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Retired educator Julia Knight speaks to a group of about 25 students on women supporting women.
The central theme of all the speakers was about
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Knight, a retired educator, said, “We should be
proud of what we as women have accomplished.”
Knight listed nearly 40 local organizations, in-
cluding the Battered Women’s Shelter, the Demo-
The 1998 International Women’s March and Rally
will be Sunday.
Women, men and children of San Antonio will
unite to carry on the tradition of activism, unification
and strength.
The annual march commemorates a protest in
1908 by young immigrant women who marched by
the thousands on the Lower East Side of New York
City to protest intolerable working conditions and to
demand that their right to join a union be recog-
nized.
To mark that day, March 8,1910, was desig-
nated International Women’s Day.
Sunday’s march participants are invited to
assemble at noon near the entrance to HemisFair
Park off South Alamo Street.
The march will begin at 1 p.m., and the rally will
begin at 2 p.m. in Milam Park on North San Saba
Street.
Speakers and performers will be included in the
march and rally.
Speakers will include Sylvia Fernandez, director
of special programs at the University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio; Barbara Renaud
Gonzalez, a free-lance writer; and former Judge
Bonnie Reed.
Marchers are encouraged to bring signs and
posters.
For more information, call 226-3381.
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cratic Women of Bexar County and the local
branch of the National Organization for Women.
“The world is about education and community
service, not about politics,” Knight added.
The panel agreed there are many women’s
groups because women were left out for too long.
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Novelist Diane Gonzales Bertrand talks about
writing at a Women’s History Week lecture.
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► What: Romance novelist
speaks on the “legacy of
women romance writers.”
that age to read, she said.
Some of her titles include “Touchdown for Love,:
“Alicia’s Treasures,” “Ojitos” and “Sweet 15.”
“I try to put a little jalapeno twist in my writ-
ing,” Bertrand said about her Hispanic romance
novels.
Her books, first published by Avalon Press, will
be reprinted next year by Arte Publico.
Arte Publico publishes Hispanic authors and is
connected with the University of Houston.
Bertrand said she tried to write a Harlequin
romance novel but ran into obstacles in her at-
tempt.
“When I sent my manuscript to the press in
New York, it seemed that they wanted more cul-
tural conflict in my book,” Bertrand said. “I write
for romance and love, not conflict, but when I
put a Latino and Latina in the picture they want
more conflict.”
In “Sweet 15,” Bertrand decided there were too
many books set in New York and put San Antonio
in the forefront.
“If you read my books, you will see some
places in San Antonio you will recognize,”
Bertrand said.
Bertrand said she writes what she would like to
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read and, different from most romance novels, she
includes more culture.
“My romance novels celebrate the positive heri-
tage of Hispanics in my books,” she said.
“Duty and loyalty to family are important to
Hispanic families,” Bertrand said.
Bertrand said she loves to show dedication, ro-
mance and love in her romances.
“I believe we need to celebrate love in the Latino
community as much as in Shakespearean times,”
she said.
At the end of her speech, Bertrand allowed time
for questions.
“The best part about my teaching job is when
my students write, I write too,” Bertrand said.
Bertrand, known for writing on napkins at res-
taurants, advises students always to keep a pen
handy.
“Each of you has stories you have to tell so al-
ways write them down no matter where you are
and keep them with you.”
As a mother of two children and a full-time
teacher, Bertrand said it takes her an average of 1
1/2 years to complete a book.
“I find joy in my parenting, teaching and writ-
ing,” she said.
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Women should join organizations to further their
careers and to enrich their lives, members of a
Women’s History Week panel said Monday.
Julia Knight, Melinda Gaul and Gladys Jacobson
spoke on “Women’s Organizations: The Legacy of
Women Supporting Women.”
The panel, sponsored by the women’s center, was
part of a week of events organized by the San An-
tonio College Women’s History Week Committee.
“There is a bigger pool of men in the work place,
and honestly, getting a job is not about what you
know, but about who you know,” said Gaul, a lo-
cal attorney and member of the San Antonio
Women’s Chamber of Commerce.
“Join as many groups as you can. You can make
great contacts that can 1
added.
“And once you make these contacts, don’t be afraid
to call on them,” she said. “Believe me they won’t
mind.”
Jacobson, the chief budget officer for the Alamo
Community College District and a former mem-
ber of the Chamber of Commerce, told the crowd joining women’s organizations,
to set goals and values for themselves and to search
inside for what is important.
“Search out what’s near and dear to your heart,”
she said.
College celebrates anniversary of women’s rights movement
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► What: Role of women
■ gradually changing,
campus police chief says. •
By Melissa Ramirez
The law enforcement profession needs officers
who treat everyone with respect and are able to
make a critical decision when necessary, the
district’s police chief said Monday during Women’s
History Week.
“We have to get away from myths and stereo-
types because any woman or man can do anything,”
said Terrie Hoffmann, director of public safety for
the Alamo Community College District.
She substituted for the scheduled speaker, Kerr
County Sheriff Frances Kaiser, who had to attend
a trial.
Speaking to about 30 people, Hoffmann said
wearing a badge should make officers more care-
ful about their decisions.
Hoffmann told of her first day as a patrol of-
ficer 20. years ago.
When she walked into the chief’s office at St.
Philip’s College to report for work, an employee
told her to wait outside for the chief.
When the chief went outside to look for the new
police officer, he saw Hoffmann and said, “I don’t
see the new police officer. All I see is a woman.”
Hoffmann said to herself, “I’m going to love this
job.”
She said some things that female officers can
sometimes bring to the force are compassion and
understanding.
After 15 years of working for the ACCD,
Hoffmann applied for chief five years ago.
She said her husband told her she should apply,
but he didn’t want to see her get rejected.
Her mother told her she had to apply or the
opportunity would pass her by.
Hoffmann said marriage, housework and chil-
dren should be a 50-50 job between husband and
wife.
She said when she grew up, it was the woman’s
role to have dinner on the table for her husband,
to make sure her husband’s shirts were ironed and
to take care of the children.
It is important for men to know it is OK for them
to support the significant other in their life, she
said.
While she was going through the ranks of the
police force, she said she did the work of a rank
above her.
“When I was a corporal, I did the work of a
sergeant,” she said.
“The role of women is changing and it has to do
with education,” Hoffmann said.
When she first started to work in law enforce-
ment, people accused her of saying she could do
the job better than a man, but she responded, “I’m
able to do the job better than anyone else.”
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Romance novelist Diane Gonzales Bertrand,
speaking to an audience of about 25 students, said
Hispanics are not portrayed positively enough in
books.
Bertrand, also an English composition and cre-
ative writing professor at St. Mary’s University, gave
a talk on “The Legacy of Women Romance Writ-
ers” in the visual arts center Tuesday as part of
Women’s History Week.
Bertrand said when Hispanics are in books and
movies, they are negatively portrayed.
“Writing romance novels with Hispanic char-
acters was kind of my way of saying not all His-
panics are negative,” Bertrand said.
Besides writing Hispanic romance novels,
Bertrand writes children’s books and poems, and
she recently finished a book for middle school
readers.
There are not enough good books for people of
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