Chaired by General Motors Corporation, invited guests to the dinner and preceding VIP reception include Members of Congress and the Administration, former First Ladies, presidential descendants, state First Ladies, corporate and individual members of the National First Ladies' Library and the media. The First Women Awards are an extension of the National First Ladies' Library's mission to educate people about the serious accomplishments that women have made to the political, social and economic history of the United States. This is a wonderful opportunity to highlight the energy, contributions, and ideas of women who have excelled as pioneers in their fields. It is acknowledgments such as this award that inspire others to break barriers and open doors. The honorees, whose names will be withheld until the event, were chosen by a special committee appointed by the Library's national board of directors and will include familiar national names as well as women who have not traditionally been in the public eye.
Tickets are available as part of corporate and individual membership packages.
Memberships support programs of the National First Ladies' Library. The National First Ladies' Library offers patrons an interesting look at First Lady history through the eyes of the past, present and future. Visitors to the Saxton McKinley House, the physical home of the Library, will see a number of rooms that have been meticulously researched and restored to their Victorian era grandeur when President and Mrs. McKinley occupied the home in the late 1800s. Spearheaded by Chairman Dr. Sheila Fisher, the Restoration and Acquisitions Committee recently completed Ida's sitting room and bedroom and the ballroom. The sitting room and bedroom were reconstructed from an old photograph and postcard showing Mrs. McKinley seated near a table shrine she had fashioned in memory of President McKinley after his assassination.