- Last weeki it: was Ladies Dayi in Ottawa, and their. _portuaiti

‘chosen. spokeswomen, weren't overly enthusiastic
~ about what the occasion revealed. Ten: years: after

the state officially : admitted it had been treating 51

per ‘cent of the ; population .

shabbily — for -

- abound.

ur.
campuses. speak - “for

themselves | in that. ‘context.

generations — ‘by setting up;.in 1970, the Canadian © As far as one: Can observe,
- Advisory Council on :the Status. of ‘Women.-=— the
_ ladies decided they still had a long: way t to 0 gO. ,

“Lest: that statement should

there is nothing i in the world
-to Stop: a women -from

amy. “career that: takes. her |
Somewhat - Jess clearly ‘expressed. was exactly. fancy, as. proven by’ the |

. where they conceive their final destination to lie.

“persons” > which ‘pened the

“immediately brand.me as a’~ door for: them to. seek:public.

typical’ male chauvinist. Pig,
- Jet’ me ‘hasten. to plead’* ‘not
-guilty”, Personally; I'ma 100
per: cent. card-carrying

“feminist - ‘and it remains'a ~

- “perennial mystery. to'me why
.the.: more = perceptive and
ve ‘idealistic. half .of the. human
‘race-has allowed itself to be
pushed around for so. ong.

The “Ottawa event last
-week. was. the Advisory
Council's 10-year report: on
. ‘what. ‘had. -happened since
-1970 to put things right .--
especially. in the area of
equal economic and career
Opportunities for women. At
the. same time the. Governor-
General. handed out his first
“Person”. awards to seven
ladiés who have made
outstanding national con-
tributions to advancing the -
status of Canadian women --
two of thém, incidentally
(Eileen Taliman-Sufrin and
Grace. McInnis). from the
Lower Mainland. - .

-. LITTLE-TO CHEER? |

The awards. marked the
50th anniversary of the
officia] « recognition .. ‘of -
women in this country as

fom

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. ong .

A West Vancouver house
was badly damaged by fire
Saturday night but the
occupier stayed, there all
night to keep ‘guard and

prevent any possible looting.

The fire, at 2115
Palmerston Avenue, started
in the back porch area and is
thought to probably have

office, the | exclusive

: preserve of ‘males. prior “to

1929.

But!’ Tory. MP Diane

Stratas couldn't find muchto —

cheer. about, _ pointing : out

that, after ‘half a century, ,

there are still only nine
women MPs in the House of
Commons. And * Doris

Anderson, president. of the -

Advisory Council, declared
that women had been “over-
optimistic”; the Council’s
task was “far from finished”.

Even by commenting on
these matters, of course, any

mere male is automatically _

inviting trouble for himself,.

because men are not sup-

posed to be capable of
understanding women’s

aspirations, let alone aiding -

them. This seems a little
unfair in reverse. The
feminist yearning for
equality of economic’ and

career opportunities strikes -
un-:

me as the most
derstandable thing in the
world -- and the only. point
that puzzles me about that
yearning is why more women

haven't taken advantage of
_the many -

“equality” op-

\

nee

been caused by an electrical
fault.

It burned part of the roof,
the attic, kitchen and back

‘porch and caused extensive

smoke damage throughout
the house.

At the time of the fire, the
occupants of the three

thousands

of women
graduates each year in such -
disciplines a as law, medicine,

home.  Plus- the familiar

. } female-career stereotypes:

oo. nursing, social. work and

education and science. In medicine. .
other fields of endeavor

women drive buses, run Today, however, there’s

government department another wide open field in

departments, operate their
own businesses, forecast the
weather and even, latterly,
fly jetliner.

oes oe

bedroom house were out.
The alarm was raised by a
neighbor.

West Van Fire Depart-
ment responded with two
pumpers, ‘an aerial truck, a
command car and a rescue
truck and took about half an
hour to knock down the fire.

Halloween Costume Caper

Saturday, October 27th
For kids of all ages.

apilano mall

935 Marine Drive, North Vancouver

Most Original Costumes
Judging at 2:30 pm

Free treats & balloons

Prizes...
Forthe

aincoat
Puppet Theatre

For the kids.

Free cake & coftee
for Mom & Dad

niversity and: college ~ =

 éspecially at
echelons. I suspect many of |

- would appear,

“None . of this. seems to

- there are still pockets of- pte-
war male chauvinism in
_ business and. the professions _
which deny qualified women.

:the full measure -of career.
‘advancement to-which. they _
are “entitled.. But these are .

. progressively ‘being smoked
_out by Ms, Anderson and her
_colleagues, and' I doubt
‘whether any..at all will
‘remain once-~'the postwar-
baby | generation _ of male
‘bosses rises to the top. in thé
| coming decade.

. - Meanwhile, I “have my,

own ‘perverse--male theory

‘about the continuing dearth
of women in certain oc-
cupations and professions,
the upper

them, when it comes to the
crunch, opt ‘out because
they're smarter than we

men.

' Women’s instincts are
much more finely honed
than the male variety. They
know inuitively what.they do
best and what they like doing
best, and this often leads to

superb results in some of the

areas on which they con-
centrate. Among them -- toa
surprising extent still —
bearing ~-children and

creating a happy family”

which thousands of women
are ‘achieving outstanding
success. Most women, it
have a

- smack of ‘ ‘inequality”: True, -

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. everything | that appertains to
that process,'as many a male

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AS a result, women 1 today
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‘throughout... the com-
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relations -at all levels - “from
the top down. Ms. Anderson
herself is the former _editor

_.of Chatelaine magazine. The

wealth: of. female bylines in
‘the -daily and periodical.
press tell their own story, .as.
‘do the legions. of women TV"
personalities who inform and
entertain us on the tube.
And I can tell you from daily
contact that well over half of
Vancouver’s most capable

PR types are provided by the -

ladies.

‘The North Shore News
itself, incidentally, is right
up there among. the. saints.
Seventy per cent of our total

staff of approximately 100 |
-are women, anda | great job .

—

they all do.

For " generations women.

have supplied many of the
greatest novelists in the.
English Janguage. And they
continue to be the backbone
of our elementary*teaching
profession which moulds the

‘young minds of Canada’s

future citizens.

In a recent: survey by J. -
Richard Finlay, published in -
The Financial Post, over 800
students from 10 universities

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The bottom three --
‘declared as being in need of
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corporations and major: oil -
companies, in none of which

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There could “hardly be ; a.
more encouraging guidepost
for the Status of Women
‘council - and for ail the rest -.
of us. for . that matter.
Wherever the ladies. get their
message.across, things begin
to work better and better.

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