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The original documents are located in Box 4, folder "1/15/75 - Holton Arms School"
of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 4 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
Potential
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THE HOLTON-ARMS SCHOOL
7303 RIVER ROAD
BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20034
JANUARY 15, 1975
The Potential of Women
Schedule of Events
8:30 A.M.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
M. ELIZABETH TIDBALL, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
George Washington University
Washington, D. C.
The purpose of the Potential of Women Day is to give
the students of Holton-Arms School the opportunity to
MORNING PROGRAM: CAREERS
become more aware of the career possibilities open to
9:45 A.M. TO 10:45 A.M. - FIRST SESSION
them and to gain a better understanding of matters that
11:00 A.M. TO 12:00 A.M. - SECOND SESSION
are of special concern to women. The Day was planned
by interested students with the help and support of the
Faculty and Administration.
LUNCH IN THE DINING ROOM
12:00 GUESTS, FACULTY AND SENIORS
12:20 JUNIORS
12:40 SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMEN
AFTERNOON PROGRAM: CONCERNS
1:00 P.M. TO 2:00 P.M. FIRST SESSION
2:15 P.M. TO 3:15 P.M. SECOND SESSION
RECEPTION
FOLLOWING THE PROGRAM
RECEPTION ROOM
Ms. Marion Tatem
Morning Program
Associate Manager Regency Room, Saks Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Marjorie S. Windt
Director of Advertising and Public Relations, Garfinckel's
Careers
GOVERNMENT - Room 308
The Honorable Idamae Garrott
ARCHITECTURE - Room 301
Former President League of Women Voters, Montgomery County;
Ms. Lelia E. Imas
Former Member Montgomery County Council
Architect
The Honorable Carol Laise
Mrs. Jonathan Lusher
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Department of State
Administrative Assistant, Commission of Fine Arts
Ms. Barbara P. Rosing
Mrs. Chloethiel Woodward Smith
Legislative Specialist, Environmental Protection Agency
Architect
JOURNALISM - Room 311
ARTS - Room 303
Ms. Myra Barrer
Mrs. Arline Benswagner
Publisher of Women Today; Publisher and Editor of Women's
Art Consultant and Gallery Director
Organizations and Leaders 1973 Directory
Mrs. Fran Chapman
Ms. Ruth Leon
Artist
Director, Cultural Programs, WETA TV
Ms. Sara Masterson
Mrs. Roberta Faul
Artist
Editor, Museum News Magazine
Dr. Ruth Mondschein
Staff Assistant for Special Project to the Assistant Secretary for
Education
LAW (PANEL I) - Room 309
Ms. Andrea S. Schmertz
Ms. Catherine East
Designer
Executive Secretary, Citizens Advisory Council of Status of Women
Ms. Ruth Van Cleve
BUSINESS - Room 300
Lawyer, Federal Power Commission
Ms. Myrtle Brickman
Mrs. Charles L. Gildon, Jr.
Stockbroker
Sergeant, Patrol Division, Metropolitan Police, Washington, D. C.
Ms. Marion R. Gurfein
Head of Circulation Department, American Chemical Society
LAW (PANEL II) - Room 312
Ms. Rheta L. Smallwood
The Honorable Bess B. Lavine
Real Estate Broker
Juvenile Court Master for Prince Georges County
Ms. Elizabeth Tennery
EDUCATION - Room 305
Lawyer
Dr. Dorothy A. Moore
Mrs. Virginia G. Watkin
Associate Professor of Education, George Washington University
Lawyer, Partner of Law Firm of Covington and Burling
Ms. Irene Potts
Adult Counselor, George Washington University
MEDICINE (PANEL I) - Room 202
Mrs. Nancy H. Taylor
Mathematics and Science Teacher
Ruth Alice Asbed, M.D., M.P.H.
Director of the Division of Infant and Child Services of
Ms. Sherry Lynne Stargel
Montgomery County
Elementary School Teacher
Carol Schulman, M.D.
Pediatrician
FASHION AND MERCHANDIZING - Room 310
Jeanne C. Sinkford, D.D.S.
Mrs. Maxine Tanous
Associate Dean and Professor of Dentistry, Howard University
General Merchandizer, Rizik Brothers
MEDICINE (PANEL II) - Room 204
Afternoon Program
Mary Lou Barker, M.D.
Anaesthetist
Concerns
Miss Virginia C. Davis
Medical Student and President Elect, Student National Medical
ALTERNATE LIFESTYLES (PANEL I) - Room 203
Association
Ms. Patti Bissell
Joan Gillespie, D.D.S.
Certified Public Accountant, P.A.
Assistant Professor of Dentistry, Georgetown University
Ms. Barbara Kilby
Mary B. Tierney, M.D.
Administrator, Children's Hearing and Speech Center,
Pediatrician
Children's Hospital
Dr. Harvey Kupferberg
PSYCHOLOGY - - Room 203
Pharmacologist, National Institutes of Health
Ms. Janet Ament
Ms. Carolyn Feinglass
Pb.D. Candidate in Psychology
NOW Legislative Office, Treasurer of the Washington Area
Feminist Federal Credit Union
Betty McElroy, M.D.
Ms. Lora Elise Mackie
Psychiatrist
Pre-Med Student, George Washington University; Volunteer,
Martha Shuch Mednick, Ph.D.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad
Professor of Psychology, Howard University
Mona Shevlin, Ph.D.
ALTERNATE LIFESTYLES (PANEL II) - Room 207
Psychologist
Ms. Rene Carpenter
Everywoman, WTOP
SCIENCE - - Room 205
Ms. Sonya Herman, R.N., M.S.N.
Ms. Ruth B. Field
Independent Nurse Practitioner; Divorce Counselor
Ph.D. Candidate in Biochemistry, University of Maryland
Ms. Charleen Murphy
Dr. Elizabeth Freese
Bicentennial Coordinator, U.S. Department of Justice; Member of
Research Biologist
Federal Women's Speakers Bureau, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Natalia Meshkov
Ms. Maureen Smith
Physicist; Member of Executive Board, Association of Women in
Lawyer; Co-ordinator of Group Youth Home for Young People in
Science
Need of Supervision
CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING GROUPS- - Room 204
SOCIAL WORK - Room 314
Mr. Dan Capps
Mrs. Dave Freeman
Traffic Dispatcher; Member of the National Organization
Legislative Associate, D. C. City Council
for Women
Ms. S. Richmond
Ms. Peggy King
Instructor in Psychiatry, Georgetown University
Partner, Show-off Sales, Home Furnishings; Member of the
Ms. Elizabeth Zinner
National Organization for Women
Graduate Student for Master's Degree in Social Work
Ms. Roberta White
Consciousness Raising Coordinator, Executive Board, Montgomery
VETERINARY MEDICINE Room 207
County
Sandra Korn, D.V.M.
EDUCATING YOUNG WOMEN - Room 202
Brenda Stewart, D.V.M.
Ms. Andrea Kraus
Art Teacher
HEALTH CARE- - Room 309
Ms. Carolyn Glover
Community Relations Director, Sigma Reproductive Center
Ms. Mary Moulten, R.N.
Head Nurse and Counselor, Sigma Reproductive Center
Ms. Carol J. Reese
Public Health Nutritionist
WOMEN AND THE LAW (PANEL III) - Room 312
Nina Vann Jeanes, M.D.
Ms. Judith R. Larsen
Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Third Year Law Student, Georgetown University
Ms. Beverly Pearson
MINORITY WOMEN - Room 300
Attorney and Chairman, Board of Zoning Appeals, Montgomery
Ms. Jo Benoit
County
Black Feminist
Ms. Mary Ann Largen
Miss Virginia C. Davis
National Task Force Coordinator on Rape, National Organization
President Elect, Student National Medical Association
for Women
Ms. Joan R. Thompson
Senior Program Officer, Women's Program Staff, U. S. Office of
WOMEN IN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT (PANEL I)
Education
Room 301
Ms. Julia Block
SEX ROLE STEREOTYPES - Room 305
Legislative Assistant, Senator Percy's Office
Dr. Jessie Bernard
Ms. Carol Burris
Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Education
President, Women's Lobby, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Jean Lipman-Blumen
Ms. Judy Vandergrift
Director of Research on Women, National Institute of Education
Instructor in Political Science, Montgomery College; Montgomery
Ms. Allenna Leonard
County Commission for Women
Maryland State Co-ordinator, National Organization for Women
WOMEN IN POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT (PANEL II)
WOMEN'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS - Room 308
Room 303
Ms. Elizabeth Scull
Martha Blaxall, Ph.D.
Economist and Senior Professional Associate, Institute of Medicine,
Member of Montgomery County Council
National Academy of Sciences
Ms. Holly Knox
Ms. Jane Roberts Chapman
Director, Project on Equal Education Rights
Co-Director, Center for Women's Policy Studies, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Doris Meissner
Ms. Ana Mahoney
Assistant Director, Office of Policy and Planning, Department of
Vice President, Washington Area Feminist Federal Credit Union
Justice; Former Executive Director, National Women's Political
Caucus, 1971-1973
WOMEN AND THE LAW (PANEL I) - Room 310
WOMEN IN RELIGION - Room 205
Ms. Elizabeth Cox
National Organization for Women, Legislative Office
Rev. Lee McGee
Ms. Marsha Gardner
Chaplain, American University
Final Year Law Student, Georgetown University
Rev. Joyce Smith
Ms. Margaret Gates
Minister, River Road Unitarian Church
Co-Director, Center for Women's Policy Studies, Washington, D.C.
Rev. Lee Wiesner
Ms. Rita Rosenkrantz
Assistant Minister, St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
Attorney
WOMEN IN SPORTS - Room 314
WOMEN AND THE LAW (PANEL II) - Room 311
Ms. Pauline Betz Addie
Ms. Deborah Drudge
Former World Tennis Champion; Tennis Professional, Cabin John
Counselor and Attorney-at-Law
Indoor Recreation Center; Faculty Member, Sidwell Friends School
Ms. Peggy Anne Hansen
Ms. Dorothy McKnight
Program Director, YWCA Montgomery County
Coordinator, Women's Athletics, University of Maryland
Mrs. William Parks
Ms. Jan Liebman
Coordinator on Reproduction and Population, National
Bronze Medal Winner 1956 Olympic Games
Organization for Women
Ms. Barbara Reimann
Coordinator, Women's Atbletics, American University
Steering Committee
Faculty Chairman
IRENE MCGARRY
Chairman, Science Department
Student Chairman
LISA CAMALIER, '75
Senior Class Vice President
MARGO DUNLAVEY
Chairman, Mathematics Department
SHELLEY LEVI
English Department
MARY JANE PUCKETT
Dean of Students
Mathematics Department
GAIL EHRLICH, '75
World Affairs President
MARCIA JOHNSON, '75
Upper School Director
PHYLLIS CARTER, '76
Junior Class Representative
The Steering Committee would like to express their appreciation
and thanks to Mrs. Harold Lefevre for secretarial assistance.
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Holton Arms has always had a reputation for encouraging girls
to reach for their potential. And so I think today -- tied in
with International Womens Year -- marks the realization of
what was once an impossible dream for women. We are on the
brink of a new generation of women today. Never has there been
so much awareness of the potential of women. I wanted to come
today because I feel so strongly about womens role and because
I would encourage women everywhere to reach for their potential
in whatever direction they choose to go.
Press Release From Holton Arms School, January 15, 1975
In keeping with 1975 International Women's Year the
Upper School of Holton Arms has set aside January 15th
as a day of seminars. The subject: Potential of Women.
Ninety-nine guest speakers, experts in their individual
fields, will handle seminars on thirty separate subjects.
Classes will be closed for the day so that the students
of the Upper School may participate in the seminars of
their choice.
Believed to be the first program of its kind to be instituted
at the secondary school level, the day was planned by
interested students with the help and support of the faculty
and the administration. Two main topics will be under
consideration: Careers for Women and Concerns of Women.
Each area is broken down further into individual subjects
of interest. A poll of the students was taken to determine
these areas of interest and the subjects to be discussed.
According to Mrs. Mary Jane Puckett, Dean of Students,
the purpose of this day is to give students a awareness
of the choices and challenges that await them in the
future. "As an all-girls' school, Holton Arms recognizes
the potential of women in today's society, and this program
has been enthusiastically endorsed by our Head Master,
Mr. James W. Lewis."
Among the discussion topics for the day are the following:
in Careers--architecture, the arts, business, education,
fashion and merchandising, government, journalism, the law,
medicine, psychology, scientific research, social work,
and veterinary medicine; in Concerns--alternate life-styles,
conscience-raising groups, education of young women, health
care, minority women, sex role stereotypes, women's economic
problems, women and the law, women in politics and government,
women in religion, and women in sports.
The Steering Committee for the Potential of Women Seminar
is headed by Lisa Camalier, student chairman; and assisted
by Phyllis Carter, Gail Ehrlich, and Marcia Johnson. Faculty
members are Mrs. Irene McGarry, faculty chairman; Mrs. Margo
Dunlavey, Mrs. Shelley Levi, and Mrs. Mary Jane Puckett.
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Keynoter for the day's event will be guest speaker
Dr. Elizabeth Tidball, Professor of Physiology at
George Washington University.
Holton Arms School is located in Montgomery County,
Maryland, and has been educating young women for almost
75 years. An independent day school enrolling girls in
grades 3-12, Holton Arms offers a broad pre-college program
designed to provide sound preparation for education beyond
the secondary years. The school believes in the importance
of a structural, sequential curriculum which allows for
individuality of teaching methods and an increasing number
of course options at each grade level. Holton Arms believes
in preserving continuity even as it affects change.
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Item:
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