A36—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 9,1984
Women get ag honors
(Continued from Page Al)
Commission for Women. The
Commission for Women, director
Christine Crist explained, is
concerned with promoting an
awareness of women’s programs
and in informing them of their
legal rights.
Ms. Crist, one of six guest
speakers, said that advancements
have been made in better
programs and better laws for
women. These include such needs
as financial aid, higher education
and health and rape crisis centers.
The Commission is also working
on ways to overcome
discrimination in jobs and other
areas where “outmoded
limitations occur based on sex.”
Ms. Crist recalled her own ex
perience as a newspaper reporter;
“As a reporter, I didn’t get
certain assignments because of
overtime,” she said explaining
that the idea was to protect women
from problems associated with
working overtime. “What they did
was protect you from opportunities
and income.”
Despite efforts to better
programs, some injustices persist,
Ms. Cnst said. The problem is that
“many women don’t know what
their legal rights are,” she added.
The majority of women see
problems of discrimination in
advancement of jobs, said Ber
nadine Abad, director of Af
firmative Action. This is in light of
the fact that participation of
women in the work force has in
creased steadily over the last six
years, and women now make up 44
percent of the total working class.
Women are becoming more
socially aware and politically
involved, Ms. Abad said. “Women
have always had greater
representation in government than
in the corporate world,” she said.
“Now they are moving into non
traditional roles.”
Paying tribute to women in
agriculture and those m non
traditional roles was one purpose
of the “Women’s Day in
Agriculture” program.
Recognition awards were pesented
to three agriculture organizations
and four women employed in
agribusiness.
The organizational awards,
presented by Gretchen Vreeland,
went to Ina Clarke Inc., Penns
Agri-Women and the Society of
Farm Women. Ina Clarke Inc,
represented by Gwenevere
Jenrette and Ina Jenrette, was
honored for its development of a
cake called Gateau Noir, meaning
“black cake.” The cake has a long
shelf life and is often given as a
gift.
Penns Agri-Women, founded in
1977, was represented by Gail
McPherson and Joyce Hershey.
Marie Baughman, president of the
state Society of Farm Women,
accepted her award on behalf of
the organization.
The individuals receiving cer
tificates presented by Pat
Williamson were Joan Pew,
Patricia McQuiston, C. Faith
Baker and Betty Rode. These
women, all employees of the Pa.
Department of Agriculture, were
recognized for their nontraditional
roles.
Joan Pew is the first woman to
head the Horse Racing Com
mission. She is active in state and
national horse associations and
has addressed every major Horse
Racing Commission throughout
the nation. Also achieving a first
was veterinarian Patricia
McQuiston who has been employed
by the PDA for five years. She is
the only female veterinarian
working for the department.
A chemist in the department, C.
Faith Baker was honored for her 19
years of employment. She is one of
five female chemists working for
the PDA. Betty Rode, a home
economist employed in commodity
promotions, was named the
Outstanding Woman of the Year by
the Pa. Grocers Association. Mrs.
Rode received a certificate in
honor of this award.
Concluding the program was a
presentation on “Career Op
portunites for Women in
Agriculture” by Joan Thomson of
the Penn State University. Dr.
Thomson said that 40 percent of the
student body in Penn State’s
College of Agriculture is female,
with many of the young women
majoring in animal biosciene and
animal production.
In talking with female
agriculture students, Dr. Thomson
said that many felt there were “too
few female role models for
women.” This is where women
need to step into nontraditional
roles.
“The glory is for those women
daring to begin the first step in
nontraditional agriculture roles,”
Dr. Thomson said.
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