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(Left to right) Former Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz, Governor Hugh L. Carey, Lieutenant Governor Mary Anne Krupsak, New York State Comptroller Arthur Levitt, and former Governor Malcolm Wilson at the Executive Mansion the night of the Constitutional Ball. The Constitutional Ball was held to celebrate New York’s 200th birthday and the signing of New York's first Constitution on April 20, 1777.

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Governor Hugh L. Carey and Lieutenant Governor Mary Anne Krupsak at the re-dedication of a plaque honoring Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Carrie Chapman Catt for their work for the equal rights of women. The plaque is located in the State Street Lobby in the Capitol building, on the west wall. It was erected by the League of Women Voters.

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Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) was the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress. She represented New York’s 12th congressional district from 1969-1983. Chisholm was also the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for United States President. NYS Bill and Veto Jackets: 2005, Chapter 445 sets Shirley Chisholm's birthday, November 30th, as a day of commemoration. A:5830C

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Mary B. Goodhue (1921-2004) served the New York State Assembly from 1975 to 1978, sitting in the 181st and 182nd New York State Legislatures. She continued her political career and became a member of the New York State Senate from 1979 to 1992, representing the 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th and 189th New York State Legislatures. Audre "Pinny" Cooke (1923-2004) of Syracuse, New York, was first elected to the New York State Assembly in 1978. She served until 1990, filling the seats of 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th and 188th New York State Legislatures. Image: Governor Hugh L. Carey greets State Senator Mary B. Goodhue (left) and Assemblywoman Audre "Pinny" Cooke in the Red Room of the Executive Chamber of the Capitol Building.The Governor had just signed a proclamation declaring March 8th International Women's Day.

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Kitty Carlisle Hart (1910-2007) was an actress, singer, and activist for the arts. She served 20 years as chair of the New York State Council on the Arts from 1976 to 1996. Image: Governor Hugh Carey with Kitty Carlisle Hart, Chair of the State Council of the Arts, at the I Love New York Fall Festival, held to celebrate New York's 200th Birthday.

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Muriel Siebert (1928-2013) became the first woman to hold a seat in the New York Stock Exchange in 1967. She was known as the First Woman of Finance. Image: Governor Hugh L. Carey observes Muriel Siebert’s speech at her appointment as Superintendent of Banks on March 21, 1977. Siebert was the first female member of the New York Stock Exchange before her appointment.

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Clara Juanita Morris Kreps (1921-2010) became the first woman director of the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. She was appointed as the United States Secretary of Commerce under the Carter Administration and held the position from January 1977- October 1979. Image: Governor Hugh L. Carey, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Juanita M. Kreps, and New York City Mayor Ed Koch at a reception for the East Regional International Trade Seminar. Photograph by Holland Wemple, New York City Hall photographer.

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Frances Berko was born March 20, 1922. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy, she became an advocate for the disabled. Frances Berko died June 30, 1996 at 74 years old in Saint James, New York. Pictured with Governor Carey at the Assembly Chamber in the Capitol for Carey's State of the State message.

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Marion Dickerman was born on April 11, 1890 in Westfield, N.Y. She graduated with a B.A. in 1911 and a master's degree in education in 1912 from Syracuse University. She was a teacher, suffragist, women and children rights advocate, as well as a one time close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt. After a falling out occurred between the two, Dickerman still worked closely with FDR, who appointed her to the President's Commission to Study Industrial Relations in Great Britain and Sweden in 1938. During WWI, Dickerman became involved with the Red Cross and Liberty Loan drives. She also conducted work abroad, serving as a nurse orderly at the Endell Street Military Hospital in London in spring 1918. Dickerman died on May 16, 1983 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

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Image of Mary Otis Wilcox, who was involved with the women's suffrage movement.

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Photograph of Red Cross nurse Inez Potwin and two unidentified women, standing outside in raincoats on a rainy day.

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Biography of Inez Potwin, a Red Cross nurse. She enlisted on March 1, 1918 and worked overseas in France. Potwin was discharged on May 4, 1919. In this portion Potwin discusses her time working abroad in France for the American Red Cross.

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Photograph of Mary E. Sheehan, nurse, World War I. Tully, New York.

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Service card for Mary E. Sheehan, a World War I nurse. A Syracuse area native born in Truxton, N.Y., Sheehan served as a Chief Nurse in hospitals overseas.

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Minnie Brownell memorial card. The card reads: Mrs. William (Minnie) Brownell, late chairman of the Long Beach Branch American Red Cross, whose death (as many believe) was brought about by overwork in her tireless efforts for the benefit of the American Soldier boy.