Stepping Out #8

DateDecember 29 1977

Can DescriptionsìStepping Outî is a program which focuses on the changing roles of women in society, and the problems facing women who work outside of the home in all spheres of society. The program includes recurring segments such as ìThe Trials and Tribulations of Ruby Slippersî and ìMechanical Minute with Lotta Knowhow.î This episode includes segments on women managers at MacDonald's, on women in unions and on job discrimination. It includes footage of Maxine Anderson (manager at MacDonald's in Skowhegan), of Silvia Blanchard (union president and worker at Diamond International), of Jeanine Clark (Maine Human Rights Commission) and Suzy Thompson (painter in South Addison).