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men from all over the state will
converge on Key West in August.
AS if that were not enough, Will
helmina is also doing the same for
Beta Sigma Phi's May, 1853 con-
vention. Harold Laubscher, secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce
has been working with her on this
ambitious project.
The dynamic club woman found
ed the Key Vest BPW six years
ago and has been an officer ever
since helping bring the group up to
its present strength of 20 women.
She first became a member in Ore
gon when husband CB was working
there.
Any Army wife for many years
Willie moved from Memphis, Char
lesion, Vicksburg, New Orleans,
Washington. Instead OF sitting
around playing bridge. Willie got
busy in whatever community she
found herself to improve conditions
for women, children and people
generally.
In the BPW Willie says that en-
phasis now is on getting women to
accept women as co-workers and
bosses.
II have found that men will &C.
cept women in the business world
but the story is different with wo-
men. You will hear woman say:
I'D rather work for man any day
than work for a woman"
The non-embattled feminist says
that women must be educated to
the fact that difficult personalities
in bosses can belong to men just
as well as women. The barrier wo-
men set up against each other must
be broken down by training and
schooling.
Wilehlmina believes that women
can do a tremendous job in further
ing good government.
"We outnumber men as voters in
the nation now. United, we women
can make our voices heard.>,'
BPW not only stresses these
broad issues. but highly important
to the individual working woman, ii
stresses health and safety.
1--WE stress the health OF business
women. So often we are so busy
that we neglect our own health
while campaigning for the health of
others. This is particularly true OF
the women who combine home
making and business.
A wife. mother, and working wo-
man herself, Willie knows whereof
she speaks.
With the "a hour day program
of work, housekeeping. club activi-
ties she has, Willie still manages
to keep fresh and healthy. Auburn
haired and smiling, she puts in a
full days work as assistant civilian
personnel manager at the Navy
Yard. Then she comes home to
meet CB after his day at the Navy
Yard. The chances are dinner will
be followed by a City Commission
or other meeting for CB and q B.
PW or other meeting for Willie.
Not only Is she the most active
BPW member but the list Of vii.
lies civic activities reads like .
Monroe County Who's Who.
She is past president OF Beta Sig
ma Phi: past president Of the Anne
rican Legion Auxiliary. and March
Of Dimes chairman; chairman of
the Monroe County chapter Of the
National Foundation for Tnfantile
Paralysis; former local secretary
TO the American Red Cross and she
Is currently serving as District ad.
visor for the March Of Dimes which
includes Dade, Broward, West
Palm Beach ard Monroe County.
She Is also District advisor 10 the
Florida State University alumni /;
state chairman for Civil Defense of
the American Legion auxiliary. Re
Gently she vas awarded 4 Mutual
Broadcasting System bracelet as
one Of the five outstanding club NO
men from Dade and Monroe Coun-
ty, She waS the only woman from
Monroe County
When Willie takes office as the
first Key West woman elected pre-