Show TT" Page 40 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 21 1999 Kid! 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A: A Secretary of Stale 1 Luok through your newapaper tor pirturea of politieiaiu Are any uCtliem women? 2 Create a Women1! Hintory Munth puatvr S Diimue the fidknring: What would it be like la he a polilU-inn- ? Iki you kraiw iryuur date haa any frmalea in the national government? What do you think it would lie like to run Kir a politieal ofilee? If vou were a politician what pnaition would you like In hold? Why? Do you think we will have a female prevalent in the next 25 yearn? Wlial run we do to get mure women ekvted to government? 4 Underline the name of every atate mentioned in thin imue Find eiwh ime on a US map 5 lYetend you are going to interview one uf the women mentioned in thin inane Which one would you like to interview? What qwataau wiaild you aak hei'? S Find the fidlowing wurda in thia inaue: repteaenliilivea aenator legwlutiimi hem-inetrenann-- r purehaw inrumlwnta receptioniat atlumey degree I)Hiih iiikI make up a new aentenre fir earh one 7 Do nwreh on a woman politieul figure from the paal ir prevent Write a almrt langmphy ufher v—nmmieni wan PiaiMi culm Superintendent of Public Instruction Lisa Graham Keegan Sen Blanche Lambert Lincoln of Arkansas 39 is the youngest woman ever elected to the U8 Senate When she took office in January she also became the newest female senator To celebrate National Women's llistoiy Month The Mini Page talked with the senator A: A Attorney General Janet NapoHtano to Kids Heroines “The women in my family are my heroines I come from a long line of strong women" I ler mom's mother Adne sold insurance worked in a bakery and raised the children She was a widow for 27 years “She always had a job She was a modem woman before it was cool to be a modem woman" She said about her dad’s mom Blanche: “There was not a person who met her who wns not awed by her graciouHness her ability to make people feel at ense” Her mother Martha is also an important role model “She’s strong compasg She encouraged all sionate for our dreams all the while of us to reach not forgetting where we came from” Words that remind us of women In politics are hidden In the block below Some words are hidden backward See if you can 5 X W A E R V two sisters NEMOWCAB T O R C Background VOTECONG S E R M N O N G O V E R N C mui— in— Mini Spy Alpha Betty is running for president of her school! See if you can find: watermelon slice word MINI lima bean letter E hamburger banana key caterpillar hell The Mini Page is part of - - araaKmeana "downstream pao-P- a” (Aritanaaa la ahadad onthamapj The flag The symbols on tha outalde atand for The 28 dolls” When she was growing up “never in Tha mockingbird Is tha my wildest dreams” did she think she would be a senator She graduated from college in 1982 with n degree in biology She planned a career in medicine These plans changed when she took a job with a congressman working as a receptionist and staff assistant In 1992 she won her own House race and served until 1996 Ijocbuhc She did not seek she was expecting twins Two years later she was elected to the Senate Juggling her roles Senator Lincoln must balance many important parts of her life These mother daughter muffin hi— Sen Lincoln said: “I had a blissful wonderful childhood I played a lot with include: letter A tooth Arkansas la famous for RabeautM canary Tha Ozark and Ouachita mountains run through parts of K That are aix major riven Including the Mlaalaaippl Tha name “Aikaneae" ia from the name for Native Americano who first Nved In the Aritanaaa aa tha 28th state admitted to tho Union Tha three atari In the canter atand for tha natlona that have ruled over the area: Spain Franca and tha United Mates Tha tar at tha top stands for tha Confadaracy which Arkansas belonged to during tha CMI War Tha diamond atuve ia because Arkansas la tha only etata in lha country producing diamonds Blanche Lambert Lincoln grew up in Helene Arit on the lend her family haa farmed for more than 80 years She haa a brother and E P O L COUNT Arkansas atari POHEMEMB IWLEHISTOR YPN hippie-potamu- s! (all Jokes sent in by Gretchea Ames) hard-workin- WOMEN IN try n POLITICS nND D U e! 2000 pounds is gray and carries a flower? holds the highest position any woman has ever had In the US government neani inum find: MEMBER ELECT WIN SERVE COUNTY GOVERN CONGRESS HISTORY LAW WOMEN LEGISLATURE RUN HOPE VOTE POLITICS SENATE POPULATION CABINET POSITION W P O P U L A T I O N H Q B boom-meringu- Q: What weighs Madeleine Albright A Senator Talks Main idea: Thii Women1! Hiattay Munth untie u about women in politic The iulkwmg a lint of artivitie to he wed with thi iwue They are luted in order of ditTUnlty with the etuier tuaiznment! Hated find Auk the children to do (lie fiilluaring: I 5 so of them have been women Today there are seven women in these powerful positions tions use by teachers and parents at home and at school use with Issue: Womsn in Politics I Jill! IDO you V3 In our country’s history there have been 486 people holding Cabinet-leve- l posi- Teacher’s Guide nv th The Cabinet Janet Reno is the first woman ever to serve as US attorney gen- - Source of statistics: Center for the American Woman and PoNtica Eagteton institute of PotMce Rutgers University lha first woman elected as governor in Arizona She first took office in 1997 when the former governor resigned She had served as Arizona's secretary of state and had taught English I Hull is There are 89 women in top state positions These include three women govern nors Jane Dee Hull from Arizona Jeanne Shaheen from New Hampshire and Christine Todd Whitman from New Jersey There are also 1652 women serving in state legislatures This is almost of all state legislators one-four- Making gains MuThiiiwaamiriuwPaw— Tl Sv 53 fyfrf ft £ MA 70' Jane Dm Gov !' M ffjiiiii & those states KUUUf 13 FSKCtKT OF TtS M00SS MM- - For For became the first state in the country to elect women to all five of its top spots The governor secretary of state treasurer superintendent of public instruction and the attorney general are all women (Arizona does not have a lieutenant senator wife granddaughter stats bird Blanch Uncoin's husband Btsphan ia a docThair 2Va year-ol- d twin sons are Raaca and Bennett Advice to kids “Know within yourself what your goals nre Don't try to lie somelxidy you're noL “This lakes work Pay attention to your surroundings to what’s around you to the NK)ile 1 1 knit around you In many ways the company you keep “hiy attention to current affuira The world tomorrow is framed by current State flowar tha apple bioaaom through your nows paper for stories about women In the government Look you are events today" vHerald Journal Nrnvir Brnlgrrttni State trea tha pine tor Neat weak Tha Mini with a look at agga Newspaper in Education Program Rags calabrata Easter |