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Letter: Now Delegate To The Iwy Conference, National Organization For Women

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A letter of congratulations to Edna Saffy on being a delegate to the International Women's Year conference in Houston.

Memorandum: General Information About The Business And Professional Women's Club Era Ratification Assembly., Business And Professional Women's Club

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ERA Ratification assembly in Houston Texas at the Civic Center during the International Women's Conference on November 18, 1977.

Press Release: Diverse Delegations To Attend National Women’S Conference, National Commission On The Observance Of International Women's Year

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Press release from the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year.

Memorandum: Delegate And Alternate Housing October 2, 1977., Bella S. Abzug

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A memorandum on accommodations at the Houston Women's conference.

Pr 110 October 1977. For Immediate Release, National Commission On The Observance Of International Women's Year

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A press release announcing that Congresswoman Pat Schroeder of Colorado will chair a ad hoc peace and disarmament hearing during the National Women's Conference in Houston on November 18-21.

Press Release: Pr 109 Briefings From The Top, National Commission On The Observance Of International Women's Year

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Press Release Pr 106 For Immediate Release, National Commission On The Observance Of International Women's Year

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A press release about studies done on Women's rights and the problems faced in employment, health care, family life, and childcare.

Press Release: Pr 107. 1977 October, National Commission On The Observance Of International Women's Year

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More information on the National Women's Conference in Houston.

Letter: Delegate Letter No. 1 To All National Women's Conference Delegates., Bella S. Abzug

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Child Care Reservation form included. September 27, 1977.

Letter: Delegate Letter No. 2 National Commission On The Observance Of International Women’S Year., National Commission On The Observance Of International Women’S Year

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A Tentative Plenary Schedule of the Houston conference and Proposed rules included. September, 1977.

Update On The State Women’S Meeting And The National Iwy Conference. 1977 September, National Commission On The Observance Of International Women's Year

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Update on the conference in Houston with a program preview.

Press Release Pr 103, National Commission On The Observance Of International Women's Year

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A press release concerning the delegates to the National Women's Conference in Houston.

Press Release Pr 103 For Immediate Release, National Commission On The Observance Of International Women's Year

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Press Release: Background On The National Women’S Conference And The Iwy Commission, National Commission On The Observance Of International Women's Year

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Press Released entailed the history of the National Women's Commission, their goals for state meetings and national women's conference. August, 1977.

Press Release: Florida Women’S Conference A Productive, Positive Experience For Thousands

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A report on the Florida Women's Conference held in Orlando on July 22, 1977.

Work Incentive Policies: An Evaluation Of Their Effects On Welfare Women's Choice, Jacqueline Ballou

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

It is argued here that Work Incentive Policies treat the symptoms rather than the basic causes of poverty with high costs to society. The writer's own experience with WIN participants as well as attitudinal surveys has suggested that there is a very high motivation to work among welfare mothers, however, the low-wage jobs available to them are not very competitive with benefits available through AFDC with its various in-kind programs such as Medicaid and day care. As Sawhill (1976) notes, the combined benefit-loss rates associated with work incentive programs remain high, as budgetary constraints associated with raising net welfare- wage …

Debunking Sapphire: Toward A Non-Racist And Non-Sexist Social Science, Patricia Bell Scott

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The term "Sapphire" is frequently used to describe an age-old image of Black women. The caricature of the dominating, emasculating Black woman is one which historically has saturated both the popular and scholarly literature. The purpose of this paper is debunk the "Sapphire" caricature as it has been projected in American social science. By exposing the racist and sexist underpinnings of this stereotype, it is hoped that more students and scholars might be sensitized and encouraged to contribute to the development of a nonracist and non-sexist social science.

The Role Of The Female Mental Health Professional In A Male Correctional Setting, Cheryl E. Biemer

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

There are increasing numbers of women psychologists and other professionals working within predominately male correctional settings. One finds, however, nothing in the literature on how they are viewed by the system or what it is like to be a woman working within this traditionally male dominated sphere. The dearth of written material on the subject became apparent in a search through the National Clearinghouse of Mental Health and the Criminal Justice Reference Service. The Psychological Abstracts, Social Science Citation Index and the Criminology Index also have no references that shed any light on this issue. There is one particularly good …

Women In Communications, Janice L. Booker

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Rosalind Russell and Joan Crawford spearheaded the image in the forties; their perennial screen portrayals of newswomen scooping the men in the office and then falling in love with the hard-hearted city editor, or guiding the reorganization of the nation's number-one-rated-but-faltering-magazine to a successful resurgence attracted the identification of many aspiring young women. Abetted by Superman's reporter sidekick cum love-life Lois Lane and the magnificent Brenda Starr of the comic strips, the image was complete; what did many creative, talented and ambitious young women want but to become newshawks with editorial aspirations.

The Women's Liberation Movement And Its Various Impacts On American Men, Arthur B. Shostak

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Writing in 1974 about women and athletics 26 years ahead in the year 2000 journalist Lucinda Franks foresees a sexist backlash she tags the "New Male Chauvinist Movement." It all begins with a rebirth of the Age of Reason which, after 1980, includes a new celebration of the humanizing potentialities of sport and games. Women, as prime agents of this pivotal cultural reform, will have advanced so fast and so far in competitive and non-competitive athletics that "the Total Human has been born" and " the average body is no longer just a neglected dormitory for the mind." There is …

Reflections And Legacies, Cheryl A. Lieberman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Adjustment to old age poses special problems. It requires an acceptance of being old and restructuring one's life around decreasing energy and body resources. "Old age is neither inherently miserable nor inherently sublime - like every stage of life, it has problems, joys, fears, and potentials."1 What is it like for an older woman as she experiences physical, emotional, and social changes?

For purposes of this study, twenty-five women ranging in age from 67 through 88 were interviewed either individually, in dyads, or in groups. Each woman was presented with the same basic information: the author was interested in and …

The Scarlet "W" Public Welfare As Sexual Stigma For Women, Phyllis J. Day

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The purpose of this paper is to focus attention on sex role deviance as a major contributive factor in negative attitudes toward women on welfare. Our position is that part of the stigma toward welfare recipients arises from the fact that they are sex role deviants, and that the differential treatment accorded to men and women on welfare has to do with the difference in sex role expectations from which they deviate. Although negative attitudes toward men on welfare are as evident as those toward women, this article sets aside the issue of men on welfare (though cognizant of its …

A Perspective On The Psychotherapist's Response To The Women's Movement, Harold S. Bernard

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The women's movement constitutes one of the most powerful sociological phenomena of modern times. Like any important movement, it has elicited reactions from every stratum within our society. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the response to the women's movement on the part of women, men, and man-woman relationships. It will then describe in detail an actual clinical case in which the issues involved were directly related to the concerns addressed by the women's movement, and it will offer a recommended attitudinal stance on the part of the psychotherapist to such concerns.

Attitudes Toward Abortion: A Comparative Analysis Of Correlates For 1973 And 1975, Theodore C. Wagenaar, Ingeborg W. Knol

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper contains an analysis of both the level of support for abortion and the correlates of such support for both 1973 and 1975, as indicated by National Opinion Research Center data. In comparison to previous research, which focused primarily on bivariate analyses of demographic variables, we examine the role of demographic and other variables (such as work status, unemployment history, receipt of government aid, and belief in an afterlife) at both the bivariate and multivariate levels of analysis. The result indicates an abatement of the previously increasing level of support; this datum plus the increase in persons responding "don't …

List: Florida Women’S Conference Officers And Committee Members

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Members at the Florida Conference on Observation of International Women’s Year July 15-17.

Registration Form: Florida Women's Conference On Observance Of International Women’S Decade

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Florida Women’s Conference of Observance of International Women’s Decade informational packet for July-15-17, 1977 held in Orlando, Florida. Contains registration form, location information and a program for the conference. Date: July 1977.

Women: Re-Entry And Challenge, Lita Linzer Schwartz

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Women are turning or returning to the world outside the home in ever-increasing numbers, partly due to the economic crisis of recent years and partly in response to the "consciousness-raising" and self-actualization aspects of the women's liberation and humanistic movements. When a woman re-enters the workaday or educational world, she meets a variety of challenges. Some she may have anticipated; others may come as a surprise - or a shock.

Third World Women, World Population Growth: A Case Of Blaming The Victim, Elizabeth W. Moen

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper examines the provisions of the 1974 United Nations World Population Conference pertaining to the status of women, wherein it is assumed that if the status of women is improved and they are educated and employed, fertility will decline. It is concluded that these assumptions do not have very sound theoretical or empirical bases, and that the possibility and probability of implementation in the near future is slim. It is hypothesized that the Conference World Plan of Action will do little to raise the status of women or reduce population growth because it is a product of sexual politics.

Sex Roles And Work Roles In Post-Industrial Society, Diane Barthel

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

It is argued that one of the reasons for the slow change in work and sex roles, despite policies designed to encourage such change, Is an inadequate understanding of the process of industrialization and Its Impact on women's status. This impact has been both increasingly to favor money as the sole criteria for status and to force a separation of the home and the workplace. Both of these factors have had an adverse impact on women's status which the growth of technology, expansion of education, and increased control over fertility have not been able to counteract. The limitations of current …

Memorandum: Delegate And Alternate Housing Accommodations For National Women's Conference In Houston, National Commission On The Observance Of International Women's Year

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Housing Request form included for conference on November 18-21, 1977.