Accolades
Graham was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976 by President Gerald Ford (the First Lady Betty Ford had danced with Graham in her youth). Ford declared her "a national treasure".
Graham was inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame in 1987.
In 1998 Graham was named "Dancer of the Century" by Time magazine, and one of the female "Icons of the Century" by People Magazine. The New York Times called her a "brilliant, young dancer".
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