We Have a Large Selection of Artwork of Hudsons. "1 tell young girls what it was like, and they shake their heads in disbe- lief" says the Grammy winner. "When I was in school, the careers that were open to us were secretary, nurse, teacher or librarian. In those days, newspapers would have pages of male jobs and female jobs. Now, I would like to see more women in govern- ment and sitting on the courts — the right kinds of women. "It's amazing to me that the Equal Rights Amendment was virtually defeated by Phyllis Schlafly, who went around the country screaming that the amendment would mean we would have to share toilets with men. Any- one who's ever flown on an airplane knows we've been sharing toilets with men for years. The woman with whom Reddy has shared her beliefs most closely is her daughter, Traci, now the mother of 1- year-old Lily. "My daughter is a member of the Directors Guild, and there were no female directors when I was her age," Reddy says. "I always advised her not to put any restrictions on herself in terms of where she could go in life." While her revelations about women came long before Traci, revelations about her religion came at the time of Traci's wedding. Converted to Judaism with her second marriage, Reddy found out from a guest that her grandmother was Jewish. "I was raised as a Christian although neither of my parents prac- ticed religion of any kind," Reddy reveals. "I went to a church boarding school, and as part of that, I went to church every Sunday. Whenever I would ask my mother about her fami- ly, her eyes would sort of glaze over, and she'd change the subject. She had been from another state, and her mother died before I was born so I never knew anything about my moth- er's background. "My mother had passed on long before Traci's wedding, and the only relative I knew of on her side was her sister, who lived in New Zealand. Out of courtesy, I sent her an invitation. She came to the wedding and stayed at my house. She talked a lot about her mother, my mother and herself." Reddy's aunt explained how her mother, Reddy's grandmother, used to light the candles every Friday night and go miles out of the way to buy meat from a kosher butcher, keeping all this secret from in-laws who were Scottish Presbyterians. "It turns out that I didn't have to convert at all," Reddy says. "If my mother's mother was Jewish, what does that make me? It's kind of like Madeleine Albright in a way." Reddy terms herself more spiritual than observant, although she did attend a seder last year at the home of friends. "I think spirituality is more about what's in your heart and how you treat people than whether you're keeping two sets of dishes," she explains. Reddy's appearance at the Macomb Center spotlights numbers in two albums released last year — The Ulti- mate Helen Reddy Collection and Cen- ter Stage. This will be her last tour of one-nighters because she finds chain- link travel from city to city too hard at this point in her life. "I've done just about everything, including a TV series, TV specials and movies, and it's been far beyond any- thing I ever imagined," says Reddy, who recalls performing at the ACT IV in Detroit. "I came along at a time when I got a chance to meet a lot of people who were in the later stages of their careers. I had a wonderful experi- ence doing a fund-raising concert in L.A. with only four people in the show — Jack Benny, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and me." Next week, she joins Jewel, Judy Collins, Paula Cole, Janis Ian, Phoebe Snow, Odetta and Mandy Barnett in a Jan. 25 concert at New York's Madi- son Square Garden. Reddy, who started in theater as a preschooler, recently has enjoyed act- ing in plays by Willy Russell because of his insight into the female psyche. She did three productions of Blood Brothers — on Broadway, in London and on tour in England — and four productions of his one-woman come- dy, Shirley Valentine. "I'm currently divorced and plan- ning to stay that way for the rest of my life," Reddy says. "I'm much happier single. Some people are born to be married, but I don't think I'm one of them. I was only a teen-ager when I married [the first time], and my daugh- ter was born when I was very young. "I'm really relishing the fact that I can do what I want without having to answer to anyone. I'm enjoying my life. Now is my time for me." 7 The big, newly relocated 5,000 square foot Print Gallery in Southfield, is right in step with the latest trends. Two spacious levels house an enormous selection of fine art prints, posters, vintage posters and original art. Uniquely imaginative gifts and afford- able prices along with a diverse array of fun and functional art objects make this gallery an exciting place to shop. 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