LA LECHE LEAGUE HONORED BY NY ETHICAL CULTURE SOCIETY
Marian Tompson,
a co-founder of La Leche League International, will be honored for her
"courageous, pioneering, lifelong work on behalf of children and
mothers" by The New York Society For Ethical Culture on Tuesday,
May 18.
Mrs. Tompson will receive
the Ethical Humanist Award, presented annually by the Society, at the
organization's headquarters [2 W. 64th Street at Central Park West in
Manhattan] at 7 p.m. The public is invited.
The award honors those who
have "acted with extraordinary moral courage, without regard for
the sanction or acclaim of peers or of society, and whose actions have
had broad humanizing implications."
Marian Leonard Tompson, the
mother of seven children, began her pioneering work in 1950 after the
birth of her first child, at a time when there was not a great deal
of information available about breast feeding. Through her research
and work, La Leche League was founded and now has 3,000 chapters world
wide. La Leche League Groups receive 200,000 queries a month with questions
and concerns about breast feeding.
Mrs. Tompson served as president
of La Leche League, a non-profit organization based in Schaumburg, Ill.,
for 24 years. Founded in 1956, the league has grown into a worldwide
network, educating mothers, physicians and the public about breast feeding,
childbirth and other issues of concern to families. Mrs. Tompson has
carried her message to China, Ireland, Mexico, Canada, South Africa
and across the United States. She now is working to bring together researchers,
health professionals and parents from around the globe to address the
complex issues involving HIV and breast feeding.
The Ethical Humanist Award
honors the memory of Algernon David Black, a long-time Senior Leader
of the New York Society For Ethical Culture. Black, born in 1900, was
a social activist who fought discrimination long before the civil right
movement.
The 1998 award winners were
U.S. Senators John McCain [R-Ariz.] and Russell Feingold [D-Wis.]. They
were honored for their determined commitment to the recovery of the
democratic process through sponsorship of the federal Campaign Finance
Reform Bill.
For more information or to
make a reservation for the award presentation ceremony and reception
call the Society at 212-874-5210.
The New York Society For
Ethical Culture, founded in 1876, is a humanistic religious and educational
movement inspired by the ideal that the supreme aim of life is working
to create a more humane society. The Society is a member of the American
Ethical Union.
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