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Specialized agencies within the United Nations as well as other organizations assisting the Conference Secretariat in preparing documentation for the Confer ence, were asked to supply additional information which reached within their area of expertise. The United Nations itself, as a functioning governing body, will also review its own accomplishments in the advancement of women during the Decade. An invitation has been issued to non-governmental organizations and agencies which are in a consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the Uni- ABOUT WOMEN JEANE J. KIRKPATRICK “Ten weeks after returning to private life from her four- year stint as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Jeane Kirkpatrick has become a star on the lecture cir cuit, a hero within her newly adopted Republican Party and probably the most talked-about, albeit undeclared, electoral newcomer on the political scene.” In its June 17, 1985 issue, TIME magazine spoke about the new G.O.P. “star” as a women who after many years as pub lic figure has suddenly become “hot” as a potential candidate for major office in the 1988 Presidential election. Jeane Kirkpatrick was born Jeane Duane Jordan in Duncan, Oklahoma on November 19, 1926. Her family moved from small town to small town where her father’s dreams as an oil wildcatter failed to materialize. Jeane, however, received an impressive education, with an A.A. degree from Stephens College in Missouri, a B.A. from Barnard College in N Y and an M.A. in political science from Columbia University. She spent her apprentice years working as a research associate with the Depart ment of State and with the Human Resources Research Office of George Washington University in Washington, did postgraduate work at the Institut de Science Poli tique of the University of Paris and served as assistant to the director of the Economic Cooperation Admi nistration. In 1955 Jeane married Dr. Evron M. Kirkpatrick and spent several years raising a family of three children. She nevertheless took time out to continue her aca demic career, obtaining a Ph.D. degree from Columbia University as well as becoming a full professor at Geor getown, among other accomplishments. Jeane Kirkpatrick was a prolific writer and scholar, contributing to prestigious publications on a regular basis, though speaking to a rather selected readership. Her first book Political Woman (Basic Books, 1974) brought her more into the public forum. In the book she interviewed 50 women state legislators in 1972 and con cluded that they “were generally upwardly mobile, highly educated, and active in their communities, that they had strong egos and a need for achievement and that they ted Nations, to submit their views on the progress made and obstacles encountered during the Decade. The General Assembly of the United Nations has also invited non-governmental organizations to participate in the preparations for the Conference and in the regional meeting as well. Participation in the Conference is open to all states. Delegates to the Conference will be the official repre sentatives of their governments. The Conference is also open to interested non-governmental organizations, who may attend as observers. tended to be analytical and pragmatic.” She noted that the difference was that women tended to start their careers rather late, due to the fact that they had to raise a family. She also found that because many of these women were not dependent on their jobs for a living, they did not aspire to a higher office. Instead they tended to be more public-spirited, more reform-minded and issue-oriented than their male counterparts. Jeane Kirkpatrick was drawn to political activism by the rise of counterculture and the antiwar movement in the 1960’s. She felt that these forces were antagonistic to America and its future. In 1972 she became a co founder of the Coalition for a Democratic Majority, an organization of writers and scholars, dedicated to com bat the influence of McGovernites in the Democratic party. They were liberal on domestic issues but in for eign policy held a ‘hard line” position toward the Soviet Union. Over the years, Mrs. Kirkpatrick found fault with the Democratic party in power, particularly with President Carter and his domestic as well as foreign policies. Pre- ceeding the 1980 election, she found a common under standing with Ronald Reagan and thereby backed his candidacy. After Reagan’s election, she became a mem ber of his interim foreign policy advisory board. On December 22, 1980 President Reagan appointed Jeane Kirkpatrick to a Cabinet-rank position as United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations. She held this post for four years, resigning not too long ago. Mrs. Kirkpatrick is known for speaking her mind and many times the press will label her as“blunt-spoken” or “abrasive.” Politically, she has switched registrations recently, thereby becoming a viable asset to the G.O.P. Although she has never run for an elective office and does not commit herself for any future political aspira tions, the echos from the Republican Party point to a “grooming program” for her in the works, which might just be preparation for a nomination on the national ticket in 1988. Today, Jeane Kirkpatrick is an extremely busy wo 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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