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secured her job as manager
housekeeper in a home where she
is accepted as member of the
family.
In another case, a 53-year-old
woman with previous experience in
business expressed a preference at
the clinic for a position where her
talents in homemaking might be
utilized. Sent out by the council
to nurses home. she landed"
job as matron on her first inter-
view. In addition to her main
tenance, she's earning a salary of
$50 month.
Most Have Excellent
Qualifications for Job.
Most of the women registered at
the clinic have excellent business
or professional qualifications, &C
cording to DR.. Shearon. One wom-
an in her SOS with a good business
Background, however. had not
worked for seven years. Under
\. auspices of the council she was
placed as secretary in private or
ganization.
In still another case the council
terview for woman who wished
to apply for a Job as resident secre-
tary in private institution for
mental diseases. Once she was
able to see the proper authorities
The job was hers at $50 a month
and maintenance.
Several other jobs located by the
council are pending, and next week
may find additional clinic members
happily at work once more.
A job canvass recently conducted
disclosed few jobs now available
to mature women but indicated
there are better opportunities for
women with initiative to create
openings by presenting ideas to
employers.
The council is opposed to plac-
ing experienced women in jobs far
below their usual occupatio
classification on the grounds that
1t is socially wasteful' as well as
demoralizing for the women.
Seek to Avoid
Defeatist Attitude.
1t especially wishes to curb the
trend toward domestic service for
older women qualified for other
positions.
so long as we adopt the defeat
list attitude that women over so
should be happy to become mothers
helpers or housekeepers, even if
they have been teachers or office
managers. just so long are we likely
to find other fields closed to older
women who have lost their jobs
and seek unemployment" DR..
Shearon declared.
Seventy-flve women have regis
tered as unemployed or seeking a
vocational change at the job clinic.
which is being held at George
Washington University. An equal
number of women have attended
the sessions out of interest in the
movement.
Practical advice on the prepara-
ton of letters of application and
experience portfolios are given to
women seeking jobs, but the clinic
program does not end there. Each
woman Is asked to consider her
personality, her carriage, use of
voice, facial expression, weight,
clothes. makeup and hair-do.
The women also are asked to
state their ages frankly. This
practice is being encouraged in order
? to overcome the fear psychology re-
lating to age and to help break
down public prejudice against wom-
en- over 35," DR.. Shearon explained.
Educators, personnel directors and
business women are among those
who have addressed the clinic.
Hopes to Glorify
The Older Woman.
With considerable enthusiasm DR..
Shearon says the council hopes to
"glorify the older woman" 1t also
plans to develop a program for
younger women to help them plan
careers which will not be threat
ened when they reach middle age.
Other projects for the immediate
future include Inauguration OF a
series of bi-monthly lectures and
the study of possible revision of
Federal legislation affecting age
limits In civil service examination.