by CIIARIDITE SMARTE­
FAAL
Women are breaking down
the di parity of job and ear­
nings between the sexe , ac­
cording to a recent tudy re­
lea ed by the Census Brureau,
but equality for the Blac
oman i till a an all time
10 .
According to the Women's
Re earch and Education In­
titute in Washington D.C.,
REn( Black omen till
pay a heavy price for double
discrimination. (WREI) is a
nonprofi re earch group that
channels re arch on omen
into the policymaking pro­
ce .
R nown cholars con-
tributed e ay on omen and
the family, omen in the
conomy and the recent 0-
Auditions for Henry Ford
Community College's product­
ion of "One FIe Over The
Cue oo's est" will be held
Tuesday, ptember 29 at 2: 00
p.m.in the dray Auditorium
of the MacKenzie Fine Arts
Building on the Henry. Ford
Commun ity College Campu,
5101 Evergreen Rd., Dearborn.
Production is slated for Dec.
10,11,12.
Twelve men, 4 women, ge
20-60 required.
Script available in the Per-
forming Art Department
office, c enzie Fine Arts
Building. For further infor-
mation, contact Dr. George
Popovich, Director of Theatre,
845-9634.
SEPTEMBER 20 - 26,1987 THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN
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man' movement to "THE ucational and job oppor-
AMERICAN WO 19- tunities, women are still
87-88: A REPORT concentrated in low-paying
DEPTH," the first in a occupations. "THE A-
eries of annual reports on the ERIC WO " doc-
statu of American uments an increa e in the
omen. poverty rate among children in
For America's 14 million hou eholds headed by mino­
Black - omen, the study rity women; prolonging ine-
ays "the traditional view of quities in wage payed to
Black women and their fam- omen of all educational lev­
ilie as "deviant" from nOrIIlJ els; a significant increase in
based on white middle-cla s the numbers of mothers of
ideals has th arted effective . young children who work ou -
solutions to the problem ide the home coupled with
Blac women face, and more the fact that women in paid
appropriate methods are jobs, still bear mo t of the re -
needed to ess female- ponsibility for hou ework and
headed Blac families." family care.
The 350-page report ad- The study al 0 sugge t that
dres e the statu of Blac changes in the family struc-
omen and include a ture, i.e. - divorce desertion
ha "Ima '
c pter on gea of or teen pregnancy - may in
Black Women" projected in fact be as much a respon ' to
recent _ ocial cience stud- poverty a a cause. Other fin­
ie . The report tates that dings of the report include:
extensive stati tical data, • Blac of both exe have
docume American soci- lower life expectancies than
ety' re istance to full their white counterparts. A
equality for all omen. Black woman born in 1984
De pite dvance in ed- could expect to live 73.7 years;
a white woman, 78.8.
WBA reception
for law students
A reception will be held on
Sunday, September 20, at the
home of Juanita Temple, for
Law Students at the five Michi­
gan law schools.
The reception is a part of
the Wolverine Bar Association
effort to enhance relationships
with law udents and to intro­
duce them to members of the
WBA and ABJ.
This effort is being coordi-
nated by WBA members
Loui Jackson Williams and
Mark Brown.
• Until 1950, Black women
married at a younger age than
white women; now they marry
considerably later and many
forgo marriage all together.
Black women are Ie likely to
remarry after divorce than
bite omen.
• Contrary to popular belief,
the rate of teenage pregnancy
in the U.S. has declined shar­
ply since 1960, but pregnant
teens today are much less
likely to marry. By the time
they reach 18, four percent of
unmarried white women and
27 percent of unmarried Blac
women have borne children.
• Poverty among women and
children in female-headed
families is exceptionally high.
Nearly one-half of the women
who rai e their children alone
are poor. In the ca e of Black
that figure is over one-half. As
of 1985, three in four (or 78
percent) children in Black
female-headed familie were
living below the poverty
level.
I Veterans of the Viet­
nam era needing individ­
ual, group, family, or
vocational counseling ...
job and career develop­
ment ... and assistance
with VA benefits, the
Oak Park Vet Center can
assist you. No matter
where you live, our coun­
selors have been there
and know the problems
you face. CALL (313)
967-0040.
• Among Black women in
1985, 35 percent had com­
pleted four year of high
school and 25 percent had
completed one or more year
of college.
• In 1974, omen were just
46 percent of college students;
ten years later, they were 52
percent - equal to their pro­
portion of the general popula­
tion. In 1982, of the 6.4 million
college women, 15 percent
ere minorities. Among
Blac , American Indiana and
Hi panics, omen' enroll­
ment exceed that of men.
• The proportion of Black
women participating in college
athletics and receiving scho­
lar hip is increasing. Only 9
percent of all freshmen women
on financial aid in 1977 were
Black, but by 1982 the figure
had increased to 15 percent.
• In April of 1986, Black
women had the highest labor
participation rate (56.9 per­
cent) among women, com­
pared to 54.3 percent for white
women and 49.6 percent for
Hispanics.
• Women of all races are still
heavily concentrated in a few
low-paying, traditionally fe­
male occupations. In April,
1986. more than half (54.7)
percen of all Black women
were either ervice or admini -
trative upport (including
clerical) worker. The percen­
tage of all employed women in
uch jobs wa 48 percent of all
men, 15.3 percent).
• For all familie , a econd
paycheck ignificantly imp­
rove the standard of living.
For Black married couple ,
the median income in 1984
wa 14,502whenthewifewa
a full-time homemaker, com­
pared with 28,775 when she
was in the labor force. The
poverty rate among Blac
familie with two earner wa
5.4 percent compared to 27.1
percent for Blac couples with
a single or er.
• A study of the broadca ting
industry found that stories
filed by omen correspon­
dent accounted for les than
15 percea:t of all on-air storie
at all three networks during
March, 1986. tories filed by
women of color accounted for
just 0.9 percent. While women
staffed only 14 percent of
technical broadcasting job
(not traditionally held .by wo­
men) in 1985, minoritie were
rather well-represented - in
television, 14 percent were
Black and in radio, 23 per­
cent.
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