[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 68 (Thursday, May 26, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E]
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[Congressional Record: May 26, 1994]
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                      TRIBUTE TO VIVIAN SHIMOYAMA

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                            HON. JANE HARMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 26, 1994

  Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, many women in public office and many 
prominent supporters of women who run for office wear glass ceiling 
pins.
  Designed by Vivian Shimoyama, a talented friend and constituent, 
these pins, earrings, pendants, and paperweights are individually made 
from broken glass and a blunt shard of metal. The unmistakable message: 
Women can and must break the glass ceiling.
  Vivian's jewelry has become a sort of shorthand for this critical 
issue. And it has created a sisterhood determined to sit and promote 
others to sit at the tables where public policy is debated and decided.
  So it is fitting that this friend and constituent from Manhattan 
Beach, CA, will receive a special first Annual Glass Ceiling Award from 
Women Construction Owners and Executives [WCOE] in Los Angeles on June 
9, 1994.
  Mr. Speaker, Vivian L. Shimoyama has also written her ``Vision Beyond 
The Glass Ceiling.'' I am pleased to close my statement with Vivian's 
words:

     We strive for excellence,
     Yet, at times we may not see
       that invisible barrier to our advancement * * *
     The Glass Ceiling!
     It takes belief in ourselves and
       a leap of faith.
     For then we make a difference and
       reach our vision of
     Breakthru! * * * Beyond the Glass Ceiling!

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