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Medical Psychologist Says
Don't Plan Funeral for Women's Movement
DR.J. BARRY BOYD
Baseball Award for
Cancer Researcher
A cancer researcher here has won a
$2,000 scholarship from the Baseball
Sportswriters and Sportscasters of
America.
Dr. J. Barry Boyd, a research fellow
in plastic surgery, is the 12th person
to win the award, given each year in
memory of Cincinnati Reds pitcher
and manager Fred Hutchinson. Staff
members of the Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center in Seattle
select the recipient for the baseball
writers and broadcasters.
Boyd, 28, graduated from Duke
with a B.S. degree in 1970. He earned
his M.D. degree at the University of
Miami and returned to Duke for a
residency in general surgery. He was
nominated for the scholarship by Dr.
William W. Shingleton, director of
the Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The money, Boyd said, will help
finance his research into why cancer
cells invade normal tissues.
"The theory is that cancer cells
contain enzymes that break down
connective tissue and allow tumors
to spread," he said. "By better
understanding the mechanisms of
cancer invasion, we'll be better able
to develop treatments."
The young researcher is working
with Dr. Gerald S. Lazarus, chief of
Duke's Division of Dermatology, and
with Dr. Nicholas Georgiade, chief of
the Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial
and Reconstructive Surgery.
When he completes his residency,
Boyd plans to stay in academic
surgery.
Glimpses of the Past
Diaries, letters and account books
are rich sources for the writing of
history. Some of those in the Perkins
Library will be displayed and
discussed by Dr. Mattie Russell,
curator of manuscripts, Sunday, Jan.
23, at 4 p.m. in the Manuscripts
Department, third floor.
Dr. Russell, who is visitirvg
professor at the School of Library
Science of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, is past
president of the Historical Society of
North Carolina. She is chairman of
the Joint Committee on
Archives-Library Relations of the
American Library Association and
the Society of American Archivists.
Her talk is the first in a series of
three "Sunday Afternoons in the
Library." The Duke community is
invited to attend.
By Ina Fried
The crowd of drummers sounding
the death knell for the women's
movement are likely to be
disappointed. Instead, the
movement may lead to a more
"nourishing" environment for both
men and women, a Duke medical
psychologist believes.
Dr. Elaine Crovitz said in a paper
delivered at a symposium at East
Carolina University in Greenville
Wednesday, that historically the
women's movement has succeeded
whenever women "tied their fates to
values of greater liberty."
The movement today will succeed,
she said, "if it allies itself to the need
of our era to introduce an expanded
awareness of human inter
dependence and the primary value of
human existence."
Allies, Not Enemies
Programs of a successful women's
movement, she predicted, will "see
men as allies, not enemies; they will
see in marriage a possible haven for
mutualism; they will see children as
independent personalities who are
also facets of our own identity as
they link us to the future and pay
tribute to our belief in the
worthwhileness of living."
Dr. Crovitz said the women's
movement might advocate xhariges
that would make it more'diffitiilt to
marry, while establishing limited
partnerships just for living with
another person.
She said changes in the labor
market might be necessary to allow
both men and women more equal
shares of work and leisure and the
opporturuty to participate in early
childhood development. A new
structure might include four-hour
days, two-and-one half day weeks,
job rotatior\s or job sharing as well as
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available to provide further
explanation of the program to those
indicating an interest.
"We see our role with Duke
employees as offering financial
counseling and explaining the plan,
rather than selling it," Downing
said.
"For example, if someone has no
other money set aside, we might
advise building up a savings account
adequate child care facilities.
Education for Parenting
Education for parenting might
become a part of the educational
curriculum, she suggested.
The women's movement is not a
new phenomenon, she emphasized
DR. ELAINE CROVITZ
in her paper, "The Women's
Movement — Past, Present and
Future," presented at an Influence
Systems Symposium.
As long ago as the 1350s Giovanni
Boccaccio wrote "De Cleris
Mulieribus" or "Concerning Famous
Women'-'oift treatise describing the
lives of 104 women intended to
inspire other women to greatness.
At the end of the 14th century, a
before investing in VALIC," he
explained.
Unanimous Choice
This attitude was confirmed by
Richard Bindewald, associate
director of personnel and director of
benefits and records.
"The conunittee set up to select
such a plan unanimously agreed on
VALIC because of their reputation
and because this is all they do,"
Bindewald said.
woman writer, Christine de Pisan,
defended her sex and took a stand
against the prevalent denigration of
women. Dr. Crovitz said.
Epidemic of Eulogies
"For nearly 200 years after
Boccaccio and Christine de Pisan, an
epidemic of eulogies devoted to the
glorification of the long-secluded sex
raged," Dr. Crovitz said. "That
women emerged so suddenly from a
stage of ignorance, superstitution
and mystic dreams to a position of
intellectual distinction and virtual
though not legal equality with men
is one of the relatively unknown facts
and marvels of the Renaissance."
The French and American
Revolutions "with their insistence
on the consent of the governed and
inalienable human rights gave a
marginal impetus to the idea of
women's equality," Dr. Crovitz said.
But it was around the issue of
abolition in the 1830s that American
women acquired their first political
experience and developed methods
for changing law, namely petition
and agitation to educate the public,
she said.
Next Wave
After the gain of women's suffrage
in the 1920s, the next wave of activity
was sparked in the 1960s by the Civil
Rights Movement.
Today, Dr. Crovitz said, the formal
women's movement organizations
continue to challenge sex
discrimination through traditional
influence strategies while
non-structured "rap" groups are
creating "a vast reservoir of
conscious feminist sentiment."
"Together," she said, "tne two
strategies are a formidable challenge
to any attempt to reverse -the
progress made by centuries of
women's efforts to gain equality."
"We consulted other instirutions
using their plan, and the report was
favorable. Also, we knew VALIC
would not use this as a 'foot in the
door' to sell life insurance to
employees," he said.
Benefit Owed to Employees
Bindewald also pointed out that
Duke had no quotas to fill. "We just
felt we owed this to our employees."
He explained that Duke employee.';
are not eligible to set up tax deferred
annuity accounts a* banks, since
Duke does offer a reii-^mcnt p'^n
(paid in full by the universitv ; • lii
biweekly employees v\ no work
half-time or more, are at least age 25
and have worked here one year oi
longer).
The minimum investment lor the
VALIC program is $20 per month.
The maximum is determined by a
complex Internal Revenue Service
formula based on one's salary and
years of service with Duke.
Transferability and Flexibility
If one leaves Duke after investing
in the VALIC program, he or she can
withdraw the cash value of the
account, or leave it to continue to
accumulate interest.
It also might be possible to
continue it either through the new
place of employment or on an
individual policy basis.
"There is generally a high rate of
transferability," Downing said.
AN INAUCURAVON AT DUKE HOSPITAL—New Hospital Auxiliary officers met
together just t>efore the January 12 general meeting at which they were installed.
They are, left to right, Ort Busse, president; Florence Spivey, vice president; Nellie
Garrard, historian; and Nancy Brame, treasurer. New officers not pictured are Betty
Leach, recording secretary, and Moira Davidson, corresponding secretary. (Photo by
John Becton)
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