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"One of the funniest females,"
as described by Time msazine, spoke
Tuesday at the fourth annual
YWCA Tribute to Women Awards
luncheon.
Fran Lebowitz, noted humorist
and author, was the keynote
speaker at the luncheon, which
was held at Lincoln's Cornhusker
Ballroom.
Along with being described as
"funniest," Lebowitz also has been
called "outrageous, witty, hilar
ious and alarming."
The 34-year-old New Yorker
hi written srtH?s for Newsweek,
Mademoiselle, Esquire and Inter
view mem.incs. She has appeared
on the "Phil Donahue Show" and
has been on the "David Letter
man Show" 15 or 16 times, she
said.
Lebowitz also has written two
books "Metro Life," end "Social
Studies," both from a social
satirist viewpoint
The humorist said that writing
is very difficult at least for her.
Lebowitz said she is a writer
because, "I have only one other
marketable skill driving."
She was a New York taxi driver
until she worked her way up to
limousines. Dut, she said, she no
lender drives for a living
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Lebowitz
added that she is sober "non
stop." "I don't want to dull the edge,"
she said.
And the edge wasn't dull the
half hour with Lebowitz kept the
luncheon rolling.
The YWCA Awards followed
Lebowitz's talk.
The Gladys Forsyth Award,
which b awarded to an organiza
tion or business that has shown a
commitment to offering career
and leadership opportunities for
women, was awarded to the Lin
coln Public Schools.
Seven Lincoln women also were
honored for their outstanding com -munity
achievement: Dorothy
Brazil Clark, assistant manager
of marketing research at Norden
Laboratories; Ann Coyne, asso
ciate professor at the School of
Social Work, UNL; Jan Gauger,
county commissioner since 1972
and the first woman to be elected
to any Lancaster office; Esther
Montgomery, part-time librarian
and researcher for the Nebraska
ETV Network; Ada Munson, cur
rent chair of Nebraska Coalition
for Women, serves on the Ne
braska Commission on the Status
of Women, and is the vice-chair of
the Lancaster County Democratic
Party Organization; Lynn Roper,
account executive and assistant
vice president of Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner and Smith; and
Joan Wittstruck, one of the
founders of Nebraska Dairy
Women, is a member of the
National Association of Farm
Broadcasters and a member of
the National Association for
Women, and Women involved in
Farm Economics.
Although Lebowitz said, "This is
the first time IVe ever been in
Nebraska intentionally," she said
she found Nebraskans "quiet and
polite."
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