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Show "Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the 'late President, is the woman most admired by Americans. She is a popular newspaper columnist and is U. S. Representative to the United Nations General Assembly. Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Australian-born nurse, is famous for devising de-vising the Kenny Method of treating infantile paralysis victims. vic-tims. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek,. Wellesley College graduate and third on the list, is the attractive, astute wife of the leader of China's ruling party. Clare Booth Luce was next. Author and playwright, she became nationally known during dur-ing her two terms as a Congress-woman Congress-woman from Connecticut. Helen Keller, the fifth in popularity, has been blind and deaf since the age of nineteen months, but is famous the world over as a lecturer and writer. "Princess Elizabeth, who received re-ceived next place on the list, is now the Duchess of Edinburgh. She has won admiration in America Amer-ica for her charm, poise and unas-uming unas-uming manner. Dorothy Thompson, Thomp-son, influential political commentator commen-tator and columnist since 1936, was seventh. She first gained fame as a foreign correspondent. Eighth among the most admired women !wa.s Kate Smith, favorite of r,.-, lions of listeners, who made h " radio debut in 1931. She b- singing in a church choir at th" age of four. Eess Wallace Tr? i man, wife of President Harry o" ! Truman, America's First Ly was ninth. She is widely a'lrnirfH for her simplicity and dignity Queen Wilhelmina of Holland achieved tenth place. Ruler of the far-flung Dutch empire, she has guided Holland for fifty years and through two World Wars." |