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Domestic Workers o America, a non-profit organiztion, cam putinterested persons in touch with workers available for cleaning, home sitting, childcare, party assistance and convalescent care. Special rates are available for senior citizens. DWA is also seeking persons interested in being placed on its job list. Call 361-0373..

Displaced Homemakers. (women who have lost the support they were dependent upon) can get help through the Displaced Homemakers Program at all campuses of Cuyahoga Community.College. The program of.fers services to help women become job ready and self-supporting. No fees are charged. To be eligible, a woman must have worked without pay as a homemaker for her family, not been gainfully employed, and be at least 35 years old: Courses include how to find and keep a job, inter'viewing, community resources, and budgeting: Call the campus nearest ⚫ you: Metro, 241-5966; Western, 845,4000, Ext 250 or Eastern, 464-1450, Ext. 275.--

Education for Freedom of Choice in Ohio (EFCO) can provide professionals from all areas 'to. speak to your group or organization on the subject of abortion: EFCO also provides research assistance to students and professionals on reproductive issues. To arrange a speaker, contact EFCO at 621-8224..

The Free Clinic is offering individual and group.counseling for victims of incest on Tuesday evenings between 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. To make an appointment, call 721-4010 and say you want an appointment with Cynthia Griggins. There are no fees or eligibility requirements at the Free Clinic, 12201 Euclid Avenue:

When you are in need of a service-toof fixing; legal advice, car repair, etc. wouldn't you rather have a woman do it? Of course! To facilitate our finding each other when in need we are now taking free listings for the Cleveland Women's Skills and Services Resource Directory. If there is any service you are willing to provide the women's community for a fee or barter, please send your name, phone and kind of service to G. Pilat; 1600 Eddington Road, East Cleveland, Ohio 44118. This directory will be available to women only. Deadline for Jisting is September 30, 1982.

Pamphlets & Books

The Cleveland Women's Handbook is a collection of thoughts by women on women and their lives, and a comprehensive listing of services and agencies which serve women. It includes consumer information and questions to help us choose, use and influence those services and agencies. The Handbook is sponsored by Cleveland Women's Counsel, the Rape Crisis Center Women Together, and WomenSpace. Individual copies are $5 each plus $1 postage and handling. Orders of 5 or more are ⚫$4.each, plus postage and handling The Handbook is available to lowincome women through social service agencies. Call CWC, 321-8587, for information: Also, call CWC if you are interested in distributing the Handbook through your social service agency. Copies can be ordered from Cleveland Women's Counsel; P.O.. Box 18472, Cleveland Hts.. Ohio 44118.

Working Women, a 128-page handbook of resources; rights and remedies for working women everywhere, can be ordered from Southern Exposure, PO Box 591: Durham, NC 27702. Single coples, $4; bulk ⚫ order discounts avaliable.

The Feminist Health Fund was founded in January 1980 for the purpose of aiding women with catastrophic illnesses who are economically disadvantaged. Our goal is to continue to raise funds and to distribute them to women in need of immediate financial aid. We are particularly sensitive to the discrimination wornen face due to racism, classism and homophobia. We are not a white, rich women's philanthropy. Members of the board are working women. Some of us are poor, some are professionals, some are married, some are lesbians, some are mothers, all are daughters. Our ages range from the 50's to the 30's. We anticipate getting tax-exempt status soon, and welcome your participation and interest in the Fund. Please write us with your questions, comments, money and love notes at Box 323, Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387.

PUAR (People United Against Repression) has an ongoing Legal Detense Fund to provide victims of police brutality with monetary assistance for both criminal and civil lawsuits. Eligibility is determined on a case by case basis. Presently, PUAR is handling the legal expenses involved in the class action suit stemming from the "suicides" by hanging in local area jails. We are requesting donations from all concerned individuals and organizations to help us maintain the Legal Defense Fund, so that we may continue to help others. Please send your donations to PUAR, P.O. Box 05034, Cleveland, OH 44105. For more information about our Legal Defense Fund, please contact our Hotline, 851-9842.

If you are a woman with a problem and don't know where to turn. WomenSpace's Help Line, 696-3100, may be able to put you in touch with helpful community resources. The Help Line's hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:00a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday. Leave a message other times and we will return your call. Women who call for assistance are provided with information and referrals. by a staff of trained women specialists who can assess the caller's needs and refer her to vocational/career resources, social service agencies; physi cians, therapists, attorneys and self-help groups. The staff, regularly researches and updates a resource bank to insure that current information is available.

Jane Doe, an anthology of Northern Obio women's poetry, is now available at Coventry Books and Six Steps Down. Price is $2.00, or call Laura at 238-6410 after 6 p.m. for mail order. Proceeds will go toward women's relief fund and a battered women's shelter.

Lesbian-Feminist Study Clearinghouse has 21 new articles available on such topics as sexuality, racism, literature and politics. Send for a free brochure to L.F:S.C./Women's Studies, 1012 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

The Women's International Resource Exchange (WIRE) reproduces published and unpublished accounts and analyses by and about women in the Third World, for feminist groups, church-based women's groups, union-affiliated women, women's studies departments, and human rights, Third World support and anti-imperialist solidarity groups: For a bibliography, write WIRE Service, 2700 Broadway, Room 7, New York, NY 10025:

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known to depress the system of the baby during such a critical time.)

As birth has become modernized and these practices common, there has been a sharp increase in the rate of Caesarean births due to prolonged labor, the 'mother's fatigue, or, as is often the case, the doctor's fatigue. If the woman complains of severe discomfort, the doctor will often prescribe an epidural or 'other anaesthetic to relieve .her pain: The epidural depresses the mother's muscle system, thus leading to a slowdown in contractions. The resultant slowdown in labor is many times the reason for performing a Caesarean, as labor is followed along a "normal" birth curve allowing two hours for labor and the baby's birth. Once the mother falls out of this curve, she is a prime candidate for a Caesarean, where the baby is delivered by cutting through the mother's ab, dominal and uterine walls. Cutting this muscle carries with it a risk to her bladder, to the cervix and to the further stability of her uterus. And there is the old saying, "Once a Caesarean, always a Caesarean," as there is fear that the uterus would not be strong enough later for a vaginal birth. Doctors have seized control of birth by dehumanizing the mother-she is simply an obstacle between the baby

and doctor, certainly not the star attraction. It is now their delivery.

The disparity between the type of delivery Harrison was being taught to perform and a homebirth where the mother is in control of her body was more than she could deal with, Harrison left the residence program at Beth Israel after seven months. Her belief that she could work within the system to change it was too idealistic. Harrison contends that medicine will change only when the patients themselves demand to be treated as walking, talking, feeling human beings, not as objects requiring attention or as blank checks.

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