Texas Women, Fall 1986 Page: 2 of 6
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RESEARCH SURVEY - continued
the project. The project will be
completed in the summer of 1987.
"This survey accurately reflects the
very high degree of interest women
have regarding issues affecting
them. The Women's Commission
and dedicated women throughout
the state have made this one of the
most comprehensive surveys ever
conducted concerning women's
issues. The results will be incorpor-
ated in an interim report and
presented to the 70th legislative
session. We hope it will make an
impact on the Legislature and, in
turn, help create positive changes
in public and private policies
affecting women in Texas," said
Nancy Garms, issues coordinator
of the project and a member of the
Governor's Commission for
Women.
To date, 9,576 women and 516 men
have completed the survey. All eth-
nic and racial groups and geo-
graphical areas in Texas are repre-
sented. The average respondent is
a white 41-year-old female with 2.3
children living in an area with a
population between 250,000 and
1,000,000. She is employed full-time
and has completed two years of
college.
Sharon Scott, a graduate student at
West Texas State University in Can-
yon, Texas, performed the statisti-
cal analysis for the survey, which
was circulated among persons at-
tending conferences and events
sponsored by the commission and
other women's groups.ISSUES IDENTIFIED AS MOST
SERIOUS BY 10,000
WOMEN OF TEXAS
Child Abuse 37.5
Teenage Pregnancy 35.2
Comparable Worth 32.3
Stress 30.2
Poverty 28.4
Child Support 27.2
Child Care 26.8
Unemployment 26.3
Rape 25.1
Unequal Job Opportunities 24.1
Distinguished
Women
150 distinguished women in Texas
history were recognized by Gov-
ernor Mark White at the Third
Annual Texas Women's Hall of
Fame.
A Blue Ribbon Historical Commit-
tee appointed by the Governor's
Commission for Women based
their selections on the lasting
achievements and notable contri-
butions made by women to the
state.
"it is only fitting in this Sesquicen-
tennial year that we reflect upon
and pay tribute to the great women
leaders of our past. These women
contributed to our rich heritage
and today provide excellent role
models for our young people. Jane
McCallum, Juanita Craft, Angelina
Eberly, Adina de Zavala, Clara Dris-
coll, Ima Hogg-these are only a
few of the thousands of important
women who have made a great im-
pact on our state's development.
Many of our contemporary women
leaders draw inspiration from
them," Governor White said.
Thumbnail sketches of the 150
women are available from the
Commission Office.In My Opinion.. .
by Karen Perkins
Last month in Austin, a dozen
outstanding Texas women were
inducted into the Women's Hall of
Fame. And in many cities around
the state, local women were
honored for significant personal
and professional achievements and
for wise leadership of businesses
and organizations and communi-
ties. For the first time, as a Sesqui-
centennial tribute, 150 great Texas
women of the past also were
honored. This was an attempt to
reclaim and restate the significant
contributions women made to the
settling and the development of
Texas.
As a group, women tend to be in-
visible-their work, their thoughts,
and their contributions discounted
while they are alive, and buried
when they are gone. It's an old, old
story that tends to be repeated,
even in our own times. Women in
Texas Week, the Women's Hall of
Fame, and the numerous local cel-
ebrations of women's achieve-
ments intend to stand against
women's invisibility by recognizing
real women who make a differ-
ence-now, today-and by ac-
knowledging the significant contri-
butions women as a group have
made to the culture of our com-
munities, our state, and indeed, the
world.
As modern women, I think we live
with ghosts-the pervasive spirits
of women of courage and achieve-
ment who lived before us, and
pointed the way to lives of broad
choices, leadership, and vision.
What do we owe to the abolitionist
women, who defied the strong
conventions against women
speaking out in public meetings on
behalf of conscience? What do we
owe to Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Sojourner Truth, and Susan B.
Anthony, and thousands of other
suffragists who spent their lives
working for women's inclusion,
shamefully late, in a democracy's
most basic constitutional right-theToll-free hotline
telephone number
business cards and
appointments
brochures are
available from the
Commission office
upon request.
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