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AT SONOMA STATE Women's Career Day Crowd Explores Job Opportunities By KAREN PETERSON Do women hav to resign themselves to the nurse-teacher-secretary career stereotype? 1 he objeetiv of Career Day held yesterday at Sonoma State College was to dispel this idea and give women students an alternative view of employment opportunities. Students attending the all-day seminar listened attentively as a variety of guest speakers, mostly professional women from Sonoma County, discussed their careers, how they got their jobs and what to expect when women start seeking professional work. The agreement reached by both the audience and the speakers was that opportunities for women in the professions are opening, but changes are not occurring fast enough. THE INFORMAL seminar, which grew out of the Women in Society class at the college, one of the many classes offered to Sonoma State students in the Studies department, was organized by students Laurie Wesler and Marla Adelson. Guest speakers included the owner of a personnel agency, bank and telephone officials, an optometrist, a law student, a co-owner of a construction firm and a number of women in sales positions.

Although members of the audience expressed disappointment with the idea of taking a lesser job just to get their foot in the door, they readily admitted that clerical positions are stereotyped ideas with employers and change can't be expected by merely pointing this out. Jan Langford, owner of the personnel agency, said that once a woman is inside a business, no matter what the position. things can more easily changed. You may have to compromise, she said, but at least get in and prove yourself. She warned, though, of taking a job that offers only a paycheck and no room for advancement.

"It depends on the job, the individual and the She said she has positions available that are more than clerical jobs and yet she also cited two examples where highly qualified women were still being judged on secretarial skills rather than experience. One woman, a chemist, unfortunately applied for a job at a company that was also looking for a secretary. She answered the you type" query with "do you cook" response. BI NOT all applicants feel confident enough to reply in such a matter especially when finances necessitate finding employment. she said.

I he problem of experience versus the hiring of a lesser qualified male was also cited by Miss Langford. She now has a highly qualified woman client with a in English and extensive experience in public relations and media work who is competing with a young male client with only a Bachelor of Art degree in communications and four years service-connected communications experience. The public relations firm employer she contacted was eager to have lunch with the young man but would only see the woman the next morning for an interview. "Sometimes they see farther than the typing she said. The media was also admonished by members of the audience and some speakers for stereotyping women newspaper applicants as only potential section reporters.

A loan official from the Exchange Bank told the students that most women come in the back door for executive positions. They were fearful at one time that women be respected as banking executives, she said. ONE OF the most popular speakers during the afternoon session was Nancy Gunn, a first year law student at Golden Gate College in San Francisco. Miss Gunn said Golden Gate has a 25 per cent female enrollment this year and is activly recruiting women for future enrollment. She chose to get her degree in law because she had at one time wanted to major in mathematics and science.

was discouraged in this by what I term blatantly sexist Law to her combined the analytical skills involved in her math and science interests and it also combined an indirect channel to politics. AT LEAST one member of the audience was eager to learn about careers open for women in the construction business, although Mrs. Marjorie Conley, co-owner of a construction firm, did not feel women could fit into some of the manual positions. FOR IRENE RYAN ON THE AGENDA New Feminists Will Discuss Marin Progress, Directions All Marin women active in the New Feminist movement have been invited to a meeting at 8 p.m. Monday, hosted by the Marin Chapter of the National Organization for Women to discuss the progress and directions of the women's equality movement in Marin County.

The meeting will be held at the Redwood High School faculty lounge, with members of various Feminist groups on hand to present their views and information on their projects. Members of the Center Committee, the Marin Newsletter staff, the YWCA, Women on the Move, Marin Women's Health Services and consciousness raising groups in the county are invited, according to Lee Hunt, president of Marin NOW. NOW will hold a business meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room prior to the informal program. A and Teachers Night Out" is being sponsored by the Old Mill Parent Teachers Association tomorrow' at 8 p.m.

at the Ralston White Retreat in Mill Valley. The evening will include dancing, refreshments and a display of arts and crafts by local artists. Those displaying articles are Alice Anderson, crochet; Julia Cagwin, ties; Jan Daijogo, clothing; Sam Daijogo, clocks; Carolyn Ehring, dolls; Nan Fowler, topiary trees; Molly Hanner and April Donovan, weaving and crochet; Linda Klink, photography; Gretchen Mentzer. etchings; Don Miller, clocks; Gary Phelps, pottery; Zeda Phelps, paintings; Georgina Ritchie, photography; Barbara Schuppback, plant holders; Mary Shade, ceramics and stitchery; Ross Shade, jewelry; and Marge Cutler, stitchery. Reservations can be made at See AGENDA, page 19 HAVE NO women in apprentice programs in this area." she said.

The state license for women is stringent today, she said, but when she entered the field, as a construction inspector, the law was less restricted. very physical work and takes a well-rounded physical specimen to get out in the trade. hard, difficult work. Frankly, I think it wrould be awfully hard for women to keep A strong push for women in sales work was emphasized by two representatives of Tupperware and a mobile home saleswoman. Miss Langford opposed the negative view that many people have toward sales.

is not a dirty word. turn off to two women involved in indirect sales said it was a great opportunity for women to get out and meet people besides making money at either a part- time or full-time job. A large portion of the audience was majoring in sociology and a staff instructor on the income maintenance side of the Social Services Department painted a grim picture for graduating sociology majors. She urged them to go on for their because a BA would be worthless and to think in terms of private fields for at least the next 10 years. This is true for both men and women, she said.

NOW ON Broadway in actress Irene Ryan said it is the hardest, work ever done in 55 years of theater. knowm to fans as Galeyn White To Wed Michael Scott Giusto Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. White of San Anselmo announced the engagement of their daughter Galeyn Rochelle White to Michael Scott Giusto, son of Mr.

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NOVATO 897-9411 A New 'Granny' Role By JOHN GEAUFORT The Christian Science Monitor News Service NEW YORK, Y. Somebody should name Irene Ryan grandmother of the decade. The granmaw of TVs Hillbillies" now has become the grand-mere of "Pippin." joining a recent train of Hollywood celebrities including Ruby Keeler, Patsy Kelly, and Martha Rave. As small Berthe, Miss Ryan provides an interlude of jaunty, sing-along serenity amid the trials encountered by son and heir in the medieval magic show at the Imperial Theatre. For Miss Ryan, being a part of is itself no small adventure.

Although she has been an entertainer since 1917, this is her first Broadway musical vaudeville headlining at the' Palace was something else again. How did she land at the It all came about as a result of Miss Ryan's 81 million foundation Established in 1971. it helps deserving American theater arts students with 13 scholarships awarded annually at. the American College Theater Festival in Washington. Last spring.

producer Stuart Ostrow was invited to be one of the judges. Although Ostrow couldn't make it to the festival, Miss Ryan thinks her invitation put him in mind of her as a possibility for the Roger 0. Hirson-Stephen Schwartz musical fantasy. HER NEW YORK audition for was worst moment of my she confided in the course of an interview. Besides singing a number from her Las Vegas act, she also had to read for the brief part of Berthe, described in tht script as large woman One of her lines was what happens to you when you get old and fat." Miss Ryan 5 feet 2 inches and weighing all of 100 pounds ad libbed.

what happens when you get old and Someone laughed in the darkened auditorium. She got the part. And so eight times a week. Miss Ryan takes over the Imperial stage for nine minutes, cajoles the audience into chorusing Time at with her. and stops the show.

the hardest work ever declared the veteran of hundreds of stage, radio, film, and television performances. Miss Ryan explained that, even though her scene is short and she is carried on and off the stage, she was on hand for all the long hours of rehearsals. Not that hard work is anything to her. A Texan of Irish ancestry, Irene Noblette began her stage career at 11 by singing "Pretty in a San Francisco amateur contest. She met and married Tim Ryan: as Ryan and Noblette, they became vaudeville headliners.

But by 1932, "it had all gone." and the Ryans entered the infant radio industry. Remember and Miss successes have included two years on the Bob Hope show. numerous other radio and television appearances, movies, and night-club engagements. After being widowed in 1955, Miss Ryan continued her own active career, climaxed with nine years on Beverly which made her a wealthy household image. AFTER ALL of which, nine minutes onstage might seem antidimatic.

Not a bit of it. Even since opened, the pace hasn't noticeably slackened. On the day I visited her. Miss Ryan was scheduled for a practice session on her first single record. Motown is bringing out Time At in a kind of country rock version, with See Your Name in Lights," specially written for her by Bob Crewe, on the flip side.

"Pippin" also has meant a drastic change in Miss personal life. home in she told me. used to opening my front door and picking roses and avocados from my garden. I look out of my window at the Pacific Ocean Here, all I look out on is the hotel across the street." been a privilege working with Bob Fosse, our director," added the diminutive entertainer whose zest and feistiness add so much to the fun of She also had some kind words for Ostrow, the producer. As for kids in the show been wonderful.

They've gotten me a portable ice box and television for my dressing room. And Ben Vereen (the show's brilliant Leading Play gave me a comfortable chair For a granny like Irene Ryan, who wouldn't0 1972 The Christian Science Publishing Society Marin Women Friday, December 8. 1972 17 lack angenderfer Engagement Revealed An April 27 wedding in Bowling Green, Ohio, is planned by Andrea Lucille Black of Corte Madera and William Robert Langenderfer of Bowling Green. The future bride is the daughter of Patricia K. Black and the granddaughter of Mrs.

Andrew' M. Komora, both of Corte Madera. She is a graduate of Redwood High School and attended College of Marin. Andrea is a stewardess with Delta Airlines, based in Chicago. William is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Langenderfer and the brother of Jeanne. Norman, Edward and Mary Jo Langenderfer. all of Bowling Green. He was graduated from Bowling Green State University and is attending Detroit Dental School in Detroit, Mich.

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