Monday, October 6, 2014

Volume One, Number Seven -- August 1971

In August 1971, Women's Press Page One news was a recently concluded strike by the Communications Workers of America against Pacific Northwest Bell. National union officials gave speeches saying that the strike was about insuring that women and men received equal wages. But as the strike concluded, a contract was going up for a vote that would make wage discrimination worse than ever.

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)

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