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Twenty-five members of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) picketed the the conference Saturday, protesting "the inadequacy" of Harvard's affirmative action plan...
Speaking from an ermine-draped silver throne, Carl Gustaf solemnly swore that he would "seek to do all within our power to further the veritable weal and welfare of the realm and its every inhabitant." He proclaimed that his royal motto would be: "For Sweden-With the Times...
Women's groups, notably Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) protested the committee on the grounds of possible collusion between HEW and the presidents...
Revised order no, four came out almost two years later, after women from WEAL and NOW were consulted on the draft. The revised order required that the affirmative action plans contain a "utilization analysis" for women as well as for minorities, as was previously required. The definition of "Underutilization" of women is slightly different from that of minorities; the proportion of minority members on the work force is to be defined by the "minority population of the labor area surrounding the facility" while the acceptable proportion of women is to depend on "the availability of women seeking employment...
There is no doubt that the women's movement has had a tremendous impact on bringing out these subtle attitudes. Women are not only "the newest, largest, fastest growing advocacy group on campuses," as one WEAL spokesman put it, but perhaps their greatest political impact will be seen as they infiltrate all levels of the organizations they are pressuring...