Women Labor Force
Increases 241.7 Percent
Rat ir«—
- η omen in
toe North Carolina labor
force have come a long way
in the past four decades,
increasing 241.7 percent
from 350.000 in 1940 to
around 1,1%,000 in 1979,
according to state Employ
ment Security Commission
officials
And officials predict that
the mid-eighties, the
£ njpber of λ omen worters
™ wW equal or possibl\*x
ceed the number of work
ing males in the state.
Dave Garrison, assistant
director of the commis
sions Bureau of Employ
ment Security Research,
says there was "no con
test" between men and
women during the past four
decades in percentage
gains in employment.
Whereas in 1940 only one
out of four labor force
participants was a women,
by 1979 the ratio was better
than three out of every
seven workers, he said.
"While male employ
ment advanced around 60
percent during the period,
the femaie employment ex
pansion amounted to a
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Dr. Ethelyn H. Harper
Associate professor
IRA To Hear
Dr. Harper
The International Read
- ing Assocition. IRA, will
bold a t inquet in Mon
-,'roe. May 1. The speaker
,· will be 'Jr. Ethelyn H.
Harper 1^sociate Profes
Ar of education co
ordinator of Interdiscipli
lary Semnar in Education
at St Augustine's College.
A graduate of Winston
Salem Stale University and
Teachers ollege at Colum
bia University, Dr Harper
received 1er Ph.D. from
laurence University in
California She has pursued
«tudies at iie University of
Maryland md Appalachian
State University.
IFellov. slip awards from
Bennett Gflege, Davidson
College, aid St. John's Col
lege in Jnta Fe, New
Mexico arr also a part of
Dr Harper's distinguished
educational background. ,
Her educational travel
experience are notewor
thy During the period from
1969 to 19Π. she traveled ir
fourteen c mntries in West
em Europe, Canada, the
Bahamas Hawaii, Mexico
< and South America.
whopping 260 percent,"
said Garrison.
Garrison said that al
most as dramatic as the
sheer magnitude of female
growth have been the signi
ficant changes occuring in
the kinds of jobs women
hold.
In 1940, only 25 percent of
the employed women
worked in "white collar"
occupations, Garrison said
However, by 1978, over half
of all working women held
"white collar" jobs.
Based on data compiled
by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics from its Current
Population Surveys of
households. Garrison said
in the "blue collar" occu
pations the female pro
portion has dropped slight
ly from 34 5 percent in 1940
to 30 6 percent in 1978 He
said that was due mainly to
a proportional decline in
machine operators and re
lated jobs
Garrison said the pro
portions of employed wo
men also have increased in
professional and technical
jobs, in managerial and
administrative occupa
tions. and in the skilled
trades. He said the distri
bution of female employ
ment shows sharp declines
in service and farm occu
pation due in great part to
declines in the number of
women in private house
hold domestic jobs and to
the overall decline in agri
cultural employment
brought about by increased
mechanization and the out
migration of farm families
Looking at the female
workers characteristics in
terms of color and age. the
Bureau of Labor Statistics
reports that of the 1.122,000
Tar Heel women employed
in 1979. around 84,000 were
teen-agers, age 16 through
19. Of all female workers.
884,000, or almost 79 per
cent. were white, and 238.
000 were non-white ( Black
and other races ι
Garrison said the unem
ployment rate for women
was considerably higher
than the rate for men in
1979. The annual average
unemployment was 6 2 per
cent, representing 74.000
jobless females, compared
with a 3.7 percent rate, or
55.000 unemployed menr
For white women the job
less rate stood at 5 2 per
cent. while for non-white
women the rate was sub
stantially higher at 9 5
percent.
Before Making Decision
Nursing Homes Should
Be Investigated Thoroughly
RALEIGH - Persons con
sidering a nursing home for
themselves or for a mem
ber of the family should
make a thorough investiga
tion of the home before
making a decision, accord
ing to Nathan H. Yelton.
assistant secretary of
Aging. Department of Hu
man Resources
"It will be time well
spent in terms of appro
priate care and services."
he said.
In North Carolina, all
nursing homes must be
liceosed by the state in
order to operate, said Yel
ton He urged prospective
residents to find out what
level of nursing care is
provided, if a Registered
Nurse or a Licensed Practi
cal Nurse is in charge, and
the number of persons on
the night shift.
The patient's physician
should tell him what level
of care is necessary, but
"the more care provided,
the more you can expect to
pay for services," Yelton
said.
Other questions that
should be answered in
clude:
Does a staff physician
spend some time at the
nursing home? Can the
patient have his own physi
cian''
What are the rules about
visitng patients" Does the
home have facilities for
rehabilitation and physical
therapy''
Is there an arrangement
for transfer of patients to a
nearby hosDitaP Is emer
gency transportation read
ily available?
Does the home have
planned menus and are
there arrangements for
special diets'' Ask to see
the planned menus
Does the home have an
organized program of di
versional activities'1 What
does it include" Are there
arrangements for the reli
gious life of the patient?
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Nurse Shortage Frets Memorial
uemana tor nurses na
tionwide has outstripped
the supply severely enough
that some hospitals are
actively recruiting them
Charlotte Memorial Hos
pital. currently short 50 to
60 registered nurses, hopes
to reduce shortages by half
after nursing school grad
uations. according to John
Lottich. director of public
information
We are in competition
-against all medical centers
in the southeast.' Lottich
said
Hospitality Weekends,
the next betng May 9-tO are
among Memorial s recruit
ing tools Senior nursing
students and RNs are in
vited from as far as
Canada
Charlotte Memorial pays
for hotel accommodations'
for out-of-town guests
Lottich said most short
ages are in the general
medical surgical unit
'Specialty areas such as
intensive care attracts
nurses "
Since hospital nursing is
more difficult and the
hours .irregular Lottich
said, many RNs elect not to
work in hospitals
They may change to em
ploy ment health nurses
•Aork in a doctor's office or
for an insurance company
Others choose to become
homemakers or involved in
home helath care
To compensate for the
RN shortage. LPN's li
censed practical nurses
are assuming some of their
duties
An RN has more train
ing and authority by la<* to
do more things.'1 such as
giving medicine to patients
Lottich said They utilize
part-time RNs. an RN pool
and nursing supervisors to
substitute
Hospital nursir.g covers
every experience you could
come up *ith in nursing.
I.ottich emphasized
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ting in the Hospitality
Weekend, contact Teresa
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work for all children—
thanks to Lt. Gov.
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He helped push through the
state-wide kindergarten
program—and a lot of other
programs, too.
He has fought for stronger
senior citizens' programs,
expanded day care centers,
and industrial development
to create more jobs.
And for 19 years Jimmy Green
has led the fight to make
government better, not bigger—
to make tax dollars count.
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