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Presidential Citizens Medal Recipient Elinor C. Guggenheimer
Elinor C. Guggenheimer is a living example of how much one individual with an unrelenting passion for social justice and concern for others can accomplish.
One of New York Citys most eminent civic leaders, she has been an activist for more than half a century, working to improve conditions especially for women, children, and the elderly. From her early years at the Educational Alliance, where she worked with teenage girls, to the founding of the Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City in 1979 and the founding of New York Womens Agenda in 1992, Ms. Guggenheimer has energized others to push aside barriers that stood in the way of people achieving their highest potential.
Her activism in womens causes moved her to found the New York Womens Forum in 1973, the National Womens Forum in 1981, the International Womens Forum in 1983,
and the New York Womens Agenda in 1992. She has also been showered with numerous honors, such as the Presidential Citizens Medalin 1997 and the Eleanor Roosevelt Leadership Award.
At 91, Ms. Guggenheimer is seeking to change the national image of the elderly to reflect the productivity and value of older adults.
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Citizens Medal History
