Despite the progressive advance in the equality of rights and opportunities, a significant number of women who lead school organisations continue to encounter a series of obstacles when it comes to exercising school management. In this context, the article presents the experience of six women who lead educational establishments in the Araucanía…

This document highlights the advances made by women in 1970, e.g., the proclamation of Executive Order 11246, which prohibits sex discrimination by federal contractors and became the instrument for attacking such discrimination in the staffing of universities. The council on female status emphasizes the importance of the growing cooperation among…

The six sex discrimination cases litigated in the 1971, 1974, and 1973 Terms of the Supreme Court are reviewed (the statutes, opinions, and general assumptions). It is concluded that although the Court has failed to produce a coherent doctrinal foundation for its decisions, the way is open for future sex-neutral analysis. (JT)

Women Inc. arose out of the need to eliminate sex bias on the job. Their struggles and victories are discussed in the article. (Author)

An increased interest in the position of women, stimulated by increasing numbers of women in the labor force as well as the women's movement, has resulted in a reexamination of women's status under social security programs in many countries. Five case studies (Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Great Britain, and United States), which…

Discusses the Equal Rights Amendment issue within the American Library Association (ALA) and state library associations, noting key actions regarding the amendment taken by ALA and outlining the political activities of several women librarians in Missouri, Florida, North Carolina, and Illinois. (EJS)

A measure of equalitarianism as used by Joesting and Joesting (1972), measures of Women Can Become (WCB), Women Should Become (WSB), and the Manifest Anxiety Scale (MAS; Taylor, 1953) were administered to 185 ninth grade students at a southern junior high school. (Author)

This document presents the hearings before the subcommittee on equal opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress. Hearings concern the Women's Educational Equity Act. It is the purpose of this Act, in order to provide educational equity for women in this country, to encourage the…

This document presents the hearings before the Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress. Hearings concern the Women's Educational Equity Act of 1973. The Act enables the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to conduct special educational programs and…

The great majority of men and women in American now support the real goals and gains of the Women's Liberation Movement, even those who do not like the Movement. The Movement has grown so fast because of the real needs of women, needs that most men now support. (Author)

In order to provide women educational researchers with equal opportunities, the author proposes that women's affirmative action plans with respect to educational research be instituted, and that the American Educational Research Association (AERA) play a central role in their institution. What is necessary in a women's affirmative action plan for…

Discussed are the necessity of ERA; its affect on combat service, states' rights, husband's support duty, alimony, custody and support of children in a divorce, "protective labor standards laws" applying to women only, and property rights of married women, especially homemakers; and whether a state legislature may rescind an original…

Divorced from the rhetoric of the radical fringe, the demands of the movement are just, says the Dean of Women of the University of Kansas. (Editor)

This report identifies and analyzes sex-based references in the United States Code, which forms the basis of Federal laws which allow implicit or explicit sex-based discrimination. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has issued this report to inform the public and to provide resource materials for private citizens, the President, and members of…