Sept. 23, 1998
Contact: Ida Lee Wootten
(804) 924-6857

Please note: Although this event is not open to the public, reporters
are welcome to attend.

VIRGINIA'S FIRST LADY ROXANE GILMORE TO SPEAK ABOUT HER VARIED ROLES AT
SEPT. 28 EVENT AT U.VA.

	Virginia's First Lady Roxane Gilmore will speak about how she
balances the political, professional and personal commitments in her
life during the fall meeting of the University of Virginia Women's Club
on Sept. 28.
	Open to current and prospective Women's Club members, the
meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in Caplin Pavilion. Mrs. Gilmore is
expected to begin her talk around 7:30 p.m.
	Mrs. Gilmore, wife of Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore, will speak on
how she establishes priorities when juggling her multiple roles as wife,
mother, volunteer, student, and professor of classics at Randolph Macon
College.
	A former teacher with Henrico and Chesterfield County Public
Schools, Mrs. Gilmore is working with the Virginia Department of
Education to promote the Standards of Learning by creating an Internet
site offering resources for teachers, parents and students.  
	She is also promoting the state's historic, cultural and
recreational attractions through the Virginia Tourism Corporation.  In
addition, she raises funds for the Family and Children's Trust Fund to
combat violence and sexual assault aimed at youth, and she volunteers at
the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
	Mrs. Gilmore holds bachelor's and master's degrees from U.Va.,
and she is completing requirements for a Ph.D. in ancient history at the
University.
	Currently celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Women's Club is
open to all women members of the faculty and staff as well as all wives
of faculty and staff members.  It is also open to all retired women
faculty and staff members as well as widows and wives of retired
faculty. (The organization was founded in 1948 as the Faculty Wives Club
of the University of Virginia, but changed its name in 1991 to the
University of Virginia Women's Club to reflect a membership that is no
longer limited to faculty wives.) 
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	The club was created to promote sociability among members and to
serve the University community. Members serve as volunteers at diverse
sites including the Bayly Art Museum, U.Va. Hospital and Learning Needs
and Evaluation Center.

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