University Women

WASHINGTON -- Women's activists are seeking jobs in th Clinton administration the old-fashioned way. By nagging."Women are waiting," Harriet Woods, who apparently presumesto speak for all women, told President-elect Bill Clinton in a letter on behalf of the Coalition for Women's Appointments. "They will not be satisfied with two or three out of 14 Cabinet seats."Women make up 51 percent of the population and 54 percent of registered voters, Ms. Woods said. Her demand: a Clinton administration that consists of 50 percent women.

Norah Elizabeth Zimmerman, an Eastern Shore resident and former Red Cross volunteer in several countries, died of cancer Thursday at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. She was 69.A memorial service for Mrs. Zimmerman will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Luke's Episcopal Chapel in Queenstown.The former Norah Zund was born in London, England, and returned to her parents' home in Switzerland as an infant. Her parents moved to the New York City area when she was 3, and she grew up there.

In most classes, ask who wants to lead the chemistry experiments and count how many young men's hands shoot up.Not at Oldfields School. In science labs here, young women take all the credit for creating green ooze, juggling beakers and showering unsuspecting schoolmates with disappearing ink.It is indeed a girls' world on these 200 acres in Glencoe, where, in grades eight through 12, girls and young women from 28 states and nine countries run the science experiments,...

In most classes, ask who wants to lead the chemistry experiments and count how many young men's hands shoot up.Not at Oldfields School. In science labs here, young women take all the credit for creating green ooze, juggling beakers and showering unsuspecting schoolmates with disappearing ink.It is indeed a girls' world on these 200 acres in Glencoe, where, in grades eight through 12, girls and young women from 28 states and nine countries run the science experiments,...

HOW Schools Shortchange Women," a massive report issued last week by the American Association of University Women, made the front page of most major newspapers. In no uncertain terms, it said America's schools are places where young people learn not only their ABC's but the hard lessons of a society that judges its members by gender.Despite four decades of focusing on such discrimination, we're still witnessing blatant mistreatment of women and girls in the schools.My guess is that the report will generate appropriate hand-wringing, the requisite number of investigative committees in school systems and teacher-education institutions and a flood of recommendations for what should be done.

Laura Danly remembers that when she was in high school in suburban Chicago, she was one of two girls interested in science out of a class of more than 1,000 students."

Prague. -- "Czechs have forgotten how to be responsible, to work hard, and to take risks," says Josefa N. in her soft way. She is retired, a widow, a yoga exercise enthusiast, and as of this month a suspicious founding member of the first Czech Association of University Women -- suspicious because the association's pledge of solidarity with the world's women smacks too much of the old Communist ideology for her taste."

OK, I admit it. There's a new man in my life. And his arrival has sparked the inauguration of a contest: the first annual Name the Puppy Contest.Last weekend, we brought home an 8-week-old West HighlandWhitie, with black, button eyes and nose, all warm and cuddly. Rightnow I'm taking advantage of one of his infrequent naps.His parents are Benjy Frye and Dorcus Dawn. Any clues there?Aside from terrorizing the cat and crying at very loud decibels, he's no trouble at all, unless you consider the hours poorly spent standing in the back yard while he ignores any suggestion of potty training.

Fallston High School junior Charity Mears has been recognized as a runner-up in the Executive Women International Scholarship Program, earning a $600 scholarship.Judging was based on a biographical essay and personal interview.Charity is president of the school's Student Activities Club. Shealso participates in the International Club, National Honor Society,HELP Club, school newspaper, and anti-drug and tutoring programs.BENSON NAMED SCHOLARBel Air High School senior Jennifer Benson has been named a Presidential Scholar by the College of William and Mary in Virginia.

For Donna Costa-Fletcher, being forced to go to a 40-hour workweek without a corresponding increase in salary means balancing a second job against visiting her 85-year-old grandmother, counseling battered women and, in the last two months, writing five letters a night to U.S. soldiers deployed in Saudi Arabia.For Kathleen Maroney, it means having fewer hours each day to study for the three evening classes she committed herself to earlier this year.For Sherri Allan, it means $3,000 more in child-care costs and transferring two of her three children to a new school that's closer to their baby sitter.