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UNWLA Participation in NCW Activities D u rin g th e p a s t m o n th s, th e U N W L A h a s ta k e n p a r t in sev e ra l e v en ts sp onsored b y th e N a tio n a l Council of W om en of th e U.S., o f w hich th e U N W L A is a m em b er o rg an izatio n . O f p a ra m o u n t in te re s t w as th e N C W an n u a l m e e tin g held in N ew Y o rk in th e fall, w ith d is cu ssio n s on w om en-at-w ork, civil rig h ts , an d c o n tin u in g ed u catio n fo r w om en. T h e 3-day m e e tin g w as opened on O ct. 12 by M rs. M ildred R obbins, N CW p re sid e n t, w ho rem in d ed h e r lis te n e rs th a t o u r pro b lem s to d ay a re sim ila r to th o se w hich ex iste d in 1888 w h en th e N C W w as founded. M rs. H elen L o to tsk y an d th e u n d e rsig n e d a tte n d e d an all-day se m in a r d ealin g w ith equal em plo y m en t o p p o rtu n itie s fo r w om en. D u rin g th e m o rn in g sessio n th e to p ic d iscu ssed w as “W om en an d T itle V II,” w ith sev eral p ro m in e n t p a n e lists fro m th e fe d e ra l an d s ta te g o v ern m en ts, politics, in d u stry an d ed u catio n ta k in g p a rt. T itle V II of th e Civil R ig h t A ct re q u ire s em p lo yers, lab o r un ions an d em p lo y m en t agencies to tr e a t all p e rso n s equally, re g a rd le ss of race, color, sex, relig io n or n a tio n a l o rigin. In e ffect, th is re m oved th e legal b a rrie r to w om en ’s ad v an cem en t in em ploy m e n t. H ow ever, it w as a g reed th a t th e re is still m u ch to be done b e fo re w om en w ho a re en g ag ed in eq ual w o rk w ith m en w ill be p aid equal w ages an d a d vance acco rd in g to th e ir a b ility , ach ieve equ al se n io rity an d r e tire m e n t rig h ts , an d equal tr a in in g o p p o rtu n itie s. M rs. M ary K e y serlin g of th e U . S. D ep t, o f L ab o r, said w om en c o n s titu te o n e-th ird of th e w age e a rn e rs in th e n a tio n , h a lf of th e w om en w ho w o rk a re over 40, an d d u rin g th e p a s t 25 y e a rs w om en w o rk e rs h a v e alm o st doubled, w ith 32 m illion h o lding jo b s in 1964. M r. F ra n k lin D. R oosevelt, J r., C h a irm a n o f th e F e d e ra l E q u a l E m p lo m en t O p p o rtu n ity C om m ission, m o d e ra te d a ro u n d ta b le on equ al em plo ym ent op p o rtu n itie s fo r w om en. H e s ta te d th a t tra in in g o p p o rtu n itie s m u st be eq ually open to m en an d w om en, b u t said th a t th e re is a w ide gap b etw een th e m ed ian in com es of w om en an d m en . . . w ith w om en re c eiv in g $3561, an d m en close to $6,000 a n n u a l ly, an d th e g ap is n o t n a rro w in g b u t w idening. A n open discussion w as held, d u rin g w h ich M rs. H e len P ro c iu k u rg e d counseling c e n te rs fo r a d u lt w om en to p re p a re th e m fo r th e ir re tu rn to w ork. H e r su g g e stio n w as su p p o rte d b y M r. Jo h n M ulhearn, a N . Y. T elephone Co. vice p re s i d en t, b u t M r. R oosevelt p re fe rre d such c e n te rs to include y o u th an d m in o ritie s as w ell as w om en. H ow ever, e n co u rag in g n o tes w ere sounded fo r eq ual em ploy m e n t o p p o rtu n itie s fo r w om en. Since 1962 w om en in th e fe d eral service h av e been given equal c o n sid eratio n fo r p ro m o tio n an d a p p o in tm e n t, an d P re sid e n t Jo h n so n , b y n a m in g m o re w om en to h ig h e r po sitio n s, h a s su p plied co n sid erab le im p e tu s fo r h irin g an d p ro m o tin g m ore w om en to ex ecu tiv e an d to p ech elon levels. A W om an of C onscience A w ard w as p re se n te d to M rs. V irg in ia S en ders, a p io n eer in th e field of C o n tin u in g E d u c a tio n fo r W om en to enable th e m to o b tain n e c e ssa ry em ploym ent. I t is hoped m o re p lan s of th is ty p e will p e rm it w om en even w ith lim ited schooling to receive counseling, tra in in g an d th e ed u c atio n n e c e ssa ry to o b tain de sire d em ploym ent. On O ct. 13 M rs. S ophia Jacobs, H o n o ra ry P re s id e n t of N CW , de liv ered a s tir rin g a d d ress on ‘’Civil R ig h ts O ctober 1965 — A n g er, F ru s tra tio n , D e sp a ir and H ope.” M rs. Jaco b s said N C W w ould hold w o rk sh o p s in N ew E n g la n d an d a tte m p t to fin d a n sw ers to som e of th e civil r ig h ts p rob lem s in la rg e e a s te rn cities. (S u ch a le a d ersh ip developm ent in s titu te w as held in D ecem ber in N orw ich, Conn.) A t th e m em b er o rg a n iz a tio n s’ m e e tin g on Oct. 13 M rs. L o to t sk y gave h e r an n u al re p o rt as P re sid e n t o f U N W L A . She o u t lined th e w o rk of th e p a s t y e a r an d announced th a t th e U N W L A e th n o g ra p h ic folk a r t m u seu m w ould be opened in N ov em b er a t th e U k ra in ia n In s titu te o f A m e r ica, 2 E a s t 7 9 th S t., N Y C, an d th a t th e U N W L A is p la n n in g to open a hom e fo r elderly w om en. M rs. L o to tsk y s ta te d th is w as h e r farew ell to N C W an d th a n k e d all w ith w hom sh e h a d w orked over th e y e a rs. E a rlie r in th e y e a r, th ro u g h N C W ’s p a rtic ip a tio n in In te rn a tio n a l C ooperation Y ear, th e u n d e rsig n ed h a d o b tain ed tic k e ts fo r U N le ctu re s fe a tu rin g o u t sta n d in g sp ea k e rs an d h a d dis trib u te d th e m am o n g U N W L A m em b ers an d o th e rs w ho a tte n d ed th e p ro g ra m s a t th e U n ite d N a tio n s G eneral A ssem bly H all. A n N C W e v e n t a tte n d e d by th is re p re se n ta tiv e w as a lu n ch eon h o n o rin g M rs. K ira n S in gh and h e r З-y e a r old son, R an jiv , w ho h a d w on a c o n te st in In d ia, as th e U N B aby, in connection w ith c e le b ra tin g In te rn a tio n a l C ooperation Y ear. D u rin g th e luncheon each of th e g u e sts spoke b rie fly ab o u t h e r o rg an iza tio n . T h e u n d e rsig n ed also a t ten d ed an N C W rece p tio n to h o n or U N w om en d e leg ates and w ives of d eleg ates. She also p a r tic ip a te d in N C W ’s to u r o f a r t stu d io s an d a rece p tio n a t th e o fficial resid en ce o f U N A m b as sad o r an d M rs. A r th u r G oldberg in th e W ald o rf T ow ers. D u rin g th e U N W L A C onven tio n in N Y C, w e w ere h o n o red to h av e M rs. R obbins a tte n d th e op ening of o u r m u seu m a t th e U k ra in ia n In s titu te . In in tro d u c in g th e N C W P re sid e n t to th e d eleg ates, th e u n d e rsig n ed ex ten d ed an in v ita tio n to N C W fo r its m em b ers an d g u e sts to v isit th e m useu m . M rs. R obbins ex p re sse d keen a p p re c ia tio n fo r th e U N W L A e th n o g ra p h ic m useum , th e U k ra in ia n In s titu te an d U k ra in ia n ” to rte s ,” serv ed a t th e re cep tio n held b y B r. 72 an d 82, follow ing th e opening. 16 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ТРАВЕНЬ, 1966 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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