stever@tektronix.UUCP (Steve Rogers) (08/24/83)
Some interesting books: Women in the Military: An Unfinished Revolution, by Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeanne Holm, Presidio Press, '83?, $l6.95. Thendara House, by Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW Books, '83, $3.50 Jeanne Holm was the nation's first female general. It would seem that her experiences and opinions would be very relevant to the issues being discussed in this group. I have not read this book, but from a newspaper interview with her that I read, her book sounds like a valuable resource for those concerned with the issue of women's (and men's) roles in modern life. Just a teaser: Holm expects congressional hearings--or court action--this fall that will shoot down laws regarding women in combat planes and ships....an the removal of restrictions that bar women from many military career specialities, plus a change in the draft laws to include women. The second book by Bradley is fiction, but it is a complex exploration on the role of women on any world, past, present or future. Bradley is a master at presenting the ever shifting ambiquities of relationships, and she does an excellent job here also. ***** I think the real issue for us all to think about is the liberation of ourselves (when we so desire) from the preconceived roles and/or acquired habits that imprisoned us and do not allow us to live life in a fully conscious way. *****
wla@ccieng6.UUCP ( BAND William L. Anderson) (08/25/83)
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