pat managed to win over not only the, quote, ragged women in a monorove yang salt market, but also sultan mohamed sank who granted her an unprecedented formal audience. her goal, she told mazo, was to convince people we enjoy being here and are genuinely interested in them. mazoing was not the only one to see the importance in her role. by the time of the soviet trip, the last of the vice presidential ones, pat as ambassador of goodwill had won over even "the new york times" calling her a diplomat in high heels, the reporter described her as self-possessed, self-made, orderly and precise. the capital press club, an organization of african-american news correspondents, presented her with its international relations award in 1957 recognizing, quote, her goodwill activities among the people of eight african countries, end quote. they choser her as america's outstanding ambassador of goodwill. deputy attorney general william rogers wrote to pat following a trip through europe during which he had been bombarded with requests for her presence on the next vice presidential trip. he praised her i