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...women and men. When Barbara Bush arrived at Wellesley College to celebrate motherhood and wifely virtues, she sparked a national debate among the young about what it means to be a successful woman. That debate was further fueled by the announcement by TV newswoman Connie Chung that she would abandon the fast track at CBS in a last-ditch drive for motherhood at age 44. Meanwhile, male role models are also in flux. Wall Street wonder boy Peter Lynch hung up his $13 billion mutual fund to do good deeds and have more time with his family. What generation...
Others feel that the battle belonged to a different generation, without realizing that the very existence of a debate about family leave, abortion, flextime and affirmative action is the fruit of an ongoing revolution. Minority women seem to be the group least likely to abandon the feminist label, perhaps because they are most aware of how many critical battles remain to be fought. In fact, argues Stephanie Batiste, 18, a black freshman at Princeton, "minority women are almost a separate women's movement . . . You're very alone. You get a lot less support...
...University should be humiliated that its deceptive handling of the admission process has been uncovered. We again call on the University to abandon both practices...
Blais says that although Lyman is needed by Radcliffe to foster a sense of community among its students, alumni and fellows, those involved in the Common Room are "confusing student support for Lyman and abandon the fight for a women's center apart from Lyman...
Blais says that although Lyman is needed by Radcliffe to foster a sense of community among its students, alumni and fellows, those involved in the Common Room are "confusing student support for Lyman with a desire on our part to merge with Lyman and abandon the fight for a women's center apart from Lyman...