Stepping Out #5

DateDecember 21 1977

AbstractStepping Out 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 The Trials and Tribulations of Ruby Slippers and Mechanical Minute with Lotta Knowhow. This episode includes information on breast cancer and breast self-examination, and segments on women in the advertising industry, on women in agriculture and on Native American women. It includes footage of the Ross sisters of Pleasant View Dairy Farm in Durham, Maine, of Cathy Powl (Penobscott Indian Enterprises) and Debbie Lanpher (harness racer).