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Show 3/ - 3 - 1ffThe l\Aggic of Believing" by Claude Bristol, If "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran, "Self Renewal" and "Your Creative Power" by Alex Osbom, lby Dr .bhn Gardner I "Applied Imagination and "Ihe Power of Alsitive Thinking" by Dr Norman Vincent Peale. I hasten to add that I receive no remuneration for advertising theE books. I do, however, recommend tf,em to my students in PersomellVbnagement and also to the women enrolled in the Administrative • It Leadership for Women program at USC which I pion and coordinate. Oor rcsponsibi lity as 18PW members, and as leaders in our communities, is not only to strive for excellence in our i1ntlown performance I but also to encourage excellence in others. Vv1ly not encourage excellence lwHn young women? The life expectancy of a girl born today is nearly 74 years. In 1920 it was 148 years. I 400k of today's brides are teenagers. u Almost half of today's young women are marri ed by age 20 and have their last chi Id at about age 30. By the time the youngest chi Id is in school, the mother may have 40 or more of lifo before her! 'hhat wi II these women do with the se additional 40 years? ryears r1 OM w i I By 1970 - 3()oA, of the girls aged 14-19, wi II be in the labor force. An estimated 8 or 9 out of 10 girls today will be gainfully employed at some time during their lives. In 1920 the average woman worker was sing Ie and 28 years old. In 1965 the average woman worker is married and 41 years old. Younger women ore fai ling to take advantage of the new opportunities in business and Very few collego girls today ore aware of the problems encountered by the untrained middle-aged women seeking to re-enter the labor force. These SOGle college girls i same problems problems created by limited education cannot imagine that they may have these the professions. ••• (I or experience the ••• 20 years from now. . We must not wait until 0 woman reaches 35 and has raised her children to tell her what future holds for her. We must open her eyes to this future NOW, whi Ie she is young, and while she C:Qn st, II take fu II advantage of and rea I ize the va lue of an education and the sol/action of1orl'area in whi.ch sh might make a future contribution. l el II Traditionally, young men select a goal and carefully plot their education and career experience to reach thot goa I. We must encourage our young women to do the some" Even of these young women wi II marry I raise a fami Iy, or temperer] Iy leave the labor force" it is essential that they consider the additional contribution that they wi II be able to make to society once their forni Iy is grown and they have more leisure time. We must help 0 pion for realistic preparation and the need of them to see the need of a lifetime plan education as a continuing, lifelong process" W though many •• II I ••• Through our leadership and guidanco, these young women wi I t see more realistically the diversity of roles they ploy and appreciate the ever-growing importonee of ski II and training that is required. We should encourage them to participate on the highest level of which they are capable and insti II in them a zest for the acceptance of responsibility" The future rewards are high for those who are wi IJing to strive for exce lienee, expend the required time and energy, and accept the responsi bi Ii ty and cho lIenges of th is space age. Our Federation has a trodition, bequeathed to us by our founding pioneers, which we must upho ld Our founders forsaw the contributions women cou Id make to our society and their prophesies have come to pass. Women throughout the world are enioying new freedoms, , |
