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OVERALL SURVEY
In addition to the studies conducted, a survey of community
women, designed by the Commission as a whole, was undertaken.
This survey, to be administered to a random samp1 ing of Fort Wayne
women whose names were sytematica1 ly culled from the City Directory,
is only partially completed and at this stage is not yet
representative of the total community. Preliminary results of
the fifty questionnaires so far returned are included here, however,
for purposes of comparison with other committee findings
since each committee submitted auestions of particular interest
to its area of concern. (See Appendix for survey form and composite
figures.)
The first section of the survey, "Some Things You Personally
Think about Women," contained questions from all committees except
Emp1oymen~ plus some questions from the Commission as a
whole on the media.
Pol itics and Government auestions yielded these opinions:
Only 14% and 16% of respondents respectively felt that female
candidates for pub1 ic office should have more education and higher
ethical standards than male candidates. Sixty per cent would
"fee1 comfortable with a female mayor. 1I Seventy-four per cent
do not feel that women are too emotional to handle a job in public
office; and 62% would not hesitate to vote for a woman whohad
pre-school children. Although 38% of respondents say they
have ever done volunteer work for ~ candidate, 60% said they
would do volunteer work for a fema~candidate. While 82% be-l
ieve there should be women police, only 26% bel ieve there should
be women firefighters. Only 30% think a woman rou1d hold down
the job of sheriff; 60% think it would be difficult for a woman
to get a job as supervisor in a city department. Few bel ieve
in quotas as such: 14% bel ieve that the School Board should be
composed mainly of women, and only 6% that the number of jobs
in city government held by women should reflect the percentage
of women in the population. More than half (58%) feel that more
women in city government would make government more understanding
of peop1e ' s problems, but 36% feel that more women in ~overnment
would bring more honesty to government.
Questions on legal rights showed this: Eighty per cent feel
that a wife should be able to get a loan or be issued a credit
card without her husband's signature. Ninety-four per cent think
women and men should have equal rights under the law. Only 18%
think men and women are treated equally under Indiana divorce
law; 36% think women are adequately protected financially under
the current divorce law; and 32% feel that a woman should pay
child support if her husband keeps the children after a divorce.
Forty per cent bel ieve in al imony.
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Object Description
| Title | Fort Wayne women, 1973-1974 |
| Alternative Title | Report of the Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women |
| Creator | Fort Wayne (Ind.). Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women |
| Topic | Human Services |
| Subject | Women--Indiana--Fort Wayne--Social Conditions |
| Geographical Coverage | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Date of Original | 1975? |
| Time Period | 1900-1999 |
| Source | Print version: Fort Wayne (Ind.). Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women. Fort Wayne women, 1973-1974. (Fort Wayne, Ind.: Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women, 1975?), 72 p. |
| Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
| Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
| Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
| Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from 400 dpi, 1-bit, uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Fujitsu 5750C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional scanning software, black and white configuration. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Digital Format | text/pdf |
| Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
| Identifier | 30000122013539 |
| File Name | 30000122013539.pdf |
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| Title | Page 33 |
| Transcript | -- ----.--~~.--- ...... -". -. ""~'"~"- .. --. _ . -s-_._~.~. ____ . ______ .. _ .. _._. __ . _ . _ .. _ .. . _ ~_ OVERALL SURVEY In addition to the studies conducted, a survey of community women, designed by the Commission as a whole, was undertaken. This survey, to be administered to a random samp1 ing of Fort Wayne women whose names were sytematica1 ly culled from the City Directory, is only partially completed and at this stage is not yet representative of the total community. Preliminary results of the fifty questionnaires so far returned are included here, however, for purposes of comparison with other committee findings since each committee submitted auestions of particular interest to its area of concern. (See Appendix for survey form and composite figures.) The first section of the survey, "Some Things You Personally Think about Women," contained questions from all committees except Emp1oymen~ plus some questions from the Commission as a whole on the media. Pol itics and Government auestions yielded these opinions: Only 14% and 16% of respondents respectively felt that female candidates for pub1 ic office should have more education and higher ethical standards than male candidates. Sixty per cent would "fee1 comfortable with a female mayor. 1I Seventy-four per cent do not feel that women are too emotional to handle a job in public office; and 62% would not hesitate to vote for a woman whohad pre-school children. Although 38% of respondents say they have ever done volunteer work for ~ candidate, 60% said they would do volunteer work for a fema~candidate. While 82% be-l ieve there should be women police, only 26% bel ieve there should be women firefighters. Only 30% think a woman rou1d hold down the job of sheriff; 60% think it would be difficult for a woman to get a job as supervisor in a city department. Few bel ieve in quotas as such: 14% bel ieve that the School Board should be composed mainly of women, and only 6% that the number of jobs in city government held by women should reflect the percentage of women in the population. More than half (58%) feel that more women in city government would make government more understanding of peop1e ' s problems, but 36% feel that more women in ~overnment would bring more honesty to government. Questions on legal rights showed this: Eighty per cent feel that a wife should be able to get a loan or be issued a credit card without her husband's signature. Ninety-four per cent think women and men should have equal rights under the law. Only 18% think men and women are treated equally under Indiana divorce law; 36% think women are adequately protected financially under the current divorce law; and 32% feel that a woman should pay child support if her husband keeps the children after a divorce. Forty per cent bel ieve in al imony. 26 |
