Val-Kill medals presented.
HYDE PARK – Former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton was presented by her mother, Secretary of State and former First Lady Hillary Clinton, with the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal for her contributions to education and children’s welfare.
She was one of four others to receive the prestigious honor, which the elder Clinton won in 1995. The other recipients were the chief executive officer Celebrity Cruises Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, who was the first woman to lead one of Royal Caribbean Cruises’ brands; Zainab Salbi, Yahoo! News and Public Broadcasting System personality and founder of Women for Women International; and John W. and Gloria Golden, Hyde Park philanthropists.
April Gozza, the executive director of the Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Historic Site, discussed how each honoree was selected for their commitment to furthering Roosevelt’s message of humanitarianism and equality for all.
“There’s no greater pleasure than being surrounded by a community of people who share the same loving and humanitarian and high ideals that was in the heart of our most admired woman,” she said. “We’re picking up where she left off, on her quest for a more just and equitable world.”
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