Volume 9, Issue 6. 1978

Themes:

homosexuality; sexism; discrimination; Proposition 6; homophobia, abortion, child-care; stereotypes; consciousness-raising; historical repression and omission

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Marilyn Foodim, Johanna Martines, Ruth Myers, Robert Moore, Virginia Lee Wilder, Michael Dorris, Beryle Banfield, Lyla Hoffman, Betsy Gimball, Paula Wolff, Frieda Zames, Gaylord Hassan, Candida Alvarez

Materials Reviewed:

Jimmy Carter by Charles Mercer. Amazon / WorldCat
Groundhog's Horse by Joyce Rockwood. Amazon / WorldCat
Edith Jackson by Rosa Guy. Amazon / WorldCat
And What Do You Do?: A Book about People and Their Work by George Ancona. Amazon / WorldCat
Women at Thier Work by Betty Lou English. Amazon / WorldCat
New Women Series by Kathleen Bowman. Amazon / WorldCat
To Walk on Two Feet by Marjorie Cook. Amazon / WorldCat
Jenny and the Tennis Nut by Janet Schulman. Amazon / WorldCat
Grandpa- and Me by Stephanie S. Tolan. Amazon / WorldCat
Struggle and Lose/ Struggle and Win: The United Mine Workers by Elizabeth Levy & Tad Richards. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Learning About Sex by Barron's Educational Series, SHARE

Keywords:

Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), lesson plans, critical literacy, June Christ, sexism, discrimination, National Organization for Women (NOW), NOW's Legal Defense and Education Fund, constitution, slavery, abolition, Declaration of American Women, Conservative, gay, Proposition 6, Briggs Initiative, California, homophobia, abortion, child-care, National Council on teachers of English (NCTE), affirmative action, capital punishment, American Psychological Association (APA), John Monks, death penalty, slurs, civil liberties, free speech, Anita Bryant, Phyllis Schlafly, lesbian, National Women's Conference, feminist, Racism and Sexism Resource Center for Educators, stereotypes, consciousness-raising, racism, historical repression and omission, Native American, Little Black Sambo, NAACP, textbooks, Frankfurt Book Fair, World Council of Churches, Solidarity Day, Puerto Rico, United Nations Committee on Decolonization, American Library Association (ALA), Basement Workshop, Asian American, Apartheid, disability, Disabled In Action (DIA), parenting, Polymorph Films, McGraw-Hill Films, MTI Teleprograms Inc., Native American Solidarity Committee, bibliography, women's liberation, The Association of Chinese Teachers (TACT), Women Library Workers, Public Affairs Committee, New Schools Exchange, Research Relating to Children, National Organization for Non-Parents (N.O.N.),