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21st Annual Tribute to Abigail Adams
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston
5:30
PM
The
2008 Abigail Honorees
Mary Breslauer
Principal, Communications Solutions
Judy Butler
Government Relations Manager, Merck and Company
Carol Fulp
Vice President Community Relations, John Hancock Financial Services
Mona Harrington
Program Director, MIT Workplace Center
First Lady Diane Patrick
Partner, Ropes and Gray
Ellen Zane
CEO, Tufts Medical Center
Dolores L. Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award
Senate President Therese Murray
REGISTER
SPONSOR
The Massachusetts
Women’s Political Caucus introduced the Tribute
to Abigail Adams in 1988 to recognize six Massachusetts
women leaders. Award recipients are women who have demonstrated
through their work and/or their community activism an
outstanding commitment to the realization of equal political,
economic, and social rights for women. The proceeds
benefit the MWPC Education Fund a 501c(3) non-profit
organization. All donations are tax deductible.
Born in Weymouth,
MA in 1744, Abigail Adams was one of the earliest women’s
advocates with strong beliefs in equal political, economic,
and social rights for women. Abigail was the wife of
our nation’s second President, John Adams, and
the mother of six children.
The event
is held in mid-June and the program features a Reception
from 5:30pm – 7:00pm and Dinner during the Awards
Ceremony from 7:00pm – 8:00pm.
As part of
the Abigail Adams event the Massachusetts Women’s
Political has also established two additional awards.
The MWPC created the Dolores L. Mitchell Lifetime Achievement
Award to honor her for being one of the MWPC's founders and current Board
Members. This Award was presented to Teresa Heinz Kerry
in 2003. In 2002 the MWPC honored Governor Jane M. Swift
with the creation of a new award in her honor, the Jane
M. Swift Commitment to Public Service.
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