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Marilyn Van Derbur
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| Marilyn Van Derbur has proven herself a TV
personality, and an accomplished speaker, after having been selected Miss America in 1958. Marilyn is in great demand as a keynote convention speaker. Van Derbur revealed in 1991 that her father had sexually abused her, and now speaks about sexual assault and her recovery from incest. Van Derbur is one of the nation's most visible advocates for childhood sexual assault survivors. Marilyn is a former member of the President's Advisory Council on Adult Education. She also was named Outstanding Woman Speaker in America after 30,000 questionnaires were sent to corp and civic meeting planners, asking whom they considered to be the finest woman speaker in America. She has received the Speakers Hall of Fame Award and is the only woman to have received this honor. |
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