In other local news, Oregon Governor Bill McCall vetoed a bill that would have made it illegal for farm workers to organize unions. McCall's veto followed a week-long vigil by the farm workers and their supporters. The Council for Women's Equality reported on the 1971 session of the Oregon Legislature. Eugene activists started a local chapter of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Several women collaborated on a photo essay about the ways that little girls are molded into willing housewives. The original photo essay took up the center two pages of the newspaper. I had no way to scan the entire layout, so I had to do it in chunks. I did the best that I could, but what you see here can't match the power of the original.
You can find these and other articles below.
Table of Contents (With Links to Articles)
- Cover
- "Phone Strike" -- Page 1
- Letters -- Page 2
- Local News -- Pages 2-3
- "Songs of Struggle" (Reprinted from Sing Out!) -- Pages 4-5
- "Oppression: Societal not Personal Roots" -- Page 6
- "Footnotes of a Maturing Woman" -- Page 6
- Book Reviews (The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and Them by Joyce Carol Oates) -- Page 7
- Photo Essay -- "Her Prison Needs No Walls" -- Pages 8-9
- "Swinging in the Marketplace" -- Page 10
- "Sexist Hits from the Ballpark" -- Page 10
- Gay People's Alliance Letter to the Register-Guard -- Page 10
- "Moon Slide" -- Page 11
- August Calendar -- Page 11
- "Growing Out of It" (Reprinted from the Portland Bridge) -- Pages 12-13
- Information and Classified Ads (Includes brief articles about the formation of the National Women's Political Caucus and the Eugene chapter of the National Organization for Women) -- Page 14
- Poetry -- Page 15
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