Smithsonian

Press Releases: Foundation's President Featured in Smithsonian

Cheryle B. Gartley, President and Founder of the Simon Foundation for Continence, has been included in the Pathways to Health permanent exhibit of the new Women's Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate, which will open this October in Dallas. The museum's exhibits will tell the inspiring stories of American women of achievement.

Visitors to the museum will experience a new generation of interactive technology including cellular phone guides, high definition television (HDTV) and other innovations. Visitors will be greeted by a 30-foot high electronic quilt, illustrating the power and impact of the women's stories they will experience. Exhibits will include "the most unforgettable women in American history" and feature Smithsonian artifacts and program-related resources.

"It is a giant step forward to have the incontinence featured in this wonderful museum. Incontinence is a long hidden, but terribly important and impactful health care need of women," stated Ms. Gartley. "I am delighted to represent all of the leaders, medical, not-for-profit, and for-profit, who have worked so diligently to bring incontinence out of the closet so that millions of American women now know there is help and hope."

Ms. Gartley has traveled extensively on behalf of people with incontinence, appearing on hundreds of radio and television talk shows internationally, including ABC's 20/20, People are Talking (San Francisco), Kelly and Company (Detroit), Good Morning Australia (Sydney), and network news in Japan, Canada, and Germany. She is a member of the International Continence Society, the Association of Continence (UK), and the Bladder Health Council of the American Foundation of Urologic Disease. She was selected as a panelist at the National Institutes of Health's Consensus Development Conference on Adult Urinary Incontinence

Ms. Gartley has published in Japan, Germany, Australia, and the United Kingdom, including articles in journals such as the Journal of Urological Nursing and Social Work Today. Articles about the Simon Foundation for Continence and her work have appeared in such national publications as Time Magazine, Good Housekeeping and Ann Landers' column.

For further information about the Simon Foundation for Continence or the Women's Museum, refer to the following websites: www.simonfoundation.org and www.thewomensmuseum.org.