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Multnomah County, one in seven women abused each year
Renaissance Homan - From her early academic achievements
to her pathbreaking legal and political career, Patricia Roberts
Harris specialized in exploding stereotypes. Born in rural
Matoon, Illinois, Roberts graduated from high school with
scholarship offers from five colleges. She chose Howard
University, where she graduated in 1945 summa cum laude,
and was also a leader o f the NAACP chapter and a frequent
participant in sit-in demonstrations against segregation in
Washington, DC. A lifelong activist in promoting equal rights
fo r blacks and women, Harris worked as a teacher and
administrator at Howard while taking part in civil rights and
social welfare initiatives. In 1965 Lyndon Johnson appointed
her ambassador to Luxembourg, making her the first African
American woman to head a U.S. embassy. When Jimmy Carter
tapped her to head the Department o f Housing and Urban
Development, she became the first African American to hold a
cabinet post; she later also served as Secretary o f Health
Education, and Welfare (now Health and Human Services).
and development.
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Abused women seek help and
support in a variety o f ways. Most
(80%) turned to friends and family,
followed by co-workers (40%), law
en fo rcem en t
(33% ),
h e a lth
professionals (20%). However, few
women who sought help from triends
Domestic violence is so common in
Multnomah County that one in seven
women between the ages o f 18 and 64
was abused by thmr partner in the
past year. Women* if) all age, racial
and income groups are affected. That
and other findings are included in
“Domestic Violence in Multnomah
C ounty,” the first study o f the
occurrence, nature and effects o f
domestic violence in the county. The
re p o rt,
w h ich
in clu d es
re c o m m en d atio n s for reducing
domestic violence, will be released at
a news conference at the W est
W om en’s S helter in N orthw est
Portland.
The report is based on a recent
telephone survey o f739 women ages
18 to 64 in Multnomah County. The
survey focused only on episodes of
physical and sexual violence between
intimate partners, including married
couples, partners living together, and
couples dating.
The findings, which are consistent
with a 1998 statewide study, include:
Domestic violence affects all
women. Most abused women (84%)
are white, 70% are employed, and half
earn more than $25,000 a year.
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Som e g roups o f w om en
experience more violence than others.
These includewomenwho are young,
unmarried, poor, have children, and
have drug and alcohol problems.
•
While male abusers come from
all parts o f our community, some
populations o f men are more likely to
abuse. These include men who have
less education, are unemployed, and
have drug and alcohol problems.
•
Women experience a range o f
violent acts. The violence is often
serious.
•
A buse patterns vary. Some
women are abused very often; others
infrequently.
•
The high level o f dom estic
violence in the county mirror rates for
the state and nation.
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21,000 children in the county
were exposed to domestic violence
last year, which harms their health
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from the Multnomah County Health
Department, Violence prevention
Program at (503)988-3663, Ext. 22815.
The report is also available on the
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www.co.multnomah.or.us/defs/dv/
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services or immediate help.
T he re p o rt w as p ro d u c e d by
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