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Show inference discusses proper place for women '"" "A Women's Place in Party Politics" was the last panel on the agenda. Panelists were lean Westwood, Democratic National Committeewoman, J.D. Williams of the Department of Political Science; Vee Carlisle, vice chairman of the Salt Lake County I Democratic Committee and state legislator; Sandra Petersen, staff assistant to Owens for Congress campaign; Dorothy Clark, state Republican vice chairman; Lucy Otero, Outreach for Jackson School; and Bruce May field, Department of Political Science. "There is a cultural bias against women in leadership position" continued Mr. Wiscombe "Textbooks show the father going to the office with his attache case, while the mother stays home and bakes cookies." The state chairman of the education committee for the League of Women Voters, Olene Walker, placed the blame for discrimination toward women partly on women. "We've adopted attitudes that have shut ourselves out." Dorothy Zimmerman, Utah Education Association associate executive secretary, added religious and ethnic minorities to the list of discriminated. "When a child can't afford to buy lunch, By)EAN JOHNSON Chronicle Statt mo-day session of the in politics" conference DPed up Monday with ' sessions and guest :'f3, fongresswoman Shirley ' nrninE Panel "Discrimina-Sation" "Discrimina-Sation" dealt with dis-:tion dis-:tion toward women ,n h,r- promotion and salary r Wiscombe, Salt Lake ft pe'rintendent of Schools, J about discr.m.na ion '' H women m Utah rfonal policies- He alluded dependency policy which list the single female" ; tting the salary according to dumber of dependents. a there are ways to get the money for him. So they give him a d f erent color ticket and the child loses his self-respect." Esther Landa, the second woman to serve on the State Board of tducation, was accepted on the board because she "thought like a man. She spoke of instances where women had been vocal about the lack of jobs for women 'n certain fields and then had found reasons not to accept these lobs when they'd been offered. Annette Long, former high school counselor, condemned counselors coun-selors who tell girls "A woman's place is in the home! Yet it's just as wrong to say 'go ahead and do whatever you want to and you'll have no trouble getting a job.' " |