Word: loeser
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THERE ARE BASICALLY two things that Herta Loeser has to say in Women, Work and Volunteering. One is that women of all age, classes and occupational status can find something interesting and exciting to volunteer for. Hence it is good. Two is that volunteering, being unpaid and service, oriented, means helping other people. Hence, it is good...
...every kind of woman should not find satisfaction in volunteer work. And once the "helping others" argument has been disposed of--by quoting Derek Bok's 1972 speech to the incoming class (people should "devote [their] talents and energies in generous measure to the problems and welfare of others")--Loeser can get down to the main points, which concern how women can help themselves by volunteering...
...ease re-entry, Loeser said, "Good counselors will often suggest volunteering as a way of rejoining the work world and may refer the client to one of the appropriate counseling and placement offices for volunteers...
...explained that it is often difficult for women to make the transition from the life of a housewife to that of a working person. To make the transition, Loeser said that some form of counseling was often helpful...
...Loeser, who is co-director of a counseling and placement service for volunteers, The Civic Center and Clearing House, said that women can help themselves make the adjustment by reading about the area they are interested in entering or by spelling out in writing "one's self-evaluation and goals...