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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1975)
i 36-(Sec. Ill) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun., April Statistics Show Woman's . . , , By G. K. HODENTUXD '.for force a r e le ti id WASHINGTON. April (-The old uw that My "woman's place la ia the home" It at .dead at the dodo bird. Amerlcaa women, at least. Ignore It like a birthday. That's .the almost Inescapable conclusion from a detailed Census Bureau survey of the aatioa's la- auote a few statistics Three of every 10 American wives and almost M per cent of the single women are working outside the borne. Altogether, women make up about a third of the nation's total labor force and more thaa half of the women CHOOSE FROM THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT reg. '9,95, ... king size shell chairs The last word in comfort and smart good tools! And rV just imagine ... for less than $20 you can have a SET t)F FOUR ... for less than $50 a SET OF SIXl Roomy, 31-inch real king size peel rattan seat , mounted, on stufdy black wrought iron base to give it a smart contemporary' look. 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