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STATUS OF WOMEN Mrs. Harvey Noblitt. A summary of the Brief submitted to the Status of Women Ad Hoc Committee by the Federated Women‘s Institutes of Canada. Their Brief dealt with such topics as mar- riage, divorce and the domicile of women. women in the labour force, and taxation as it pertains to married women including estate and income taxes and pension benefits. But most of all it stressed the importance of women's role as homemakers. They asked for Adult Education Courses where they do not exist; for day care facilities for working mothers; for Home Economies Courses in High Schools where they are not available; for compulsory pte-marital health certificates; for Family Centres to be estab- lished across Canada. They asked that aborâ€" tion be taken out of the Criminal Code and be acceptable when carried out by a recognized doctor; that grounds for divorce be extended to include cruelty, incurable insanity and desertion; and that government enforce main- tenance by husbands of their deserted wives and children. In the field of women in the labour force. they asked for equality of sex where ability and experience are equal: for a $1000.00 exemption for the individual taxpayer; exemp- tion for household help where there are cleâ€" pendent children and for a wage for farm women commensurate with their labours. Many of these submissions were included in the final report of the Status of Women. In February 1972 the National Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women submitted a brief to the government and this was sup ported by F.W.I.C. The Ad Hoe Committee submitted recomâ€" mendations re: 1) Day Care Centres 2) Family Planning â€" Contraceptives â€" Abortion 3) Divorce 4) Immigration 5) Citizenship 6) Women under the Criminal Code 7) Appointment of Women to Boards. Com- missions and the Courts 8) Equal Pay 9) Inclusion of “Sex” and “Marital Status“ in the Human Rights Codes and Commissaons 10) Federal Status of Women Council WINTER I 973 k ‘k 1! "IT'S ALL IN THE STATE OF MIND" "If you think you are beaten, you are: If you think you dare not, you don't; If you think you'd like [0 win, but you can‘t. It‘s almost a 'cinch' you won't; If you think you'll lose, you've lost; For our in the world you'll find Success begins with a fellow's will . . . It's all in the state of mind.” "Full many a race is lost Ere even a race is run. And many a coward fails Ere even his work's begun. Think big and your deed will grow; Think small and you fall behind: Think that you CAN and you \V’ILLâ€" It's all in the state of mind." "If you think you are outclassed, you are; You've got to think high to rise; You‘ve got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize. Life‘s battle doesn't always go To the stronger or faster man: But, sooner or later. the man who wins Is the fellow who thinks he can." â€"From the British Columbia \Vonicn's Institute News. * * * Officers‘ Conference 1972 Mrs. Robert Weber. Secretary. presented a report of the I972 Officers” Conference at the Annual Board Meeting but it full account ol the Conference with pictures appeared in the Summer I972 Issue of Home and Country and will not be repeated in this rcporl. The following Recommendations from the Officers‘ Conference Committee to the Proâ€" vincinl Board of Directors for the 1973 Conâ€" ference were accepted. 1. That we have a 25th Ol‘l‘iccrs' Conferâ€" ence and that the dates be May lst. chistru- tion May 2 and 3. Conference. and that the Conference be held at the University of Wa- tcrloo. Waterloo. Ontario. 2, That the Pooling Fee be $35.00. 3‘ That the following be discussion groups for our 25th Ol'fiecrs‘ Conference: BRANCH LEVEL: lsl choice â€" Secretaryâ€"Treasurer or â€" Citizenship and World Affairs Con- vener or â€" Mcmbcrs-utâ€"Largc DISTRICT LEVEL: Citizenship and World Affairs. â€"That we do not have a delegate at Area Level for this Conference. The theme of the 1973 Conference will be "When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again." â€" Edith Hamilton (historian). 19