Sfuilfordian
November
"Women and Work"
BY DAVE OWENS
Several authorities on
"Women and Work" will speak
at a two - day conference on
that subject Tuesday and
Wednesday, Nov. 9 and 10,
in the Gallery of Founders Hall
at Guilford College.
All sessions are open to the
public free of charge, according
to Carol Stoneburner, coordin
ator of the sponsoring
Women's Studies of Guilford
College.
Among the guest speakers
will be Senta Raizen, a Guilford
graduate who is associate
director of the Dissemination
and Resources Group of the
National Institute on Education;
Barbara Simpson, member of
the North Carolina Utilities
Commission; and Dr. William
Chafe of Duke University,
currently doing an oral history
on race relations in Greensboro
since 1900.
New President in Old Game
BY 808 WELLS
A solid base in the south,
a few key northern states and
the aura of a "Roosevelt Coa
lition" provided margin
enough to catapult a Georgia
ex-Governor into the White
House.
Such is the plight of Pres
ident-elect James Earl Carter.
After a monotonous campaign
in which he promised plenty,
Carter now finds that action
must replace rhetoric. Specif
ics must now be accounted for
and dealt with. He will take
command come January.
When Carter arrives in
Washington he will find before
him an immense task. To keep
his campaign promises Carter
must act on the following
matters: Government reorg
anization? a "fair" tax struc
ture; adequate and affordable
health care for all; those twin
evils of unemployment and
inflation while dealing with a
stagnating economy. This is a
big bill to fill and I, for one,
wish him luck.
In his favor will be a big
Democratic majority in both
The conference will open at
6 p.m. Tuesday with a lecture
on Work: Philosophical and
Historical Perspectives by
Dr. Louis Fike of the Guilford
political science department.
Dr. Chafe, author of The
American Woman: Her
Changing Social, Economic
and Political Roles, 1920-1970,
will speak at 7:25 p.m. on
the historical overview of
women's employment in the
USA.
At 8:40 p.m., Dr. Martha
Cooley and Dr. Ed Burrows
of the history department will
show slides made during their
recent trips to Russia and the
Peoples Republic of China,
respectively, and discuss the
roles of working women in
those two countries,
those two countries.
The Wednesday program
will begin at 9 a.m. with a
houses of Congress, a sit
uation which has not existed
since Lyndon Johnson. Going
against Carter is a strong will,
which may make the art of
compromise, as practiced ever
so skillfully by Lyndon John
son, a top candidate for the
endangered species list.
Along with work comes the
social trappings all presidents
engage in to varying degrees.
Carter, while not a socialite,
is affable and will in most
likelihood enjoy selected out
ings in the White House. It
will be interesting to see how
an ex-farm boy reacts to ser
vants, pompous party patrons
and, in general, the Potomac
Fever he ran against so suc
cessfully.
In anticipation of a new
administration, much spec
ulation and theorization oc
currs. Some view Carter's el
ection as a "new Camelot,"
tying him to John Kennedy.
Interestingly enough, person
alities played a prominent role
in the elections of both 1960
and 1976. As Stewart Alsop
lecture by Sarah Malino, a
Ph. D. candidate at Columbia
University, on Faces Over
the Counter (Women's
Employment Break-through
in Sales. 1880-1920). Her
husband will join the Guilford
College faculty in January.
Senta Raizen will speak at
10 a.m. on A Current View
of Women's Employment
in HEW, and Barbara Simpson
will discuss Contemporary
Patterns and Projections
for Women's Employment.
At noon, a salad and sand
wich luncheon will be served,
with informal discussion avail
able with the morning seakers.
persons wishing to stay for
lunch are requested to notify
the Women's Center of Guil
ford College in advance.
On Wednesday evening,
beginning at 6 p.m., speakers
and their subjects will be Carol
noted in 1960: "The question
which now lies before us is
which candidate can lead best
and most safely?" This same
question, coupled with the
desire to "move again," elected
Carter. Regarding the miscon
ception of a "Southern Fried
Camelot" and the Kennedy
mystique proves to be a false
link in Carter's complex chain.
Certainly, new faces will ap
pear in circles of influence
in Carter's administration. The
Jordans, Powells, and Kirbos
under Carter will have their
day and then pass on into
"has been" status as Salinger,
McNamara and O'Brien did
under Kennedy. The cyclical
process of changing power
will run its course while the
media, through which we per
cieve the president, subscribes
past images to new faces.
Lastly, as Carter said in his
victory speech, "We have a lot
to learn about each other." If
he intends to pursue this
rhetorical tidbit, he may find
that "learning process" on the
road to promise fulfilment a
long and hard one.
Stoneburner on Analysis of
Women's Traditional Areas
of Work: Mother, producer/
Consumer, Social Reformer;
Mary Abu-Saba, counseling
psychologist at UNC-G, on
patterns that women are using
to combine "home work" and
employment; and Dr. Sandra
Women and Work
Tuesday Evening - November 9,1976
6:00-7:15 p.m. Work: Philosophical and Historical
Perspectives
lecture by Dr. Louis Fike
Political Science, Guilford College
7:25-8:30 p.m. Historical Overview of Women's Employ
ment in USA
lecture by Dr. William Chafe
Oral History Project, Duke University
author of The American Woman: Her
Changing Social, Economic and Political
Roles, 1920-1970
8:40-9:45 p.m. Women Working in USSR and Peoples
Republic of China
slides and discussion by Dr. Martha Cooley
and Dr. Ed Burrows, History Department,
Guilford College
Wednesday Morning November 10,1976
9:00-10:00 a.m. Faces over the Counter (Women's Employ
ment Break-through
in Sales 1880 -1920
lecture by Sarah Malina, Ph.D. Candidate,
Columbia University
10:00 a.m. A Current View of Women's Employment
in HEW
sharing of experience by Senta Raizen
(Guilford Alumna) Associate Director of
Dissemination and Resources Group, National
Institute of Education
11:00 a.m. Contemporary Patterns and Projections
For Women's Employment
Barbara Simpson, economist. North Carolina
Utilities Commission
12:00 noon Salad and sandwich luncheon informal
discussion with the morning speakers
Wednesday Evening November 10, 1976
6:00-7:15 p.m. Analysis of Women's Traditional Areas of
Work: Mother. Producer/Consumer, Social
Reformer
Carol Stoneburner, Coordinator of Women's
Studies, Guilford College
7:25-8:30 Patterns that Women are using to Combine
"HomeWork" and Employment
Mary Abu-Saba, Counseling Psychologist
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
8:40-9:45 p.m. Women's Problems with Success and
Failure (Review of Literature)
Dr. Sandra Powers, Education Department
UNC-G
Powers of the education depart
ment at UNC-G on women's
problems with success and
failure as seen in literature.
The program and con
ference is expected to
conclude at 8:45 p.m., accord
ing to Ms. Stoneburner.