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Marlene Dixon was fired from the University of Chicago's.
Sociology department this spring partly because she is a

woman. The students who sat in at Chicago lost their fight

to have her rehired; as a result, she will be going to MeGill

this September.
Women s Caucus of Vancouver has invited her to speak at
a public meeting on June 18th at 8:00 P.M. at 138 East Cordova”

(Fishermen s Hall). Among Marlene s activities in Chicago

was helping to found a women’s liberation group there. Since

then she has written on "Women as a Caste” and traveled widfley
in the U.S. speaking on Women's Liberation. :
Women s Caucus is an organization of women workers, students,

and housewives who work together for equality and increased

freedom for women. Monthly public meetings bring panels or

speakers to discuss topics relevant to womens liberation.
Marlene Dixon, at the next of these meetings,will be speaking
generally on te liberation in the U.S. and, on particular, :
on the family in North America. The othe work of the |
organization is done by action committees, which work on

specific projects by eneavoh. and by ened discussion Snaune:

The aim of Women”s Caucus is to get more and more people,

especially women, to work together to change society so that

in the end everyone, men and women, will have more real freedom. -

For more information call Margaret Benston [I