Let me especially thank Josephine Sano, the President of theAlbany Central Labor Council. I was delighted when she took out thatdetachable cuff and collar to show us because it is an extraordinary storythat we are here to celebrate today. Now we often don't think of women, a hundred or more yearsago, having that kind of confidence, but there were many such women. Womenwho went out to work every day. You know, I am so surprised when I readstories, as I often do, about how surprising it is that so many women work.
Women have always worked- inside the home, outside the home, for as long aswe have been around.
There have been very few women with the talents and vision of a KateMullany. That iswhy it is such an honor to be here to participate in this National HistoricLandmark ceremony at the home of someone literally transformed the lives ofwomen in her time and for all times. It is especially fitting that we would hold this celebration today,because tomorrow I will be in Seneca Falls to celebrate the 150thanniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention. They were considered far ahead of their times. That is an important chapter in American History.