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Hello and welcome to today's Female Frontiers chat with Shirley Temple Black. As a child, Shirley starred in more than forty major motion pictures and fifty major television productions. She received an Oscar Award in 1935. In her adult life, Mrs. Black became a U.S. Delegate to the United Nations in 1969. In the years that followed, she served as a U.S. Delegate to many International Conferences and Summits on cooperative treaties and human environment. In 1976 she became the first female Chief of Protocol of the United States.

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And now, here is Shirley Temple Black to answer your questions.

[ Ambassador - 8 - 10:00:18 ]
Hello. I'm delighted to be here at NASA Ames Research Center in California and look forward to talking to you all.

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RE: [Roxie] Mrs. Black, can you give us your take on the situation in the former Yugoslavia? Do you think continued diplomacy could have had any effect?
Roxie- I strongly support the men and women who are involved in this serious situation in Kosovo. But I don't approve of our intervention in a civil war action. I would like to see continued diplomatic effort.

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RE: [joe] What do you think is the legacy you have given America? What are some of the issues you faced in life?
Joe, I think the legacy could be attributed to my pleasure in making other people happy through my films and entertainment career.

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RE: [Kaley/TA] Hello Mrs. Black, Why did you leave acting and go into politics? What was the most difficult decision made as an ambassador of protocol?
President Richard Nixon appopinted me as a US Delegate to the United Nations in 1969. This was the start of my long career in U.S. International Relations. I have had a longer career in diplomacy than in my entertainment career. The office of Protocol was not my favorite job. You have to get everything right but you have no input. One Head of State's wife wanted me to do her hair during a state visit! I can see why I was the first woman to have the job! And I don't care much for parties, I like to work in substantive ways.

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RE: [Caitlin/TA] Hi Mrs. Black, We were wondering about your role on the U.S. Citizen's Space Task Force, and what you learned and did in that role?
Hello Caitlin - In the last 60's I was a member of the U.S. Citizens' Space Task Force, chaired by the U.S. Vice President. We discussed the future of the space program for the next decade. We were very much in favor of an unmanned space "Grand Tour," and development and building of a space station. This was all in the late 1960's and much has happened since then.

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RE: [Roxie] Mrs. Black, did you ever dream when you were a child that you would have such a great career outside of movies?
Roxie, where are you from? I had a wonderful teacher as a child and she taught me about many countries of the world. Every time a foreign visitor would come to my studio to visit me, she would give me a one week assignment about the visitor. This generated my great interest in the world and the people.

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RE: [Linda] Working with the UN - what was your favorite country to visit and why?
Linda - I had two favorite jobs. One was as U.S. Ambassador to the republic of Ghana and the second was as U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. These were the best jobs of my whole life. As a delegate to the U.N. we were located in New York the the United Nations. Later in 1972, I served as deputy chairman of the U.N. Conference on Human Environment Preparatory Committee. When you have a job with this long of title there is very small salary. In 1974 I was a member of the U.N. Conference on Human Environment which was held in Stockholm, Sweden. This was one of the greatest conferences the U.N. ever held.

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RE: [kim] What do you consider your greatest challenge being in the political world?
The greatest challenge in the political arena is to maintain a sense of humor. Diplomacy is the art of persuasion and one is often is challenged trying to persuade a representative from another country to accept your argument.

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RE: [Ken] WhatDo you see the Space Program accomplishing for women in The Year 2020?
Ken - I don't have a crystal ball and it's doubtful that I'll be around in 2020. But I do have 20/20 vision.

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RE: [Carina/TA] Ambassador Black, Why were Amelia Earhart and Eleanore Roosevelt your role models, and what can we learn from them today?
I met Eleanor Roosevelt when I was 10 years old and we became friends. I did hit her in the rear end with my sling shot with a pebble at her home in Hyde Park. She was bending over turning lambchops on a barbeque and the target was just more than I could resist. She let out a small yelp and the secret service was looking around to see who the perpetrator was. Fortunately I was so short they didn't see me. But my mother did. When we got back to the Hotel my mother punished me in the same area as Mrs. Roosevelt. Seriously, I very much admired Mrs. Roosevelt's work at the United Nations and in human rights.

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RE: [Carina/TA] Ambassador Black, Why were Amelia Earhart and Eleanore Roosevelt your role models, and what can we learn from them today?
As for Amelia she visted me in my cottage at the movie studio. She brought me a blue suitcase that was just right for air travel. Shortly after her visit, she dissappeared on her doomed flight. I never used the suitcase. I loved meeting Amelia and very much enjoyed her hairdo which was short and tousled. I had 56 curls which had to be set every night and I wanted to look more like Amelia. She also gave me some chewing gum which I wasn't allowed to have and talked to me about her career in aeronautics and that a women could do anything she wanted to do with her life if she really worked hard. Amelia also had beautiful skin and a lovely smile.

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RE: [NickPoliti] Hello, Mrs.Black! I am a big fan of yours. I think you were the funniest and cutest actress ever! I would like to ask you how it felt to be a very young movie star? I'm a sixth grade student from Altoona, PA.
Nick - Thank you for your nice comments. I would suggest you read my autobiography which is title "Child Star." It was published in 1988 by McGraw Hill and should be available in your public library. It took me 8 years to write this book and it's over 500 pages. But I would love to have you read it and find the answers to your questions. It's a funny book in some ways and tells the story of the times that I lived in.

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RE: [Roxie] Do you feel like you have accomplished about everything you wanted to achieve, or do you have more goals for the future you could share with us?
Roxie - I will be 71 next month and I am currently writing my second book. This will be about my career in International Relations and diplomacy. It will probably take me quite a long time to finish this book.

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RE: [Michelle] My students at Montessori School of Corona gave me several questions. Amber H. (6th grade) says that she has seen the whole collection of your childhood movies from 1 through 20. Her favorites are Poor Little Rich Girl, Baby, Curly Top and Heidi. She asks: with your job do you travel a lot? Do you learn many different languages?
Michelle- I am delighted you enjoy my old films. My work in international relations has taken me all over the world. I would recommend at least learning at least two languages for this kind of work. I have trouble with English much of the time. I do speak some French, a little Arabic, and Czech. Czech is a very hard language. I remember that I had to learn about 150 characters of Mandarin for a movie I made called, "Stowaway." I met my Chinese teacher in Bejing in 1977 again.

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RE: [Kim/HeartlandPress] what would you choose in your life to do over again and what would you never change
Kim - I have been asked that before. I would like to come back as Shirley Temple. It's been a wonderful and exciting life.

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RE: [Kyle] Location: Madison, NC Question/Comment: What suggestions do you have for helping the youth of today regain moral standards? In your movies you say, "Oh my goodness!" There are no swear words in any of your movies. I'm 19, and almost everyword people say today is vulger or disrespectful in some manner.
Kyle - My films were made in a very different time. I am saddened by many of the things I see in films today. But unless the public objects the studios will continue to try to please the audience. I think if you have personal integrity and live yor life as best you can you should be a good influence on others. Be a leader.

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RE: [MsYoungsKClass] Greetings Mrs. Black! We are kindergarten students in WV. We would like to know if you work alone and if you do, does your job get lonely? Also, do you use computers much with your current job? Thank you for taking the time to chat with us.
Ms. Young and kindergarten class - As an ambassador, I work with a team. I'm very much in favor of team work. There are approximately 14 members of a "country team" and we all work together to try to achieve our goals.

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RE: [Lucian] Mrs. Temple Black, I am a member of the United Nations Youth Association in Victoria, Australia (one of the biggest in the southern hemisphere) and we are lucky to have some U.N. speakers, I believe, for the National Conference to be held in my city of Melbourne. Do you plan to visit Melbourne or Australia or perhaps come as a guest of UNYA?
Lucian- I love Australia and have enjoyed visiting Sydney and Melbourne. I regret I will be unable to attend the conference but wish you all the best.

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RE: [joe] Mrs. Black, i really enjoy being part of this chat. ( your answer to # 30 is funny ). what do you think is the greatest challenge young people face in the 21. century ( maybe you have an answer although you don't have a crystal ball.... ) and how does it differ from your generation's ?
Joe - I would like to encourage young people to join the foreign service of their country. Through diplomacy you may be able to create a more peaceful world. A world with more understanding for one another and one which will improve the environmental concerns of this fragile planet. I have the greatest respect for the men and women of the United States Foreign Service. The job is difficult and the hours are long. I averaged a 14 hour day when I was at Post.

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RE: [DavidRivera/ShirleyTempleFan] Are you planing on having an official web site or web page with email address for you fans?
Hi David. No I am not planning to have a web site. This chat will be archived and you can read it later.

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RE: [Michelle] In pre-civil rights 1930s Hollywood, you were exposed to people of different races and cultures at a very early age. In your movies, your character always treated everyone equally. I believe you may have influenced many young children through that aspect of your movies. The scene in Littlest Rebel when the little servant girl gave you a doll was one of the most memorable for me. What impact did Hollywood have in your seemingly natural ability to deal with people?
Michelle - I am not a shy person and I have always been very outgoing. I have always loved people and I was colorblind. My favorite actor has always been Bill Robinson who was a Black American tap dancer and one of my teachers. He is featured in my autobiography, "Child Star." We made many movies together and he was a best friend and a great dancer.

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RE: [Caitlin/TA] Mrs. Black, We want to ask you about your childhood as an actress. With all the acting, dancing, singing, and school lessons, how did you fit it all into one day, and still play with your friends, and enjoy yourself?
Caitlin - When I got home from the studio after a day's work I would put on my blue jeans and t-shirt and play with the neighborhood kids. I was a tomboy and a treeclimber. I wondered why the other children didn't work. I thought everybody did. I had a private tutor for school and had three hours of school a day. I worked four hours in front of the camera and had one hour for lunch. It seemed easy at the time. I took piano lessons during my lunch hour but disliked the teacher. So I switched to drum lessons. My bungalow was next to the writers' building at the studio. They complained so I had to practice with rubber drumsticks. I was a good drummer.

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RE: [Crissy] I think I out-age the other chatters by 20 years . . . I'm a grad student at Wayne State University. Mrs. Black, First, I'd like to say that you are my favorite star of all time! I have collected all of your movies. My husband almost knows all of the songs b/c I watch them every weekend. My question is, was it hard, once you grew up and made your way into the professional world, to get prospective employers to take you seriously? I'm in a situation where I grew up in an industry, and now they still see me as little Crissy. Plus, it's a male dominated industry, so my battles are even greater. Bless you for being you! You're a great role model for; all of those child stars needing inspiration, women facing the horrible reality of breast cancer and the fact that you can survive it, and women breaking business barriers. I really wish you would make more public appearances! x's & o's!
Crissy - When I was a delegate at the United Nations I was given 13 assignments for the 24th General Assembly. I learned later the average work load was 4 assignments. So they were really testing me. I took books back to my hotel in New York every night and studied late. When they saw that I did my homework and was a serious representative I was accepted.

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It looks like this chat will soon be coming to an end, so we want to be sure to say thank you very much for taking the time for us. You are a beautiful role model for people everywhere and thank you for everything you do and are.

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I have enjoyed being with you all and hope you have rewarding and substantive careers. Good-bye

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