GM CEO Mary Barra was supposed to be honored next week in Washington, DC for her work in the automotive industry. Not anymore.
The National Women's History Museum confirmed Thursday it has withdrawn an award — the Katharine Graham Living Legacy award — intended to go to the General Motors (GM) executive after she elected not to attend a the awards ceremony, according to the Wall Street Journal.
As the newspaper reports:
The move came after the president of the National Legal and Policy Center and family members of those hurt or killed in accidents involving faulty ignition switches asked the museum to withdraw the planned award… A total of 32 deaths have been linked to the ignition-switch issue, and that number could grow by the end of the year, when claims to the company's compensation fund are due.
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A spokeswoman for the museum told the WSJ, "We are not presenting Mrs. Barra with the award at this time, but may at some future date. Further, we won't be selecting anyone else and therefore won't present a Katharine Graham Living Legacy award Monday evening.
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