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daily nebraskan
thursday, October 15, 1981
Speaker: Finding jobs hard for ex-housewives
By Leslie Bocllstorff
The difficulties a homemaker faces when attempting to
join the work force were discussed Tuesday night at the
Nebraska Union.
Lela Shanks, a regional field supervisor for the state
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) of
fice, told of her initial disappointments and frustrations
over seeking a job when her children began leaving home
and her husband retired.
The session was part of the Women in Perspective ser
ies sponsored by the Women's Resource Center, the Uni
versity Program Council and the Student Y.
"I was marked for success," Shanks, a former house
wife, said. She was a 1949 magna cum laude college gradu
ate and had plans for becoming one of the first blacks to
work on a major newspaper.
But after Shanks married, she and her husband decided
to live on one income, leaving her at home to care for
their children.
Shanks said that at that time it was unheard of for a
black female college graduate to stay home and care for
her own children. She was often asked if she felt she was
wasting her education. . .
She was supposed to be doing something outstanding
and caring for her children was not considered outstand
ing, Shanks said.
At times she resented staying home.
"I hated it a lot of the time," she said, and she won
dered why her husband couldn't stay at home. tt
-But I had to do it in order to live with myself,
Shanks said. She said she believed that it is quantity of
time, as well as the quality of time, spent with children
that is important to their upbringing.
Shanks used her education in many ways while staying
at home, she said. She was active in church work and
community service, and she and her husband actively par
ticipated in the Civil Rights movement in Kansas City dur
ing the early '60s. ... .
After 28 years at home, and at the age of 47, Shanks
said she decided to get a paying job.
"It was a real letdown when I first started looking for a
job," she said.
She said she spent a lot of time crying because of the
transition in her life - her children were leaving home, her
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husband was retiring and she was starting work.
Interviewers have a prejudice against women who have
stayed at home, she said. She first searched for a job as a
clerk typist because she felt secure about her typing skills
But because she had done her typing at home as a volun
teer, employers didnt believe she was capable of being
a "real" typist.
After one interviewer asked her what she had been do
ing for the last 25 years, Shanks said she replied in exas
peration that she sure hadn't been dead!
Shanks said she didnt feel that she needed a job to be
fulfilled. She said that she felt her biggest job was raising
her children.
Shanks said it is a big mistake to make your job your
life - or to make your children your life.
After years of struggling, Shanks said she has gained a
sense of self-worth and self-acceptance as a black, a home
maker, and a career person.
"Your life can only be you," she said.
Credit by mail OK'd
The UNL Division of
Continuing Studies has re
ceived notification that the
Independent Study High
School program has been
officially approved as a
correspondance program for
Use in Colorado home study
schools by the Colorado
State Board of Education.
The approval means that
Colorado students may earn
credit toward their diploma
requirements with UNL
High Scholl independent
study courses.
Jane A. Larsh, senior
consultant in the Colorado
Board's Home Study Pro
gram said, "We are pleas
ed to have an excellent
program such as Nebraska's
for use under our Colorado
rules for home study."
Pain killers compared
It is not clear whether
aspirin or acetaminophen
(such as Tylenol) is more
effective, according to the
Nebraska Medical Associati
on. On a mUkgram-for-rriilli-gram
basis, they are equiv
alent as mild pain killers
and fever reducers. Ace
taminophen does not cause
gastric irritation commonly
caused by aspirin, but ace
taminophen has no effect
upon inflamation. There
fore aspirin is preferred
for some patients, such as
those with rheumatoid arth
ritis. Because aspirin reduces
the ability of the blood to
clot, it is often withheld
from surgical patients be
fore and after surgery.
Acetaminophen is prefer
red for hospitaiized patients
who may be given a number
of drugs because it is less
likely to cause drug interactions.
lake some rime out to think
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Tuesday, Oct. 27
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Contact: The Career Services and Placement Center or
win C. Baker Asst. Dean & Dir. of Admissions
GSM, University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627 (716) 275-3533
The Graduate School of Management
's a member of the Consortium for
Graduate Study in Management.