Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23
EXCLUSIVELY YOURS
Valentino, American
Women Salute You

dent Kennedy has not a sin
gle adviser to represent the
largest block of all which is
the white. Protestant, gen.
tile female.
The wife of a State De-
partment official said that
the resignation Of August
Hecksher affords Mr.. Ken
nedy an excellent opportu-
nifty to appoint a woman
consultant on the arts.
CONTINUED THE WOM-
AN EXECUTIVE: Have you
ever thought that there would
be no race problem today If
1t we're simply a question Of
giving Negro women a better
deal? Men can't stand to see
other men deprived Of their
rights but it's taken for
granted that women don't
deserve the same privileges.
For instance, the Negro male
went straight from illiterate
slavery to enfranchisement
but white women with GEN.
turtles of culture and educa-
ton behind them were not
given the franchise until rs
years later. Within q
mere 100 years after slavery
this Nation is in an uproar
Of outcries for equal rights
for Negroes-but they must
mean Negro men, for not
until three weeks ago when
the equal wage law was
passed was the sex that pro-
duced Queen Elizabeth I.
Joan Of Arc, Catherine the
Great, George Sand, Clara
Barton, Mary Baker Eddy.
Eleanor Roosevelt and Edith
Hamilton considered intelli-
gent enough to receive equal
pay for equal work."
Ten days ago Adlai Ste
venson told the graduating
class Of Radcliffe, Certainly
our Western tradition has
never denied you souls as did
the ancient world, or made
your total segregation an es-
sention foundation Of the So
cial order. But contemporary
reactions to the role Of women
in our society remain ambig-
uous and as a result women
often lack a clear. confident
picture Of their status"
Fifty per cent of our
brains are locked up on the
female side" he went on.
Can we afford to waste a
large percentage Of this in
tellectual power? Can we af-
ford not to use it in the
sciences and professions?"
DIR. ELIZABETH PARKER,
practicing physician and au-
thor Of 1.-THE Seven Ages Of
Women" said appropos Of
Valentina's feat, woman is
not limited to any kind Of
endeavor because Of her sex
except where sheer muscular
strength is concerned" Not
ing that American medical
schools limit the number Of
feminine students to a mere
5 per cent while 10 to 30
per cent of all Russian doc
tors are women, she added,
Women have a lot to give
this world If they are just
given the chance"
OutSpoken Congresswoman
Edith Green said that Valen-
tina's accomplishment ''is an
answer to the viewpoint that
a woman's only place is in
the home" When the space
woman orbited she said. II
suggest that we American
women lift our eyes from
the syrupy women's maya
zines with their almost ex-
elusive emphasis on cos
metics and charm school adj
vertisements. and scan the
skies as 113 miles above US
orbits a Russian woman whose
skills, courage and talent are
helping her HON Gland
achieve recognition in space.
There are countless other
ways, too, that our horizons
can be broadened, our spirits
lifted, our dreams realized,
although our feet are firmly
planted on terra firma."
THERE'S ANOTHER WAY
WOMEN, at least single wom-
en-, can be lifted in spirits
and Senator Eugene McCar.