REASON HAS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD AN
00:41:37EXTRAORDINARY LIFE, THEY HAVE NO
RIGHT TO KEEP TO THEMSELVES.
00:41:40THROUGH EXPEDITIONS WITH THE
OCEAN FUTURE SOCIETY I HAVE
00:41:45BEEN PRIVILEGED TO SHARE MY
EXPERIENCES WITH THE WORLD.
00:41:48PHOTOGRAPHY IS A POWERFUL TOOL
THAT CAN BRING AWARENESS AND
00:41:53ADVOCATE FOR CHANGE.
MY HOPE IS TO CONTINUALLY
00:41:56CHALLENGE MYSELF TO FIND NEW AND
ARTISTIC WAYS TO CREATE IMAGES
00:42:00THAT CELEBRATE NATURE AND I LIKE
CONSERVATION ISSUES.
00:42:03THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[APPLAUSE]
00:42:05>> I THINK THAT IS YOUR NEPHEW.
HI.
00:42:24LOOK AT THAT CUTE LITTLE THING.
YOU HAVE YOUR OWN CAMERA?
00:42:29IT IS HERS.
DID YOU TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR
00:42:33AUNT?
A GOOD JOB.
00:42:33LET'S GIVE OF BIG ROUND OF
APPLAUSE TO OLIVER ARTERIES
00:42:40TODAY.
-- TO ALL OF OUR HONOREES TODAY.
00:42:47[APPLAUSE]
IF YOU WOULD INDULGE ME, LET ME
00:43:05THINK SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO
MADE TODAY POSSIBLE, AND PLEASE
00:43:08HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL THE
END.
00:43:09WORST DOROTHY JACKSON FOR
SIGNING TODAY.
00:43:13-- OF COURSE DOROTHY JACKSON FOR
SIGNING TODAY.
00:43:18PHARA MEZADA FOR UNDERWRITING
THE AWARDS IN THE RECEPTION
00:43:27FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY.
LINDA HANKTS.
00:43:33SARAH MINOR.
JUDY SAMPSON.
00:43:38WE ALSO WANT TO THANK THE
CONSTITUENT AID OF OFFICE OF
00:43:45OHIO GOV. JOHN CASES, ROBIN
WHITE, THE WOMEN WHO SERVED ON
00:43:51THE NOMINATION STEERING
COMMITTEE, AND THE MEMBERS OF
00:43:53THE OHIO WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME.
BIG APPLAUSE.
00:43:56[APPLAUSE]
AS I CONCLUDE TODAY, I WANT TO
00:44:10PERSONALLY CELEBRATE OUR
HONORARIES, THE REAL HEROES OF
00:44:17TODAY.
I WANT TO REMIND EACH OF YOU
00:44:20THAT THE GREATEST EXPLOITS THIS
WORLD HAS TO OFFER ARE NOT IN
00:44:24THE MOVIES.
REAL HEROES ARE WOMEN JUST LIKE
00:44:28YOU WITH HER RICH AND CHARACTER
YOU STEP INTO THE ROLE OF LIFE
00:44:33HANDS YOU WITH DIGNITY AND
DISCIPLINE.
00:44:35YOU PLAYED THAT ROLE TO THE BEST
OF YOUR ABILITY.
00:44:39NO CROP, NO PYROTECHNICS.
YOU SIMPLY WALK OUT AND GIVE
00:44:45LIKE YOUR BEST PERFORMANCE.
-- NO PROP.
00:44:48NO STANTON, NO REHEARSAL, NO
RETAKES.
00:44:54I MAY NOT KNOW THE PARTICULARS
OF YOUR LIFE, BUT I DO KNOW YOU
00:44:58WERE ON THAT STAGE FOR A REASON.
I KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT YOU
00:45:03MADE A COLD, CALCULATED
COMMITMENT TO CREATE YOUR
00:45:07FUTURE.
TO WRITE AND PERFORM YOUR OWN
00:45:13SCRIPT.
WHILE OTHERS WISH, YOU WORK.
00:45:19WHILE OTHERS MAKE EXCUSES, YOU
MAKE CHANGES.
00:45:22THE VERY REASON OTHERS QUIT IS
THE REASON YOU ARE UNSTOPPABLE.
00:45:27AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF YOUR
GREATNESS.
00:45:30TAKE A MOMENT.
LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF AND SEE
00:45:34JUST HOW SPECIAL YOU ARE.
YOU ROCK.
00:45:39GOOD AFTERNOON.
IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO
00:45:50SERVE AS YOUR MC.
IT HAS BEEN MY PLEASURE TO
00:45:55SERVE.
THE RECEPTION WILL BE JUST UP
00:45:58THE STAIRS.
DRIVE SAFELY AND ENJOY THE REST
00:46:01OF YOUR DAY.
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