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What She Wants is...

... a monthly news journal produced for all women. There is no subject unsuitable for our readers and therefore you will find articles on every topic from poetry to politics in each issue. equal rights and civil rights

the right to decent health care and health information

the right to control our bodies

... the right to support ourselves and our families

the right to oppose war

... the right to organize in unions and coalitions to advance our cause

... the right to excellence in education and freedom from prejudice in learning materials

.. the right to accept or to reject motherhood

We are...

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Mary Anne, Laurel Brummet, S. J. Caldwell, Jane Darrah, Marion Dorn, Linda Freeman, Kathy Greenberg, Leslie Greenhalgh, Nancy Handley, Sandy Handley, Meredith Holmes, Shelly Lowry, Mary McCartney, Cynthia Pack, Valerie Robinson, Barbara Rose, Linda Rothacker, Barbara Reusch, Karal Stern, Mary Waxman, Mary Walsh, Jackie Wessel, Helen Williams, M.J. Dineen.

What She Wants has open meetings, and any women interested in feminist newspaper work are welcome to attend. The response to our paper has been exciting and we really need to have more people working on it. All of us in the WSW collective have other jobs or go to school, and we put the paper out on our own time. Not only do we need writers and people to sell the paper, we need people to write us lotters and give us feedback. We usually meet on Saturday afternoons. Write to us at

P.O. Box 18072

Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

"Mother, what is a Feminist?”

“A Feminist, my daughter,

Is any woman now who cares

To think about her own affairs

As men don't think she oughter."

Alice Over költer, 191$

HELP

WANTED:

Right now What She Wants is facing a unique kind of energy crunch (not a breakfast cereal). We are not referring to our staff's energy either, as we continue to burn the midnight oil and devote enormous quantities of our time in the unpaid labor necessary to put out WSW. We want to continue to do so, but we must then have your continued support, and even more your help.

The energy crunch we are talking about is the sapped strength of some of our readers We have had more than who cannot even pick up their pens to renew their subscriptions.

a few such instances lately, and it hurts us, financially and psychologically. We are in exist. ence to serve you and the women's movement. Please give us the help we need by not only renewing your own sub, but by giving gift subs and passing on issues to relatives and friends. We women need to be connected, to communicate with one another just as much in Cleveland as in Boston, Eugene, Milwaukee, or Ann Arbor where feminist newspapers are supported.

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Our advertising revenue is one of the ways we stay alive. We are not a big budget operation we try to get by on as little as possible, but in order to survive, we must have each month $138 for printing costs, $25 for production office rental, $60 for mailing costs, plus money for supplies, etc.

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Our advertisers put their ads in WSW for two reasons to get customers and/or to sup port the movement. You, our readers, can support us in a vital way by buying at the shops and restaurants that advertise in WSW and telling the manager where you saw the ad. It is perhaps easier to shop at May Company, but if you want to see WSW continue to publish, please frequent our advertisers. It is one way of supporting the women's movement without doing something you wouldn't do anyway since we are all consumers to one degree or another and must at least buy a pair of jeans now and then.

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how about a letter or two every once in a while to tell us what you like or don't like. We get very little feedback from our readers. Do you have projects, events, or a group you belong to that need publicizing? Let us know. Do you have a special interest within the women's movement? Write us an article. Can you help us get more ads? We are in desperate need of them. Are you rich? Send us a donation.

We know the movement is largely financed out of the well-worn pockets of the poor and we don't like to beleaguer your pocketbook any more than is necessary these days. But it would help us through the summer slump if each and every one of our readers would make some sort of monetary contribution to WSW.

Have a nice summer, everyone, and we hope you will not let our plea fall on deaf ears.

WomenSpace!?!

In the fall of 1974, a group of women met with Don Olson form the Miami Center for Dialogue, which had been experimenting in ways to bring about changes in society. At that time the goals of the Cleveland womenw were unclear and so the idea languished.

In March of 1975, a connection was made between the fact that there were women's groups in Cleveland looking for money (Cleveland Women's Counseling, the Crisis Housing Group) and the possibility of seed money being available from the Center for Dialogue. A meeting was held with women from Cleveland Women's Counseling, Crisis Housing, Women's Ecumenical Network, and Penny Steenblock from National Healthe Care Services, who knew about the Center for Dialogue money. This meeting was brief and exploratory, but did decide to go one step further and invite other interested groups to work on a joint proposal.

Another meeting was set for April 10th. The Rape Crisis Center was invited, as well as women interested in the staff position that might be created. At this meeting began an information sharing process. There was some suggestion about forming structure to bring about the existence of a women's center, but this was postponed till more women's groups could be involved. Later meetings have had representatives from Cleveland Women's Counseling, the Crisis Housing Committee, Women's Ecumenical Network, Center for Dialogue, National Health Care, NOW, Preterm, the Free Clinic, Women's Help Center, What She Wants, Women's Self Help Clinics, the Rape Crisis Center, Feminist Forum, ClevelandState Women's Liberation, Case Western Reserve Women's Center, Greater Cleveland Inter-Church Council, University Christian Movement, YWCA, and Project Eve.

Subcommittees have been set up to determine structure and goals, and to seek temporary office space and funds. Minutes of all meetings are being kept in order to insure accurate herstory of the center and to provide the women of Cleveland with information of its progress.

The main purpose of WomenSpace will be to support women acting together on behalf of one another's self-interest in order to foster communication, strength and independence among women in Cleveland. following goals have heen formulated:

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To provide a women's center or centers that will:

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a. Serve as a visible entry point for women to become aware of and involved in issues which are important to women.

b. To provide varieties of space and resources to meet women's needs.

2.) To provide resources and environments which will enable all the women's groups participating to become stronger and more effective,

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Further discussion brought up the fact that as women, we are all victims of rape, of discrimination, etc., to a major degree in our society, WE need to work together. It was realized that all different kinds of women will need to use a Women's Center, and thst no woman should have to feel she is entering an alien environment. As a coalition type group, we can provide space/services, and generally enhance our power as a group.

The next meeting of WomenSpace is at 7:30 p.m. on July 14, at Trinity Church House. The Ad Hoc Coordinating Council welcomes representatives from all groups and organizations who have women as a primary interest, and especially women form the community at large to share our energies and be a part (Further information and herstory available from Cleveland Women's Counseling,

of this endeavor. 321-8585.)

age 2/What She Wants/July, 1975