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The
Activist Issue
Keeping the Flame Alive
Take inspiration from the lives and work of six women
whose passion for justice and commitment to their communiities
make the world a better place for all.
- Kitchen
Table Candidate: Winona LaDuke
-Speak Truth to Power: Kek Galabru, Wangari Maathai, Senal
Sarihan, Maria Teresa Tula
- Street Fighting Woman: Cheri Honkala
- Mementos of a Movement: Coline Jenkins-Sahlin
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MS.CELLANEOUS:
-Word:
Bush
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Honey,
Disney Shrunk the Kids
What's in your child's VCR these days? We asked progressive
parents and their kids what they watch. The answers might
surprise you. |
SHE
SAYS
Dorothy Roberts talks about reproductive rights in black
and white. |
YOUR
WORK
Women and Venture Capital: Women vie for a place in
the world of high-tech venture capital.
Work
Notes: Grrl power to Scotland ASAP and more |
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Editor's
Page: Making Mischief |
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Ms
News
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| TECHNO.FEM:
Digital Divide |
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Books:
-Guess
Who's Coming to Dinner Now?, by Angela Dillard
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Toy Guns, by Lisa Norris
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Boy Still Missing, by John Searles
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Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Women and Popular Music, by Sheila Whiteley
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-First
Person: Give Me Shelter
-Columns: Daisy Hernandez, Patricia Smith and Gloria
Steinem |
Call
for Woman of the Year
Tell us who you think should be recognized in this special
issue. |
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By Jennifer Block
 THE
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Back in March of 1999, officials at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology admitted that a report, initiated by a group of
faculty members, proved that the school discriminated against
its female science professors. The women behind the incriminating
study figured MIT couldnt be the only top-notch university discriminating
just the only one to say so. They were right. In January, nine
other schools, including Princeton, Yale, and Harvard, met to
examine their policies. In the end, they announced that barriers
still exist for women faculty and that institutions of higher
education have an obligation . . . to fully develop and utilize
all the creative talent available. They promised to make improvements.
GRRL POWER TO SCOTLAND -ASAP!
John Arkell, headmaster of a Scottish private school, had some
interesting advice for his female pupils on Speech Day: Don't
concentrate too hard on a career, for you might end up lonely
and childless. According to local newspapers, he told students,
"We are right to be educating girls with the same enthusiasm
and care as boys, but the boys will not be having the babies.
Will they wake up in a senior post with no husband and children?"
After the speech Arkell defended his remarks to upset parents:
"I wanted to get the message across that they might miss
the boat."
TAKE OUR DAUGHTERS TO WORK DAY
Maybe Scotland could use a Take Our Daughters to Work Day —
which, by the way, is Thursday, April 26, this year. Since the
Ms. Foundation launched the event in 1993, more than 80 million
girls have participated. Bring a daughter (she doesn't have
to be your own) to work with you — we wouldnt want her
to miss any boats.
RSVP
Estimates indicate there are nearly 20 million women with disabilities
in the paid workforce in the U.S. Are you one of them? The Institute
for Community Inclusion at the Children's Hospital of Boston
is conducting a survey to find out more about your experiences
on the job. If youre 21 or older and would like to participate,
contact Susan Foley at (617) 355-4099 (voice); (617) 355-6956
(TTY) and ask for the Women's Project, or e-mail susan.foley@tch.harvard.edu.
 PRIDE
PAYS
The higher a company is on the Fortune 500, the more likely
it is to have policies that protect its lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgendered employees from discrimination, according to
the Human Rights Campaign. And the word is out: more than half
of the Fortune 500 have adopted antidiscrimination policies,
as have 116 cities and counties, and more than 3,600 U.S. employers
now offer domestic-partner benefits. The public is more enlightened,
too: a Newsweek poll shows that 83% of the U.S. population
believes that gay and lesbian workers should be given equal
rights in employment, up from 56% in 1977. Even merger mania
can help: when companies consolidate, anti-discrimination policies
are more often extended to the newly acquired employees than
stripped away. |
