WHEREAS, Marjorie Margolies was born in Philadelphia in 1942, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1963. For her media work as a television journalist at WCAU-TV from 1967-1971, and with NBC from 1971 to 1991, Margolies won five Emmy Awards, and became a CBS News Foundation Fellow at Columbia University; and
WHEREAS, In 1998, Marjorie Margolies founded Women's Campaign International (WCI), an organization that partners with local communities to build skills that help women become effective agents of change, and increases the participation of women in decision-making processes throughout the world; and
WHEREAS, In 1992, Marjorie Margolies was elected to a seat in the 103rd Congress, becoming the first Pennsylvania woman ever elected to Congress. She was also the first Democrat since 1916 elected from Pennsylvania's 13th District; and
WHEREAS, Adding to her lists of firsts, Marjorie Margolies was the first unmarried U.S. citizen to adopt a foreign child. She wrote of her experiences in her 1976 bestseller,
They Came to Stay,
and went on to author three more books. She most recently authored a 1993 work titled,
A Woman's Place The Freshmen Women who Changed the Face of Congress;
and
WHEREAS, Marjorie Margolies was Chair of the National Women's Business Council, and led the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing; and
WHEREAS, Marjorie Margolies currently teaches at the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania. Her courses include those focusing on women leaders and emerging democracies
and media relations
.
Ms. Margolies also served as a senior fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania; now therefore
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That we hereby honor, recognize, and commend Marjorie Margolies for her lifelong professional success and her commitment to advocacy training for women throughout the world.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to Marjorie Margolies as evidence of the sincere sentiment of the Council of Philadelphia.
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