Network, December 1978

The Network magazine (1978-1989) published through the Phoenix Center was a women's magazine created by Mary Gaber, Jinnah Kelson, and Lynne Van Dam who saw the need for an intelligent magazine that would address women's issues and appeal to women in Utah, whether they were in the business world or not.

60CENTS • Vol 1. No. 9 bulk rate u.s. postage paid permit no. 3008 salt lake city, utah address correction requested 383 South 6th East Salt Lake City, Utah 84 l 02 THE MONTHLY FOR UTAH'S 200,000 WORKING WOMEN DECEMBER 1978 Still To Do Buy, Cook, Bake, Make, Sew, Wrap, Mail ... by Betty Fife The immense pressure begins to build earlier every year, as we all know, Christmas catalogues arrive in September. You experience a small, unpleasant twinge in your stomach. Here it comes again! You see a Safeway display of Christmas fruitcake ingredients and it's still October. Shopping for Halloween candy you try to avoid looking at Christmas decorations in -the same aisle. You feel angry but try to brush it away. You ignore feelings of helplessness to control the roller coaster you '11 soon be on. Sometime before Thanksgiving you encounter an acquaintance who announces she has bought and mailed all her Christmas gifts. Can you think of a civil thing to say? It would hardly be in the holiday spirit • to hit her. Magazines and newspapers begin to urge you to redo your house, make over yourself for the holidays, bake or make hundreds of new Christmas surprises, try gourmet dinners, buy sprays of mistletoe for the kitchen, holly for the bathroom, add 20 new traditions to the list that's already a killer. tree will be the real measure of your adequacy as a woman/wife/m other/ lover/friend. You begin to worry about a Christmas card that wil express some warmth and wit, when you receive early a mimeographed Christmas letter from a family who've had a year full of nothing but triumph, success, love, happiness, exotic vacations, and great material wealth. Your response is a homicidal impulse. Where do you go to resign from the competition? (They have escaped to their Laguna Beach house for a month.) This letter is not the first evidence you '11 resentfully absorb that other people really do have the Christmas of TV commercials. Where do you g·o to resign from the competition? You can produce it too, if you 're really worth anything, if you really try hard enough. A neighbor shows you 17 kinds of candies and cookies she's made and frozen ... whatever occurs under the for Christmas Eve delivery to nursing tree will be the real measure homes. Another offers a glimpse of her of your adequacy as a ten-foot gold-flocked tree, featuring exotic ornaments she made herself, all of it a woman/ wife/ mother/ lover. shot for Better Homes and Gardens. From school come directions for buying a pattern and red polka-dot material (and zipper, thread, ribbon, white panty hose, and It's early December and your kids start black dress shoes) for your daughter's apworrying seriously about where they'll get pearance in a three-~nd-a-half minute perthe funds or how they'll find the "right" formance of the junior choir in five days. gifts at prices they can afford. You take on (The dress features puffed sleeves, gustheir concerns, offering loans and advice. sets, tucks, and a yoke, and you can't sew You intercede between a son's desperately that well. Find a seamstress with nothing buying the whole Evening in Paris load for to do on December 15.) Finally, "Away in a Manger" is an allergic daughter who's impulsively . purchased an ear-piercing and a single ear- beamed at you from a speaker you can't ring for him. You grab any responsibility control. You feel not tenderness, but a stab floating around this time of the year. It's of anxiety over all there is still to do, buy, your job. And, whatever occurs under the cook, bake, make, sew, mail. Buried somewhere is nostalgia for something that once was, or ought to be, Christmas. How , did it get so lost? The difference between your real feel- ings at this point and what's demanded wherever you look or listen is scary. What's the really perfect gift? It's continued on page 4 .... ,. ... .,._ • ., .... m: .... network DECEMBER 1978 PAGE2 network features: December _ _ _ _ _ _ f Poems and Photos Page 8 Looking through my bedroom window, out into the moonlight and the unending smoke-colored snow, I could see the lights in the windows of all the other houses of all the other houses on our hill and hear the music rising from them up the long, steadily falling night ... Excerpts From A Child's Christmas In Wales by Dylan Thomas -----Letters---Nurses Preparing For Legislature Editor: We were pleased to .see the coverage given to professional nurses in the August, 1978 issue of network. As additional information to you readers, we would like to make you aware of the current work of the Utah Nurse's Association (UNA). UNA has been the local and national representative of professional (registered) nurses in the State of Utah since 1914. Currertly, UNA represents 1,081 registered nurses in the state. The primary purposes of UNA are to serve as an advocate and as a politi-' cal lobbyist for registered nurses throughout the State. These purposes are accomplished through a variety of mechanisms ranging from in-hospital negotiations on wage and salary disputes to national lobbying activiting through the American Nurses' Association. Currently, the Utah Nurses' Association is preparing for the 1979 Legislative Session when the Nurse Practice Act will be opened. The Nurse Practice Act is the state law which determines the scope of practice of all nurses (R. N. 's and L.P.N. ~s). UNA has been working closely with the State Board of Nursing to ensure that changes in the law will reflect the changing roles and power base of profes-sional nurses. U~A is also actively involved in other health care legislation which is being prepared for the January Legislative Session. In addition to the Nurse Practice Act, the Emergency Medical Technician Training Act is another major area upon which the UNA Legislative Committee is preparing to lobby. In addition to providing an organized political voice for all registered nurses in the state, the UNA also provides educational programs through various conference groups. Examples of some of these professional groups include Psychosocial, Geriatric, and Transcultural Nursing Conference Groups. Each Conference Group develops educational programs for members related to the speciality area. The conference ·groups are also politically active on legislative issues related to their speciality. An example of this is the political activity of the Nurse Practitioner Conference Group. With the current State concern over professional nurses' wages and salaries and the opening of the Nurse Practice Act, it is imperative that nurses present a cohesive organized group. The Utah Nurses' Association offers professional nurses this alternative. If you or any of your readers would like additional information, please contact the Utah Nurse's Association Headquar• ters at 322-3439. Sincerely, Verla Collins, R.N., Ph.D. President, UNA for the UNA Board of Directors Network is interested in pursuing problems of working women and sharing with network readers solutions they have found in this and other areas. Letters to the editor are invited. Call or write the Phoenix Center if you would like to contribute. ·network™ ' ! Phoenix Center ; Contributing Writers Editing Cynthia Boshard Marj Bradley Betty Fife Brenda Hancock Karen Shepherd Lynne Van Dam Clrculatlon Helen Robinson Advertlelng Photography Cris Coffey Jimmie Barrow Linda ltami Michael Ann Daniels David Daniels John Schaefer Vincent Shepherd Joan Walker Art Josie Fife Page 11 How much time do you waste shuffling papers? Are you buried in the chaos of disorganization? Brenda Hancock in her column gives us some ideas and concrete ways to save time and thus save money. Cynthia Boshard, Marj Bradley, Bever1y Burge, Carolyn Campbell, Ann Fadel, Cecilia Fannon, Betty Fife, Ruth Frear, Margo Keller, Kate McMahon, Jeri Parker, Diana Potts, Nancy Roberts, Karen Shepherd, Lynne Van Dam Contributing Ed~ Brenda Handcock Eloise McOuown, Carol Shelton Network is published monthly, Send all correspondence to 383 South 600 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102. [phone]. Copyright 1978 by network. Reproduction without perm-ission is prohibited. Title network is registered Subscription $7.00/year. An Interview With Marilyn Warenski Page6 Marj Bradley's interview with Marilyn Warinski, author of Patriarchs and Politics: The Plight of the Mormon Woman, gives us a personal glimpse of the author as a warm, intelligent and genuine woman. She is one of the most talked about women in Utah currently and her book is a hot property. Network is deIighted to share with- its readers the refreshing candor of this reThe Abuses of Christmas In markable woman. 18~3 Publl8her Design Time is Money Page4 In this amusing and yet pointed article by Elizabeth Cady Stanton written in 1893 and reprinted from the Woman's Exponent, we see how some of the same problems Betty Fife's article Still To D.o- discusses our problems in Stanton's time. When will we learn to find the joyfullness of Christmas? PAGE3 network DECEMBER 1978 -------- ---netw ork editor ial---- ----Losing The Battle And Winning The War , Election day was a long ominus day. Election eve, depending upon the moment, was either comic or tragic. The morning after I awoke with a hangover caused by having absorbed too much bad news. Bob Salter will now join the Bill's Hutchinson and Dunn on the County Commission. The public will learn, he has promised, all about the inside workings of the County Commission on his talk show. (Interpreted, I am sure, in familiar Salterese.) Unification has failed and representative government at the local level has become, again, merely a wish for the future. Meanwhile, their jobs safely in their pockets, The City Commissioners are busy consolidating, predicting, without so much as a blush at their two day turn-around, that money will be saved. Across the state, Democrats lost to Republicans. Conservatives lost to the more conservative. Women lost to everyone. In this election people expressed their present dissatification and re- vea\ed a longing to return to some fondly remembered past. All forward change was rejected. Lef's go back, we said, to our traditional values, our old tax evaluations, our old comfortabely tolerated social patterns. Throughout the campaigns the talk was almost never 9f people; it was of money. In terms of women, we have rolled back time, even by Utah's standards. When the new legislature convenes in January,51% of the state's population will be represented by 3% of the legislature - 4 women. We can hope that the other 96% men, will have women's best interests at heart, and with so little representation, hope may be the only power we have. Most of the newly elected legislators claim sensitivity for womerfs issues. They believe, they say, in equality as long as the terms are clearly defined. I believe them. I am sure they do. It's their priorities I fear. For two years now a group of bills having to do with existing discriminatory laws has languished, ignored, in a special subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee. We are presently one of the only two states in the Union without a Governor's Commission on the Status of Women. We will file bills to protect the battered spouse and the displaced homemaker but will they receive enough attention to pass? In this, the year of the great tax revolution, I fear not. It's easy to imagine the worst. People incited by emotions of hate and fear can polarize against one another. Public officrals, protective of their power, can place their own good above the common good. All forward progress can stop. If we let it. Network Seeks Answer From ~SL Concerned, as were many others, by network whether the controversial nature -.. . . We have learned a lot. We have had many successes. We can learn the rumor that KSL's Dimension 5 prog- of the subject precipitated the cancelmore. Perhaps this year presents us rar .1 on Mormon women and depression lation, station manager Jay Lloyd rewith a rare opportunity to create and had been cancelled, we called the station sponded, '' Absolutely not.'' We at net-vork hope not. In the next test new methods of effecting for further information. The show's prochange. Perhaps this year, ironically, ducer Louise Degn immediately pass~d • few months we will keep in touch with the bureaucracy will be our ally. All the call to news director Spencer Kinard KSL and the progress of their newly change is difficult to cause, even who passed it to station manager Jay formed documentary on Mormon women change back. Institutions and or- Lloyd. The show, they claimed, has been and depression. In turn, we will keep our ganizations make no value judg- postponed not cancelled. Kinard spoke of readers informed, in that way encouraging ments; they simply organically resist '' content changes'' and hinted that the women, both Mormon and non-Mormon, interference. An elected official work- subject may be put into a longer time slot to learn more about this commonly felt ing to shift the system one way will and treated in greater depth. Asked by problem. become as frustrated as the one ::,IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIII!; working to shift it another. Therefore, I BODY WALLET~ iBEAR suggest that the maddening infUxibil- Update GREAT MAKE i ity of the bureaucracy will, for a time GIFTS CHRISTMAS i It Floats at least, become our protector rather Recent information from KSL indiIt's Washable cates that the documentary on Morthan our enemy. It's Thin & Trim It's from Bear Body Within the giant organization of mon Women and Depression has government I sense a kind of inexor- now been expanded to one hour able sluggishness that defies all and includes five additional interreason, urgency, good will and bad views. The new program will incluqe intention. As in the bottom of an all original material plus a detailed THE ORIGINAL VELCRO ocean freighter, the air-tight com- discussion of how depression can be LOCKING WALLET partments of government are sepa- prevented and treated. A tentative rated from each other at the same air date is December 9th. For specific time that they support one another. information call KSL information See it at Mountaineer Sports Puncture one compartment and the 237-2500. Trolley Square - University Store others, though they may feel the presfflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUllllli sure, will contain themselves separately and will not fail. A long time and a lot of pressure may eventurally rupture another compartment and even another, but nothing short of a m?jor collision will actually sink the L .)~ . /· /. {<~ ,, . ,f.-.,, .. _. ship. ./. The next few years are clearly l .{x .:· { : ,:=··= =. _... going to be difficult. Our progress will · 1== /t°· t' be slow. Poritically women are now entering the downside of .what was ..../'' . __.=.==-' • never a very decisively up cycle. Yet \·· · • • history, proves again and again that ••. • you can't go home again. Even though we may have to proceed by taking two steps forward and one step back, we will nevertheless, proceed.. The direction has been set. What the times require of us now, beyond the insight to perceive reality accurately, is patience, endurance and the creativity to use every tool we know to keep the issues of human equality visible. In the end, change will be accomplished by those who, for the longest period of time, apply the most pressure. Or, to phrase it in other words, by those who are the most powerfully motivated to change. Karen Shepherd When convenience counts, Walker Bank keeps you in .the driver's·seat. CARDS AND GIFTS Available at: There are times when it's simply f1ot convenient to go inside to do your banking. That's when Walker Bank's Drive-up Tellers can really help out by keeping you in the driver·s seat. You get fast. friendly, personal service just like inside, but with the added convenience of not having to leave your car. And with 73 Driveups conveniently located in offices from Logan to Cedar City, you're _ alwavs close to one. &J next time it's important that you stay in the driver's seat while doing your banking, drive up to Personal Touch Banking at Walker Bank. Kings English Bookstore or call Susan Barnhill 364-6123 Dee Dee O'Brien 272-6143 Janet Janis 278-7291 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation network DECEMBER 1978 Page4 Still To Do continued from page 1 Let's unbutton the Santa Claus suit and back off from this crazy-making role. Here's a premise: It's feelings of helplessness that cause the big troubles; it's exercise of some control that will reduce frustration, anxiety, anger, and guilt. So let's It might be exhilarating to make firm, bold lists of what we will NOT do this year. It could be possible to say ''no'' to one more drain on our time, money, or energy for Christmas' sake, even with the Halleluia Chorus blasting forth from a radio. Concentrate on anything you've managed not to do in other years: Make a felt skirt for the tree? Outdo your neighbor measure of our love, caring, sensitivity, It might be exhilarating to with a centerpiece? Buy gifts for the peoperception, generosity, and worth. After make firm, bold ·nsts of what ple who deliver your newspaper? For your all, if this were true, would there be anydog? Send cards to people you see every we will NOT do this year. where to draw the line? Would any amount week? Produce a five-course Christmas of effort, any expense be "enough"? Of dinner? Line every edge of your house course not. If we believed this .theory, with colored lights? Do annually both we'd never be able to skip one more charge o for that. If we can't subdue Christmas Nutcracker and the Messiah? Design your into the night to buy just on~ more gift, or a zak for too many weeks in the stores, own gift wrappings? Send a check to every last, all-night o°rgy of se~ing, bec~se we n assume responsibility for ourselves charity that appeals? we'd be saying "I don't love mm/that and our contribution to the Christmas continued on page 16 much.'' scene. something your dear one desires and needs, without realizing it. It has to be a surprise. It will demonstrate perfectly your caring. It is tasteful, probably expensive. It's difficult to buy or make. Be clever. Learn exactly the fabric, color, size, and style of slacks, a sweater or shoes that will melt a heart in Connecticut. Hire a private eye to learn which book, recording, or magazine subscription will be that desired, needed, welcome Thing he or she doesn't already have. The •perfect gift makes the receiver feel o. k., important, loved, cherished. It makes up "There were the Useful Presents: engulfing mufflers of the old coach days, for all the bad experiences of the year, all and mittens made for giant sloths ... from aunts who always wc;>re wool.next to the hurts, frustrations, disappointments. their skin ... " Could 'the whole Neiman-Marcus "Go on to the Useless Presents." "Bags of moist and many-colored jelly babies that? accomplish catalogue and a folded flag and a false nose and a tram-conductor's cap and a machine Considering the responsibiWy we asthat punched tickets and rang a bell ... " sume in aiming for the impossible goals, it's remarkable that every one of us doesn't Excerpts From A Child's Christmas In Wales by join the longer lists of those who tum to Dylan Thomas alcohol or drugs; wait in the jammed offices of counselors, psychologists, and •· - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - psychiatrists; or admit themselves to mental wards at this season. If we think about the kinds of love and happiness we're ordered to deliver and receive by newspaper ads, TV commericals, magazines, catalogues, and our own unexamined expectations, and compare all this to the realities we can anticipate, how can we hope to survive? While a chorus of voices is chanting custom, with a large circle of grown peo- time send some meat and vegetables to the the holiday joys and the pleasant memories ple becomes imperative, it is a tax on one's poor, apples, nuts and candy to their chilof children, I feel impelled to disturb the friendship, and an unmitigated nuisance. dren, the money you spend in satin, silks harmony with one discordant note general I spent a few weeks at a sanitarium one and bright worsteds would cheer many a If we try too hard isn't there a of protest and complaint. year and noticed all the nervous women, fireside and make the children inexpressigood chance we'll lay on I fain would rouse my countrywomen for whom the physicians were doing their bly happy. Christmas and wedding presents and more guilt than we will give to the thought of the serious abuses that uttermost to restore to health and comfort, customs at funerals have come to be such a simple once flowers the thermometer of the out with grown ha.ve parlors, the in sitting real pleasure? Are we maybe tax and nuisance in their extravagance and that made Christmas one of the most buying love? excess that sensible people, not wishing charming days of the year. Amusing lettheir friends to feel compelled to observe ters, little tokens of affection, have all the custom, now say on their cards of ingiven place to most extravagant presents vitiation "No presents," or "no flowfrom those who have plenty of money, and Consider this. If we try too hard isn't elaborate pieces of embroidery and worsers. '' If rich friends wish to send us a there a good chance we'll lay on more guilt ted work from those who have neither time check for a hundred dollars or more, we then we will give real pleasure? Are we nor strength to waste. The pleasures our might receive it with pleasure, as it remaybe buying love? Are we trying to be mothers had in the give and take of a few quires no labor to draw a check, nor privamodel parent-givers and model child- trifles has now developed into a stem tion to give of their abundance. receivers simultaneously? You can't win necessity, making wholesale Christmas - But a present of an elaborate piece of this game. presents as imperative as the laws of the worsted work, say of "'Rebecca. at the A woman reports that when her aged Medes and Persians. The season is a dread Well'' over which a dear friend had father-in-law died she had an unworthy to paterfamilias, because of the terrible strained her optic nerves for weeks, and thought, "Next Christmas I'll have six- strain on . his purse strings, and to the inhaled impalpable particles of arsenic teen fewer gifts to buy (and wrap and women of the household because of the from the bright green worsteds, would mail): eight from him to relatives and eight labor involved. How anxious they look, as give me no pleasure. On the contrary it . from relatives to him." they press their way through the crowds in would be a source of sorrow every time I Another woman remembers a uniquely the stores from day to day, and though they looked at it. I would not work a cat on the pleasant Christmas. Having been up till go home with all the bundles they can toe of a slipper for the one I love best on dawn Christmas Eve nailing together a carry, there is always some one forgotten, earth. I would rather give or take a live cat. doll house, sewing blankets and pillows which compels another visit to the busy Standing in a book store a few days for doll cradles .still •sticky with paint, marts of trade, and another appeal to the up in the seventies, working away intently befoe Christmas one year, I heard a wife finishing a last batch of candy, and helping well drained purse of some long-suffering hour after hour to get some satin pincush- say to her young husband, ''I must get a to assemble two complicated bikes, she son of Adam. ions and velvet slippers embroidered. I present for Lucy." "No," said he, "I woke up with the flu. It was a nice kind of And although women seem wild with said throw them to the winds and go up on have already spent much more than we can flu, mostly aches, which aspirin and naps delight in spending every cent they can top of the house and lie down on therr afford. Come, let us go." But she insisted, and reclining on the couch took care of in wring out of anyone, you will hear them in the sunshine. They exclaimed "What and lingered in spite of his appeals. I felt so the midst of the kids and toys. Her husband ·say, ,·,oh-dear me!;.here comes Christmas would you do about Christmas presents?'' sorry for the man, probably a clerk on a charcoal-broiled the chickens she'd plan- day again!'' ''I am hardly rested from last "Give none,,,. I replied, "there is no small salary, that I hurried away. Suppose, •. ned to stuff and roast. There were not two year!" and "Now I must get presents necessity in the case. If you wish to remind dear ladies, you try the experiment for one • kinds of cranberry relish, mashed and somehow for at least two dozen different your friends of your existence, or to show year and give no presents, and see what a sweet potatoes, two kinds of pie, and no friends!" "I can't afford to go to Tiffany's that you remember them, send your card relief it is, and what a saving to your one seemed to notice or care. and buy beautiful presents, and so I must with 'Merry Christmas,' or 'best wishes of husband's pocket-book, as well as of your Does it take some kind of outside force work early and late to make them.'' Who the season,'' If you were my friends I own time and temper. At all events in these to restrain us from the furious acitivity that would value a present given as a necessity? should rather get your cards than embroid- hard times curtail somewhat your exso often exceeds our physical and emo- It should be an offering of love, a real ery that had taxed your vital forces and penses and labors in this direction. tional limits? pleasure both to giver and receiver. your optic nerves for weeks in your present Maybe we can avoid buying into the ELIZABETH CADY STANTON The delight of children in an ideal St. condition. belief that at Christmas we should and can Nicholas, who puts a few little toys in their 1815-1902 If you are always troubled with spasms deliver all the incredible expectations, and stocltings, is all very well, but when the of emotional benevolence at Christmas Reprinted from the Woman's Exponent, 1893 that what we produce will be the· teal The Abuses of Christmas In 1893 cots network DECEMBER 1978 PAGES help a friend join the network G Your Friend, Name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __. ..ome Phone _ _ _ __ Yourself, , Address _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Work Phone _ _ _ __ Your Name •_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __..ome Phone _ _ _ __ Address _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Work Phone _ _ _ __ City------------------.,----------State - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ i p _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Renewal City---------------------------State - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ i p _ _ _ _ _ _ __ .. .or Friends. 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The man is supposedly the As a part of an oral history project sponhead of the family, yet he's sored by the Utah Historical Society, this away with his job and his project, she claims, inspired her to write church work, ·so the woman the book. W arenski spent a year interviewtakes over at home. ing Mormon women and reading manusMormon women, then, cripts, diaries and letters of Mormon network: make most of the domestic pioneer women. decisions, while the men Much of the controversy surrounding e church-related deciPatriarchs and Politics is a local sio s - decisions which phenomenon. The Mormon culture tends al o affect the women. to exert subtle pressure upon individuals to refrain from expressing ideas which are Warenski: Yi s. That is one of the r asons I felt a need to invesnot accepted by the Chu~ch. This Vigate this subject: The phenomenon is an integral part of the book ,~hole history of the woman itself. Born and raised in this culture, /in Mormon culture is full of Warenski considers herself a feminist, yet ,' paradox and puzzling things. her intent is not to preach feminism. The book is not an angry indictment, nor is she . an angry woman. Her approach is positive and philosophical, occasionally revealing a refreshing sense of humor toward some The whole history of the of her own personal experiences. woman in Mormon culture is Throughout our interview, she spoke openly and candidly about herself and her full of paradox and puzzling things. feelings. In Patriarchs and Politics, network: you refer to Mormon women ·as strong women. I'm inGuilt is often mentioned in terested in your comment network: your book. Of course, all that perhaps some of that women tend to feel this emostrength helped you fight tion. your own personal ''cause'' Warenski: Well, yes, but I also think in writing the book. that Mormon women feel Warenski: Yes. I mentioned that it is a more guilt because the religbit of a paradox, however, ion spills over into the because my conclusions are economic, political, social not compatible with Moraspects of a person's life. determinathe yet monism, There are rules and regulation and work ethic of the tions governing every aspect culture probably helped me of life. When an individual get the book written. diverts from the norm, or Do you think this strength is network: what is percieved to be the handed down to Mormon norm, there is guilt. Other women by their mothers? religions conjure up a lot of Warenski: No. Not entirely. I think guilt, but it ,has more to do there's a certain amount of with just the religious aspect that, but I spent two chapters of life. In my book, I menin the book trying to get a tion examples of fruit canhandle on that, because it ning, cleaning house, bakdoes interest me. I do think ing, etc. These messages it's a culture of strong come directly from the patwomen, and I trace that fact riarchal leaders during Conmore to religious beliefs. ference. They don't simply The. work ethic in the Morsay, Love your brothers and mon Church is extraordinary sis,ters, be kind, have faith. because of their denial of They also say, Clean up your Original Sin and their belief yard, plant the garden, can that men and women can the fruit! Mormon women earn Eternal Salvation. I who don't do these things think it's interesting, howtend to feel guilty. Practical ever, that the women seem application of religion here stronger than the men in is quite extraordinary. many ways. I suppose that is You mentioned in your book network: partly traditional. that you felt some pressures In what ways do they seem network: yourself upon returning to stronger? Utah after having lived in Warenski: Well, many people joke New York. about the Church being a l ... network: Warenski: Warenski: network: Warenski: Yes, I had a problem with my re-entry into Zion because of the confining and conforming nature of life for women here, after having been in New York which is the other extreme. Did you personally deal with any elements of "guilt" in writing your book? No, because I philosophically grew apart from the Mormon religion years ago. There was some guilt during my breaking away period, but since I didn't have a strong Mormon background, it was easier for me to deal with that. Also, having grown away from the religion puts me in a better position to write about it. An understanding of the subtleties and pressures of the culture, however, is helpful, There are pressures in this community to conform to traditional behavior patterns. I had to come to grips with its restrictions. I had to weigh all those things and sift through them. It's not easy to determine what you really value and what's been drummed into your head. It's not easy to - determine what you really value and what's been drummed into your head. network: Warenski: You refer to a strong sense of competition felt by women in this culture. This seems to contradict the principle of ''sisterhood''. That's true. There is quite a frenzied race toward perfection here, and competitition seems to be a part of it. Mormon women measure themselves against one another, and sometimes they are their own harshest critics. Because the Church emphasizes homemaking as woman's most important role, a Mormon woman con- siders it her duty to be the perfect mother, wife, cook, hostess, seamstress and housekeeper, and a devoted church worker as well. I spoke with one woman who had been involved in a survey for the Relief Sodety. In an attempt to find out how women felt about the lessons presented at their meetings, they asked members to indicate how they felt afterward. They found that instead of being inspired about successful Mormon women who do it all and do it all well, many women went home feeling depressed. The women felt unable to measure up to the expectations illustrated in these lessons. Yet there is no visible support system for these women within the institution? That's true. In fact, one woman who admitted she had some problems with her children felt unable to go to the church members for support, because she said they made her feel that it was all her fault. She stressed the need for a Mormon psychiatrist, because only a Mormon would be able to understand the problems these women face. There is quite a frenzied race toward perfection here. - Ideally, wouldn't a Mormon woman psychiatrist be better able to handle this situation? Warenski: Of course. Only a woman could understand the problems of the Mormon women, which are slightly different from those of the men. And then it's possible that network: woman Mormon the psychiatrist, having a profession outside the home herself, would have to deal with some guilt. Warenski: That's true! Then the idea becomes rather ludicrous, doesn't it? What about fear? The act of network: writing such a book, it seems, is a courageous one. Particularly in this culture, where the Church influence is so strong. Did you experience •any fears associated with writing your book? Warenski: People who write involve themselves ·in a search for truth, and that's what my book was about. I was exploring philosophical ideas. I didn't think about the repercussions, because I wrote this book for myself. I didn't write the book to shake up anyone in particular. I did, however, have a notion that I wanted to straighten out some of the historical facts - to present a part of Mormon history that has been omitted. To say that women have always been equal to men is only part of the story. So I had to get the rest of it network: continued on page 16 PAGE7 network DECEMBER 1978 The King's English recomm ends Eloise McQuown Patriarchs And Politics PATRIARCHS AND POLITICS: THE PLIGHT OF THE MORMON WOMAN. Marilyn Warenski. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1978. '' ... .I increased my awareness of the astonishing anti-female bias that is deeply rooted in and perpetuated by patriarchal religion.'' So states Marilyn Warenski, author of one of the most discussed books in recent Utah history. The above quotation summerizes the broad theme W arenski treats. More specifically, she makes a strong claim that women have been held down in the Morman Church because of a dominant patriarchy. The author, reared in Utah and active in the Morman Church at one point in her life, decided to write the book while doing volunteer work at the Utah State Historical Society. She found diaries and journals written by Morman women and discovered these stories were quite different from the official published histories. The book capitalizes on the diaries and journals as well as other historical sources and oral history interviews. Women were encouraged by the brethren to participate actively in the suffrage movement and guarantee more votes in support of polygamy." In examining the position of women in the LOS Church from the Church's beginnings in nineteenth century America, W arenski convincingly argues that women have been manipulated to suit particular economic and political needs of the Church. Thus, she says, women were encouraged by the brethren to participate actively in the suffrage movement and guarantee more votes in support of polygamy. Likewise, during the International Women's Year meetings in 1977, the sisters were urged to get involved and insure the meetings were not contrary to church goals and standards. In a very readable style - this reviewer could not put the book down - the author contends that the Morman Church practices have been adjusted and readjusted to keep women in their place. For example, she points out that the Relief Society sisters elected their own officers when the organization was first set up. Not for long. In the late 1960's the Relief Society was again ''pulled in'' when the church declared money raised by the organization would be turned over to the ward bishops. Furthermore, the Relief Society Magazine, long the officials women's magazine of the LOS Church, was discontinued. The points Warenski makes are valid. In fact, this reviewer found herself nodding again and again. The chapter, "Double Dose of a Double Message,'' discusses the particular dilemma young LOS women face, a dilemma with which many of us are familiar. Young women are taught all their lives to be high achievers, are encouraged to work hard and develop talents. Suddenly in their late teens, these young women are pressed to marry and bear children at the expense of the nurtured talents. "The Latter-day Saint system may command the respect of non-Morman Americans for placing a high value on the family, but it is important to recognize the single woman as a casualty of that system." In the chapter, "Unmarried in a Married Church'' the author suggests the difficult position in which single women find themselves. Since a major tenet of the Morman church is that all must marry to gain eternal salvation, unmarried women are placed in an unsolvable bind. Warenski phrases it this -way. "The Latter-Day Saint ·system may command the respect of non-Mormon Americans for placing a high value on the family, but it is important to recognize the single woman as a casualty of that system." The drawbacks of the book mainly concern documentation. The women interviewed are not identified. Warenski refers to the "Oral History Project, Status of Women in the Morman Culture'' in her notes. However, she does not indicate where the original taped interviews may be located. While the political reasons for this omission are understandable, the book's authenticity is hurt. Also Warenski quotes individuals whose names and comments have appeared openly in the press and yet she does not identify them by name. This detracts from the book's credibility. A case in point concerns former Utah State Representative, Byron Fisher, whose controversial statement on the Equal Rights Amendment is cited in the book. Though Fisher's statement was published with name identification in the Salt Lake Tribune, January 22, 1975 , his name is not revealed in the book. Finally, it appears - in some instances - W arenski has relied on interpretations in secondary sources rather than examine the original documents herself. References to primary source materials as "cited" in secondary works are evident as one peruses the notes. (Arrington, McMurrin, O'Dea, Turner). Historians may take issue with this research J1!e_thodology. AU-in all the book is fascinating and its messages ring true, especially to women who live arid work in "Zion . " Patriarchs and Politics By Marilyn Warenski • (McGraw-Hill) A Serious and Provocative Book about Women in Mormon Society The Kin.q's En~lb h Books and tea 1511 So. 15th E., S.L.C., 484-9100 Hrs. 9:30-6:_00 M-S, till 9 Fri. An utterly I eclectic•and , completely convivial bookstore for book~lovers of all sizes 1:,, The King's English Books and tea 1511 So. 15th East, SLC. 484-9100 Hrs. 9:30-6 M-S, till 9 Fri. · , I PAGE8 network DECEMBER 1978 all the- C!rhRistmas~ roll down toward the two-tongued sea, like a cold and headlong moon bundling down the sky that was our street; and they stop at the rim of the ice-edged, fish-freezing waves, and I plunge my hands in the snow and bring out whatever I can find. · In goes my hand into that rim of the carol-singing sea ... GIRL BACK FROM THE WOODS When she woke there was no fire to light and not being cold anyway and also since there was almost no difference in waking and sleeping she lay and heard the cars drive her dreams of squirrel with sunflower eyes tail furled along his back eating her peanuts deep into the asphalt where not even his shells could shade her stare. - Jeri Parker 1975 network DECEMBtR 1978 PAGE9 I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six. Excerpts From A Child's Christmas In Wales by Dylan Thomas "But that was not the same snow," I say. "Our snow was not only shaken from whitewash buckets down the sky, it came shawling out of the ground and swam and drifted out of the arms and hands and bodies of the trees; snow grew overnight on the roofs of the houses like a pure and grandfather moss, minutely white-ivied the walls and settled on the postman, opening the gate, like a. dumb, numb thunderstorm of white, town Christmas cards." WINTER TREES The wet dawn inks are doing their blue dissolve. On their blotter of fog the trees Seem a botanical drawing Memories growning, ring on ring, A series of weddings. Knowing neither abortions nor bitchery, Truer than women, They seed so eff artlessly! Tasting the winds, that are footless, Waist-deep in h~story Full of wings, otherworldliness. In this, they are Ledas. 0 mother of leaves and sweetness Who are these pietas? The shadows of ringdoves chanting, but easing nothing. - Sylvia Plath 1963 network DECEMBER .1978 PAGE 10 HAVE· YOU CONSIDERED THE REAL ESTATE PROFESSION? THE LATEST STUDY SHOWS A NEED FOR 66% MORE AGENTS THIS YEAR THAN LAST. WE TEACH MORE PEOPLE- WHO PASS THE STATE SALESMAN AND BROKER TEST THAN ANY SCHOOL IN UTAH. WE GUARA NTEE YOU WILL PASS THE STATE EXAM AND GET A JOB START ANYTIME - News and Notes Local Artist Kathryn C. Wilson, a widely known local artist, held an exhibit of her recent oil and watercolor paintings at the Hotel Utah on Friday, November 17th. If you were unable to attend or did not know of the show, please contact her or network so that your name can be placed on her next mailing list. Jilda Yap Wins Scholarship Jilda Yap has been selected to receive this year's Lucybeth Rampton Scholarship, which is awarded annually to a woman returning to school after an absence of at least 5 years. Gap Widening Labor Department Statistics now out for 1977 paint an ever more gloomy picture of the state of employment for women. A white man who dropped out of high school makes more money on the average ($9,379) than a white woman with a college • degree ($7,176). ·" In Utah, among job applicants placed in jobs paying $3.00 or less per hour 52 percent were female. Out of the total placed on jobs paying $3 .00 per hour or more only 15 percent were female: Beverly Johnson Scales Peak Beverly Johnson, a 33 year old movie stuntwoman, became the first woman to scale the 3,000-foot vertical face of Yosemite's El Capatan monolith. Johnson, who lives in Los Angeles and Wyoming ·completed her climb on Thursday, Oct. 26, 1978. Considered one of the toughest climbing challenges in North America (her route was rated 5 .09 in difficulty out of a 5.12 as most difficult), El Capatan was first scaled by a three-man team in 1958. It has been climbed since by several two and three member teams. 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Mail your registration early and reserve your place. 989 East 900 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 532-6095 network DECEMBER 1978 PAGE 11 On the Job Brenda Hancock Time And Money On the job, time is money. Recent studies suggest working women waste less time than working men. Although we may be busier than men, some of us need to look closely at the productivity of our time. I am one of those harried people who often feel time is controlling me rather than the other way around. Here are some tools I've found helpful in my continuing battle with the clock. I am tempted t-o react to each situation which arises, putting out fires ... I am tempted to react to eac]:l situation which arises, putting out fires, responding to the latest (rather than the most important) phone call. To set priorities for time, if your organization's present goal is to increase sales, you should be spending· most of your time on selling or supporting sales, not recordkeeping. If your personal long-range goal is to advance to a supervisory job you should be spending most of your time on tasks which will affect promotion. Jacqueline Zanca, in Women's Work, May/June 1977, recommends making lists of present and long-range goals. Sometimes an employee must ask the supervisor to clarify goals and priorities, rather than guessing or attacking jobs in the order they are assigned. Some ineffective supervisors call everything a rush job. It is up to us, then, to tactfully force them to prioritize. Zanca suggests that a supervisor or manager who is spending most of her time on items with a relatively small value yield may have trouble delegating or may need to see herself as indispensable. Either characteristic is likely to limit her possibilities for advancement. Some suggest that women have difficulty planning time because they have been conditioned into the ''harried homemaker'' role, -in which a case of the measles or a broken furnace can destroy the best plans for spring cleaning. Emergencies and interruptions are a way of life. Whatever the reason, many women report difficulty effectiv_ely planning their time on the job. I find some papers dog-eared from so much shuffling. Have ·you ever found yourself shuffling through papers and realized you have been setting aside the same items ''to think about later" several times? Whether the papers are student themes, recipes, bills or correspondence, I find some of them dogeared from so much shuffling. The best advice I have had is to touch each item one time, the first time it crosses my desk. Letters must be answered then and there, or routed to someone who can answer them, or filed, or thrown away. It is amazing how many get thrown away after a meeting has been noted on a calendar, or a phone call has quickly answered a question, or I have determined there is simply no need for an answer or a file copy. Sometimes a note at the bottom of the letter, which is then returned to the correspondent, is sufficient. • Reports and articles are harder to deal with in this manner. Setting aside a certain time each week to read and review is helpful. If the same item keeps turning up each week it must not be very important, so you may as well file or discard it. This simple rule has payoffs in a neater desk, less wasted time re-reading the sam~ items again and again, and sharpened decision-making skills. Time planning involves not only priority-setting but also using peak time. Time planning involves not only priority-setting but also using peak time. For example, if your peak time for alertness and effieiency is early morning, these hours should be the times for challenging and difficult work, not for returning routine phone calls or filing. Time planning also involves establishing completion dates for assigl)ments, realistically based on experience. Typically the assignment is broken down into component parts, with completion dates for each part. If you put off things until the last minu.te, set up your own "last minutes" ahead of the actual deadline. Dorothy Jongeward writes about a game called ''Harried,'' which many workers play. In order to feel productive these indivuduals feel they must be busy constantly or at ·least appear to be. In Everybody Wins, Jongeward recommends taking time for pleasure, for oneself, for rest. This kind of time planning can be particularly difficult and involves learning to say no, giving oneself permission to just sit and think. Every working wom,an, whether secretary or homemaker or president of the company needs this kind of time. She will not get precious time for herself unless she plans for it and sets it aside. Although I have not yet taken up jogging, the most persuasive appeal cited by my friends is that it is a time to be alone and free the mind. •We all need that. The creativity released by thinking time can have much higher job rewards than the endless busy-work with which some of us bury ourselves. Both financial and time planning are my personal bugaboos. Yet time and money are integrally related on the job. I and other working women have had to learn new ways of coping, ways in which we are in control of out lives - present and future. The task is difficult but the rewards are great. Our business is getting yours off the ground. Today, many women want to go into business for themselves. But there are questions about financial management, business loans, personal credit and insurance. 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Addre, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ network DECEMBER 1978 PAGE 12 Douglas Johnson ....___ - Dehm Misdom - - - - - - - - - N e w Landin gs·---- ----The University of Utah Personnel recent promotion, she was the Special Pro- Security in 197 4 after graduating from Administration Department has an- jects Producer. As Executive Producer, 1Brigham Young Univrsity. Joyce F. Misnounced the promotion of Helen Howard Stucki's responsibilities will include pro- dom has joined the Fourth South office of to Employment Manager. Her respon- ducing and directing the 6 and 10 news First Security Bank as an operations ofsibilities include recruiting and hourly hir- programs. ficer. Prior to joining First Security, Mising. Howard joined the Personnel DeGloria Austin has been hired as Man- dom worked 12 years for banks in Utah partment in 1969. She has worked as a ager of Professional Staffing for the Fam- and California. She is a native of Orem, clerk, secretary, .and employment inter- ily Health Program. She is responsible for Utah, and a member of the Business and viewer prior to her promotion. Pat Doug- recruiting all physicians, dentists, nurse Professional Women of America. las, who has served as acting Benefits practitioners and various medical/ Two Utah women were awarded HonAdministrator for the University of Utah management positions as well as the staf- orary Life Memberships in the Utah ConPersonnel Administration Department, fing for the eritire organization. Austin has ference of Human Services during their has been appointed to this position on a a background in organizational communi- annual conference in November. Ira permanent basis. Douglas recently or~ cations. (Marguerite) Horton, retired Utah Diviganized the Benefits Fair for employees o( First Security Bank of Utah announces sion of Family Services Director in Ogden the University. the appointment of Ann E. Johnson, and Kathryn Brownell denBleyker, a Marjorie Hilton has been hired as the formerly a management trainee, to the pos- University of Utah Social Work professor, Program Service Director for the Planned ition of Assistant Manager of Provo's were cited for their long years of dedicated Parenthood Association of Utah. She will University Office. Johnson joined First service to the citizens of Utah and for their supervise five Program Directore in Logan, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Price and Moab. She will also be involved in planning, evaluation, and training activities. Prior to her appointment to this position, Hilton organized three new centers for the Annapolis Y.W.C.A. As center Director, she initiated women's centers to provide personal and job counseling, rape crisis counseling, and growth groups. She managed cooperative use of the building for Y.W.C.A., Planned Parenthood, Mental Health Association, NOW, and Hotline. KTVX has announced the promotion of Gina Stucki to Executive Producer of Action News 4. Stucki has worked at KTVX since 1975. She was' originally hired as a weekend Weathercaster and General Assignment Reporter. Prior to her Hilton CRAZY CHRISTMAS A WORK-SHOP FOR WOMEN An-examination of the myths of Christmas. A special workshop designed to help you let go of the slaving pressure activities of Christmas. It will allow you to • turn myths into realities so you can have a happy managable holiday, free from crazy making activities. Wednesdays 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. December 13th, 20th, and 27th. Cost - $35.00 Call Bonnie McBeth for complete details 484-0679 concern for making the lives of people better~ Honorary Life Memberships are the highest awards bestowed on individuals in human services by the organization. Yvonne Dehm, an Occupational Program Consultant for the Division of Alcoholism and Drugs, Utah State Department of Social Services, has been elected president of the National Occupational Program Consultants Association (OPCA). Dehm was elected in November during OPCA 's third annual conference in San Francisco. Please send any information concerning women to be featured in New Landings to: network _ c/o Marj Bradley 383 South 6th East Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 Howard den Bleyker NEED HELP? Do you need help with a small carpentry job? Do you need small repairs made? Do you want an odd job completed? If so, call for free estimates 532-5997 PHOENIX CARPENTRY PROJECTS network DECEMBER 1978 PAGE 13 Kennecott's New Wrinkle: · Pamela Grumbaugh by Cecilia Fannon the "dumps." Right now Pam is considering seeking an advanced degree in botany which will enable her to revegetate 7 ,000 acres of barren land at Kennecott. In 197 4 when Pam was interviewed for her job, she felt there were two attitudes towards her being hired: one faction wanted to "see her quit after a baptism by fire;" the other group wanted her to sue.: ceed. Her undeniable success has gratified her supporters. When asked which women she most admires, Pam answered "Eleanor Roosevelt and Golda Meir ... because they're doers." In her spare time, Pam reads to a blind friend, visits a lonely, elderly woman in a nursing home in Salt Lake City, and supports a child in Kenya. Obviously, Pam is a doer, too. Her diminutive appearance is qeceptive: she's really a heavyweight in her industry. For the past four years, the Process Engineering Department at Kennecott Copper Corporation has been undergoing a facelift. Yet the "new" wrinkle remains, impervious to the jibes of a few lingering sexists and grateful for the support from the majority of co-workers. Pamela Grubaugh, who holds a B.A. in Mining Engineering from the Univer- • sity of Utah, researches the ''dumps,'' the 600 acres of waste material at Kennecott's copper mines in Magna, Utah. She runs chemical and hydrometallurgical tests to improve both economically and environmentally the leaching process whereby ore is extracted from the wastepiles as a precipitate, dried out, and finally stored. A single woman who proudly traces her ancestry to the Isle of Man, Pam feels a "grave responsibility" to set a positive example for women considering joining the male-dominated profession of Mining Engineering. "Entering an all male world was scary,'' recalls Pam ''but I was competent, and gradually I gained confidence.'' Her burgeoning responsibilities at the mines now include reclamation and revegetation. She has successfully experimented in growing roses, scrub oak, honeysuckle and yarrow in the poor soil of MOUNTAIN FUEL Supply Company Positions Available: MONTHLY we have openings for qualified secretaries and clerks. Qualifications: Clerk: type 45 wpm Secretary: type 65 wpm, shorthand 90 wpm Salary: Clerk: $630.00/month Secretary: $886.00/month OCCASIONALLY we have openings for posi- tions requiring graduate degrees and professional experience. These positions include: engineer draftsperson accountant programmer analyst geologist electronics technician Salary range: $886-$2,000/month Send resumes to Mountain Fuel Supply Co. at the address below, attention Dave Geerlings. 180 East 100 South Salt Lake City, Utah84139 534-5101 Equal Opportunity Employer M/F NOT A SMALL CONCERN At Salt Lake City Corporation we're concerned about your career advancement. We offer a complete package of in-house· training, tuition-aid reimbursement, career ladders, and a bid system to promote your career opportunities. Here are some·examples of positions in the City: Programmer Analyst Administrative Secretary Police Officer Fire Fighter Accountant Skilled Trades Engineer Buyer Mail your resume in confidence to: Personnel Department Salt Lake City Corporation 230 West 4th South Salt lake City, Utah 535-6611 Equal Employment Opportunity/ Male/ Female network DECEMBER 1978 PAGE 14 Doll8rs And Sense Insurance 1010 Repair costs and 1nnanon The illustration here shows some interesting facts and figures on the costs of auto repairs. These figures are averages for standard size, late model sedans. . TRUNK LID WINDSHIELD 1957 - $ 92.20 1967- 122.45 1972- 159.65 1974- 158.10 FRONT FENDER 1975-$189.70 1957- $ 44.60 1967- 61.30 1972- 101.95 by Ann Fadel 1957 - $ 67.70 1967- 93.30 1972- 126.90 1974- 131.50 1975 - $162.00 -\ ~ REAR FENDER 1957- $115.30 1967- 150.25 1972- 201.35 1974- 268.75 1975- $243.05 person injured can claim, and (b) the total amount all the injured can sue for, i.e., $15,000 - $30,000, $50,000 - $100,000 and $100,000 - $300,000. Settlements above your policy limits REAR BUMPER FRQNT DOOR come out of your own pocket. 1957- $32.25 1957- $ 78.65 Material Damage covers your car if 1967- 53.35 1967- 112.00 84.15 1972c 167.55 1972physical if you 're at fault in an accident, or 1974- 81 .80 1974- 166.85 damage occurs to your vehicle. Again, 1975 - $227 .05 1975 - $194.20 there are two parts. (a) Comprehensiv e coverage for windshield breakage, and the like. Comprehensive coverage is available with no deductible, when the insurance company - Fault Law is all about. sive and $100 deductible collision. He pays the total bill, or with $50 or $100 Regardless of fault in an accident, the paid $48 .50 for the state-required liability deductible, when you pay the first $50 insurance company covering the vehicle limits and $65 to insure the metal of his and/or $100 tlie insurance company pays you are driving or are in as a passenger car. the rest. The higher amount you 're willing pays the doctor and hospital bills. If the In a major negligent accident, he put to risk as the deductible, the less your driver of the other car is to blame, your three people in the hospital, one requiring insurance premium is. company subrogates to get their money extensive treatment for spinal injury and (b) Collision coverage for your vehicle back. whiplash. ·when it is involved in a negligent collision. Utah's No Fault Law functions to inHis car was repaired for an out of pocAgain, you pay for the first $100 to $250, sure that medical bills are paid regardless ket cost of $100, the deductible, but the depending on the deductible of your pol- of responsibility for the collision. It also injured parties' medical bills totalled alicy, and the insurance company pays the requires insurance companies to compen- most $69,000. Underinsured for liability, rest. he had to pay all his policy did not cover sate for a considerable time. Medicals, referred to as PIP (personal All drivers carry $2000 PIP; limits.of $39,000. By buying the lowest possible injury protection), are what Utah's No $5000 and $10,000 are available for a few liability limits of 15-30-10, he had saved $16 a year, obviously a false savings when dollars more per year. How do you save money and protect balanced against the $39,000 it cost him. What's the practical application of yourself at the same time? For example, your 17 -year old son these examples? (1) Insure yourself against catastrope slides into the retaining wall while attempting to pull into an ice-packed drive- rather than inconvenience. Choose high way. The cost to repair the fender is liability limits. The increase in premium is $156.00. Your policy has a $100.00 colli- minimal for the increase in coverage. (2) Don't use insurance as a maintesion deductible, so you pay. $100 and the nance policy. Always choose high deducinsurance company pays $56. On your next renewal, your insurance tibles; self insure for as much as you comJonathan Livingston Seagull . biil jumps $45 because you are no longer fortably can. (3) Update your insurance annually; as given the accident free discount_ and depending on the company, you may not for your circumstances change, factors affecting your insurance vary. the next four renewals. That little fender bender will cost you Because so many factors affect your Thank you "Network" readers $280 ($100 deductible plus $180 increased personal insurance rate, it's not possible to insurance premiums), or $124 more than if generalize how much you should be spendin sharing 1978 as a ing, but contact with your agent will keep you'd paid the entire bill yourself. million dollar in Sales year. you informed on exactly what your policy Some claims can cost you money. Before you turn a claim in, ask your covers and will allow you to take advanservicing agent if it will raise your pre- tage of innovations in the industry and miums, so you can decide whether the changes in your circumstances. long run costs will be less if you pay yourSome insurance companies discount self. for nonsmokers, nondrinkers, for cars driHere are some examples: A ven less than 5000 miles a year, for vehi10-year-old Chrysler - immaculate, low cles with bounce-back bumpers, and for milage, insured to the hilt, no deductible the people over 30 with good driving refor cracks in the windshield and only $50 cords. It makes cents to take advantage of down for a close encounter of the third the discounts your company offers. Prekind. The Chrysler is worth about $400 miums go up for citations, accidents, and he pays his insurance company $104 a youthful drivers, fast cars, expensive cars, year to insure it against physical damage, and moving to a more densely populated almost 33 percent of what the car is worth area. (remember, he .pays the first $50). Take control of the situation. If you reFor the money he spends on insurance, ceive correspondence from your insurance Joe could buy a comparable car every 3½ company that doesn't make sense or if years. The car is not worth the money he is you wonder why you 're getting a bill, it is spending insuring it. worth the time to phone your agent and ask Another financially secure man who about it. stays that way by scrutinizing his cash I assure you, insurance is no sure flow, took out minimum liability insur- thing. The know-why is as valuable as ance with limits ofl5-30-10; he considered know-how. For certain, ignorance is not his vehicle a major investment, so he pro- innocence. You will be held accountable tected it - no deductible on comprehen- for what you don't know. , Insurance is no sure thing. Insurance companies are so protected with provisions~ revisions, and exclusions, that it is not safe to have an accident nowadays. The financial truth about your costs are often difficult to determine, for anyone. But it's worse for women because they are not accustomed to thinking of insurance as relevant to their lives. Yet it is vital for women to know about insurance because (1) there are ways to save money, and (2) more and more women handle their own insurance, as divorcees, career singles and home executives. Better to collide with the facts before you collide with some body. First, some definitions: Liability pays for the other driver's crunched trunk and whiplash you caused when the distraction in the back seat became too much and took your eyes off the road. There are two parts to liability: one part covers the trunk or the· property damaged (commonly with limits of $5,000, $10,000, or $25,000), and one part covers the cracked elbows or bodily injury, expressed by two limits, (a) how much each "Everything that Limits us we have to put aside" (Includes Reinforcement) These auto parts prices include the labor cost of removing the old part and installing the new. PAGE 15 network DECEMBER 1978 network classified Schools Y<;?M!r Network classified is a monthly feature. All ads accepted at the discretion of the publisher. Rates : 20 cents/word. Minimum ad, ten words. PO Box numbers and telephone numbers count as one word each; abbreviations, zip codes as one word each. Classified display (for camera-ready ads): $9/inch. Check or money order must accompany copy and be received not later than the 10th of the month 'prior to on-sale date. For further ir,iformation call network/532-6095. 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You may , thoughtfully decide to do your sensational fudge because you do it well and enjoy it. (But you'll deliberately cut a dozen other tiring cooking projects.) You do know a couple of great gifts that will give you pleasure to find. So you'll find them; but you'll not go crazy trying for perfection for everybody, nor will you expect it for yourself. You'll make your new plan known early to family and close friends, letting them off the hook, too. You'll take care of yourself. You'll keep in shape with enough sleep and some exercise because you want it. Not because an article told you to drop ten pounds so you'll be lovable at Christmas. You may find it exciting to make such decisions to control Christmas. It could be a holiday of some real warmth ~nd cheer, because you have seen the competitions and unreal expectations for what they are, and you choose a simpler way to celebrate this year. and I think it's an interesting comment on this cultu_re that every interviewer, without exception, has asked me, "What's going to happen to you because of this book? ' What's going to happen to your children?'' It says a lot about this culture if we're not able to explore ideas without repercussions. For years the leaders- of the Mormon Church have said, Beware the philosophies of men, to which I'd like to respond: they never said, Beware the philosophies of women. If you have to steer clear of philosophies, you are unable to look at ideas. Warenski continued from page 6 said. I had to conclude that their seeming equality had really nothing to do with women's rights per se. Women's suffrage had been encouraged for the gains of the institution, which is a perfectly reasonable motive; I just want this to be recog-:nized. I'm not threatened by the Mormon Church myself, honest. Ifl printed it without their pennission, it would have been dishonest of me. Women in this culture are reluctant to expret'S their opinions if they are not consistent with the church point of view. network: Warenski: For years the leaders of the Mormon Church have said, beware the philosophies of men, to which I'd like to respond: they never said beware the philosophies of network: women! network: , ,,,,-•. 'i) , _',-,' ,' '.":,, Our Steaks are always done well no matter how we cook them. And that's not all, Prime Rib, Sole, New Yori-<; Steak, Alaskan King Crab, Dover Sole, Teriyaki Chicken, and for lunch, Mushroom Burger, Italian Burger, Roost Beef Sandwich and much more. Elks Building 139 East South Temple Warenski: Warenski: Were the women you interviewed hesitant to reveal any information? No. They were very open. I have been criticized for not revealing more personal interviews in my book. This strikes me as the ultimate irony. That is precisely the problem I raise in my book: Women in this culture are re- , luctant to express their opin- network: ions if they are not consistent with the Church point of Warenski: view, and I needed to exercise extreme caution in using quotP~ from those tapes. I didn't want to violate the trust of the women who were open with me. Had I asked to use their names, or to reveal any more of the text of any one woman, it would have been difficult for them to be What has been the nature of the personal response to your book? My perception of the response has been extremely positive. The few negative and somewhat hysterical responses I've had (from people who haven't read the book) have not been all that depressing. It is a strong feminist viewpoint which bothers a lot of people here. There was talk of an imminent revelation for blacks long before it actually happened. Do you think there will be such a revelation for women? The President of the Church has said there will not be a revelation in behalf of women. I think it is interesting, however, that as soon as the revelation came for blacks, there was discussion about the women's position in the Mormon Church, which was an indication that it was on the minds of a lot of people. How does your family feel about your book? As I indicated in my preface, my husband, Jim, was truly my helpmate. He edited my chapters before McGraw Hill took over, and has been entirely supp-o rtive. My children are all very excited about it as well. It has been a good family project, in that they have all participated in a variety of ways.