Kinesis
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is part of: Kinesis
issued: 2013-08-15
issued: 1975-08-01
description: Vol. V, no. 47
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note: srtWM- COU JUE0I»"* kinesis Canada Caiiada 8 AUGUST 1375 73-S305 SERIALS DIVISION Main Library University of B.C. VANCOUVER 8, B.C. MAR^Y LWY 7tf> lof VWfamen SDeSW. Fourth/W 736-3746-7-6 Vpiumsv ■mini ii , No^ ;SD 0317-9095 An old friend called last week. She first came to Status of Women two years ago in the middle of a messy divorce. She was over fifty. Her husband had left her. Said she was too crazy to live with. Maybe she wasn't totally straight-headed. He had been dating his secretary for months. Her children blamed her for the divorce. Wouldn't even speak to her. Then the court registrar awarded her $200 a month maintenance. This from a professional man she had put- through school. She hadn't worked outside her home for over thirty years. Had no skills or special training. She was a bit depressed. After a few months, after talking to women in the same state of life, she began to try to provide for herself. Went to Langara for a basic business course. Got a part time job. Then last winter she got a full time job. Meanwhile her ex-husband left the country and married his secretary. He never once paid her the $200 a month. When she called last week, she said that her first evaluation on the full time job was very bad. When she went home to think about it she had a mild stroke and has been in and out of hospital for two months. She said "All I want is to be independent. I know I have to be. I'm trying so hard, but nothing is working". This sounds like soap opera or bad novel or something. But it really happened and I cried when I hung up the phone. We must stop this waste and cruelty. Whatever happens in legislatures or in schools, whatever our actions are, we must remember that this is the heart of the women's movement. Women who embrace-a role that all the world approves and urges them into, who willingly become dependent people are left.like this alone, resourceless, nearly helpless. It happens every day. And then they are roundly criticized for not having pl…
note: Preceding title: Vancouver Status of Women. Newsletter. Date of publication: 1974-2001. Frequency: Monthly.
has type: Periodicals
has type: Newspapers
identifier: HQ1101.V24 N49
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0045489
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : Vancouver Status of Women
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. HQ1101.V24 N49
subject: Women--Social and moral questions
subject: Feminism--Periodicals
type: Text