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Show -2- DARE TO SHARE! D to the doors I open organization to ALL business and professional .women who ! you want to share In our work and our aspuottons whether they live in our large cities, or an the less I who whether are women have lated been especia Ily trained or whether they are women ii areas; popu they who have achieved through experience; whether they are top executives or whether they are new in I business and are reaching for the first rung on the ladder of suc'cess.' e .of tis DAR •••• . from the fact that The strength and the force of this Federation comes from its membership even though our avenues of employment run in different directions, we st; II share one common goal and that is to elevate the standards of business and professiona I women. -- that door which Virginil I dare you to open the door even wider to the young career woman Allan opened in Detroit in 1964, nd which Dorothy Ford has kept wide open as we have worked as partners with YOUTH. Share your experiences with them and 1 am sure you, too, 'can learn from thm •••• Yes, I have the courage tonight to dare you to break the barriers, to tear down the walls, to increase the membership of this Federation by at least 10,000 members this year, to at least 185,000. I wou Id not on Iy dare, but I wou Id URGE you to reach across boundaries and lines established by governments and share the rich rewards of membership with the business and professional women south of us. Opposition and differences are melted when women meet with common interests and that of promoting understanding between peoples, and bringing peace to the world. common goo Is ••.• Our Florida Federation trip to Guatemala is one example. When 77 people who represent all the range of interests covered by such varying positions as iudges, lawyers, teachers, corporation executives, accountants, and office managers found common interests, common problems, and commo 'concerns with the business and professional women of Guatemala, we know that women of both countries benefited. Nbre important, both groups learned to understond different points of view. This need for understanding and friendship does not apply iust to the countries in this hemisphere, even thOLlgh I feel this is a particular responsibi lity of the United States. It applies to all lands, and particularly to those countries affiliated with our International Federation. When I visited West Germany in Apri I as the guest of the German government, I rea lized how much our friendship, our service, our loyalty and our support are welcomed when we give it in the v true spirit of friendship. ' We owe a special ollegiance to Helen Irwin, President, and Sally Butler, Membership Chairman, for their leadership during their service to the International Federation. Fdendship and fellowship is the bond that holds us together in our clubs. It is the same holds women t0gether even when they don't speak the same language. The speed with whid that bond Ana Castro, who is President of the Guatemala City Club has lccrned English during her four weeksol a guest of the Florida Federation, is one more demonstration of tbe power of friendship and fellowshi to break down language borrlers . ' DARE TO SPEAK! Yes, I w9UJd dora you tonight to tet your voice.s be S? strong in seeking and upholding our legislativo -platform that there will be no doubt on Capitol Hall as to the desires of this Federation as the past has been impressive. The it re lotes to the Iqws'that concern women! The record i.n [ob is not yet done I |
