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Show TEXAS CONTINUED The Bible: How it came to be. Chicano leader Martha Cotera: "If women can reach great visibility in the community and effect political decisions, nothing can ever keep us back." interested in money' says Rowland, "we just want to be recognized." Lorene Rogers thinks she can restore a sense of cleanliness to higher education, which is now under attack. And Wilhelmina Delco thinks she can do the same with legislative politics. Its interesting how many persons read the Bible and quote the Bible without knowing anything of the story of how the Bible came to be written. Not that the Bible's story is more important than the Bible itself. But some knowledge of the background helps to avoid many false notions. One such false notion is that which sees the Bible as the adversary of the Church and vice versa. Another is the notion that the Bible can be read in a vacuum as though it had no history at all or no dependence for meaning upon the history and culture of its human authors and their communities Quite apart from avoiding error, a knowledge of the history of the Bible helps to enrich one's reading of the Bible and thereby deepens one's faith For a simple introduction to the great subject of the Bible's beginning and development, write for our free pamphlet, "God's News to Man" No one will call on you . i J I I FREE Mail Coupon Today! Please send Free Pamphlet entitled " God's News to Man" This offer is limited to PR 3 oni free pamphlet Name Address City CATHOLIC INFORMATION KVHGHTS OF State Feel extra pressure They talk about just doing a good job, and admit to feeling extra pressure as females. "There are so few of us," says Richards, "we're terrified we won't be good. Success is a very heavy responsibility." Richards has had a tough first year as county commissioner: "I tried to do too much all at once and had trouble with the stress it caused." Rowland hasn't joined the bank officers' informal morning coffee: "I'm always sitting at my desk overachieving." All of the women talk about the commitment and energy necessary for professional and public life. And nowhere is this need clearer than in the juggling they do with their personal lives. Representative Delco comes home to fix lunch for her husband every day. Mayor McClellan builds her day around evenings at home, with carpools at school once a week. "I have always taken my children, a box of toys and a box of diapers everywhere," the mayor says. all Strategist Ann Richards: "We have to learn to speak not just about women's issues. Women must want to be in office more than they want to be righteous." As for the demands of marriage, these women speak of having "understanding" or "secure" husbands. But Delco thinks there are few husbands like hers, and she worries that her daughters will have to make the same old choice between men and a life of their own. It is something women have to consider, says Lorene Rogers. "I've worked harder for the past three years than anybody ought to work. I've given up a huge part of my personal life nearly all of it. Women have to make choices.'' And they're sometimes lonely ones. An aide remembers walking into Rogers' office and finding her staring out the window. She looked up and asked: "Why don't any of my vice presidents invite me to lunch?" "Looking back," Rogers now says, "I think I'd have preferred the married life started." 1 Most look forward She is the only one of Austin's influential women who feels that way. The rest are looking forward. "Every time a woman wins something," says Liz Carpenter, "we all get a little braver. There's no turning back." Lady Bird Johnson says it flatly, with a touch of dignified outrage: "The time has come." Zip SERVICE coiumsus PO Box 1971. New Haven. Conn 06521 ITS 5 10 Use local Zip Codes. Theyre right in your phone book. Liz Carpenter journalist, press tary, Women's Lib activist: secre"Every time a woman wins something, we get a little braver. There's no turning back." Lady Bird Johnson Austin's symbol of woman power, intellectual and cultural catalyst, bridge between the traditional and the new: "The lime has come." ,p |