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daily nebraskan
Wednesday, january 14, 1981
Marsh: Five women legislators still not enough
By Patti Gallagher
In 1933, when the Nebraska Legislature
was bicameral, the first woman served one
term in the House of Representatives. In
1955, a second woman was elected to the
Legislature, serving two terms-in the 74th
and 75th sessions.
In 1966, the Legislature had two female
senators. Three woman senators were on
the legislative rosters for 1967, 1969, 1977
and 1979.
In 1981, the 87th time senators across
Nebraska have gathered in the state capitol,
a landmark has been made: the Legislature
has five women senators.
And according to the five, it's about
time.
Lincoln Sen. Shirley Marsh, 55, is the
longest standing woman member of the
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Legislature. Elected from Lincoln's 29th
district in 1973, Marsh was the sole woman
senator for four years.
She said because she was "so very
apparent as being the woman, the token
woman in the Legislature," she was looked
to as the leader for all women.
Since being joined by other female sena
tors, however, her position is less watched.
"One woman cannot represent all the
women in Nebraska," Marsh said. And al
though five female senators arc better than
one, five in a 49-member body is not
enough.
According to Marsh, Nebraska is far be
hind the national level of female legislative
representation. Two years ago, when Marsh
was one in 49. 10.2 percent of the
legislators nationwide were women.
The adage that women have to work
twice as much to be thought just as good,
is fairly accurate, according to Marsh.
"I have to be better prepared when
arguing on the floor," she said. "A man can
in. I1--, a nij.siiifi-niMtio:! on the flooi and
the can shnm it otf. A woman makes a
mistake and its on the front page of the
newspaper."
Marsh said she had to earn her place and
earn the respect of her male collegucs. The
difficulty has been the fact that "a man is
assumed to have some ability until proved
otherwise. A woman is assumed to have no
ability until proved otherwise."
Beginning her second term in the Legis
lature is Sen. Berniee lbedz, 61, from
South Omaha's fifth district. The effective
ness of a woman in the house depends pri
marily on the individual, according to
Labed.
She personally thinks she has gained the
respect of the male senators and said that if
women "think their chances are slim, then
they will be."
But "if they follow the same rules as the
men, then they will be treated the same,"
Labed. said.
A senator's sex is less important to to
day's voteis, labed. said. "They'll pick a
woman over a nun if they agree with the
iisiies." she said.
Continued on I'aue 7
Women's history week
resolution is approved
A resolution designating March X
14 as Women's History Week passed
the Nebraska Legislature Tuesday, by
a 38-0-1 1 vote.
The resolution was sponsored by
Lincoln Sens. Shirley Marsh and
Chris Beutler. According to Beutler,
recognition of the women's history
week is supported by Gov. Charles
Thone.
The resolution states that students
have a limited limited exposure to
women's roles in American history,
that women's contributions to the
United Stales are often ignored or
stereotyped and that educational eur
rici.iiim is insufficient to examine the
contributions of women in the arts.
Additionally, the women's history
week will be recognized in conjunction
with international Women's Day,
March 8, according to the resolution.
The celebration originated in the
United States.
The Marsh-Beutler resolution en
courages all Nebraskans to take part
in special events scheduled during
the week.
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