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- <title>
- Dec. 04, 1989: From The Publisher
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Dec. 04, 1989 Women Face The '90s
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 18
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- <p> Before senior editor Claudia Wallis sat down to write this
- week's cover story, she had mixed emotions about the feminist
- movement. "If asked the question, `Are you a feminist?' I would
- have said, `Yes, but . . . '" The uncertainty reflected Wallis'
- experience balancing the demands of a career and a growing
- family (she and her husband Hugh Osborn, a media consultant,
- have two children, Nathaniel, 3, and Madeleine, 11 months). "I
- wondered whether the movement did us a disservice by not
- preparing us for how difficult it would be," she says. "I'm part
- of a generation of women who grew up with the opportunities
- created by the feminist movement, but who find it difficult to
- cope in a society whose institutions and values have not yet
- adjusted to women's new roles."
- </p>
- <p> Wallis was able to cope with this story because of a
- flexible work schedule, good child care and a husband who
- shares responsibility for household chores and the children,
- particularly when she works late.
- </p>
- <p> Writing the cover story cleared up much of Wallis'
- uncertainty about feminism. Examining outdated images of women
- in old ads and studying reports from correspondents Scott Brown,
- Melissa Ludtke and Martha Smilgis proved how far women have
- come. Now, she says, "I have no problem saying, `Yes, I am a
- feminist.'"
- </p>
- <p> Marisol, the renowned wood sculptor, fashioned the figures
- on the cover from pinewood and plywood and hand-painted the
- suit. Marisol also did TIME's Hugh Hefner cover in 1967 and the
- Nixon-Kissinger Men of the Year cover for 1972. Although she
- supports feminist causes, Marisol prefers another label. "I'm
- not a feminist," says she. "I'm an artist."
- </p>
- <p> In this issue TIME introduces a new column in the Business
- section, "World of Business." It is written by London-based
- contributor Robert Ball, a former TIME correspondent and member
- of FORTUNE's board of editors. The column reflects the
- magazine's commitment to covering the increasingly important
- field of international business.
- </p>
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