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"What emerges most clear ly from events of the past several months is the ten dency to assign women to a secondary, ornamental or honoree’ role instead of the partnership role in the civil rights movement which they have earned by their cour age, intelligence and dedica tion,” delegates were told by Miss Pauli Murray, a dis tinguished Negro woman lawyer, who has done basic research books on laws gov erning segregation. It was “bitterly humiliat ing" for Negro women “to see themselves accorded little more than token recognition in the historic March on Washington," Miss Murray told the group, which is meeting at the Statler-Hilton Hotel. “Not a single woman was invited to make one of the major speeches or to be part of the delegation of leaders who went to the White House.” she said. The "omis sion was deliberate," she added, as "representations for recognition of women were made to the policy making body" in plenty of time. The civil rights revolt, “like many social upheavals, has released powerful pentup emotions, cross currents, ri valaries and hostilities," Miss Murray said. Jockeying for Position “In emerging from an essentially middle class movement and taking on a mass character, it has be come a vehicle to power and prestige and contains many of the element* of in-fight ing that have characterized labor’s emergence or the pre independence African socie ties. There is much jockeying for position as men push their way to leadership roles." Part of this, the speaker conceded, "reflects the Negro male’s normal desire to achieve a sense of personal worth and recognition of his manhood by a society which has so long denied it." But this poses for the Ne gro woman the question of whether she is “losing or gaining ground In the transi tion ... to an Integrated so ciety’’ she added. Most of the emphasis In the civil right* drive has been for more job* for men. Miss Murray suggested, even though various factors “have combined to make the Negro woman the responsible fami ly head in more than one fifth of all non-whlte fami lies." It is "crystal clear" that Negro women “can no longer postpone or subordinate the fight against discrimination because of sex to the civil rights struggle, but must car ry on both fights simultane ously,” she said. Excess of Female* A "particular problem” for Negro women, the speaker suggested, is that the 1960 census shows there are 645,000 more Negro females than Negro males. There is an excess of white females over white males, too, she said, but only "in the middle and later years." For Negroes, “the excess is present for every age group over 14, and Is greatest in the 15-44 group "which cov ers the college and generally marriageable years,” she said. Thus, "the Negro woman cannot assume with any de gree of confidence that she will be able to look to mar riage for either economic or emotional support," Miss Murray said. "She must pre pare to be self-supporting and to support others” and hence “has no alternative but to Insist upon equal op portunities without regard to sex in training, education and employment at every level.” Dr. Jeanne L. Noble, as sistant professor at New York University’s Center for Hu man Relations Studies, agreed with Miss Murray that women were “relegated to the back seats” in the stepped-up civil rights drive. But this may be good, she said, “if by being bypassed we free our men to take the lead, and once and for all put to rest the myth of the Negro matriarchy.” The myth, she said, "has been used to beat Negro women over the head, away from PhD.’s, MD.’s, and other fields of higher learn ing.” The group also heard yes terday from William Welsh, administrative assistant to Senator Philip Hart of Mich igan, and Dr. Grace L. Se well, program co-ordinator for the Department of Health, Education and Wel fare. Mr. Welsh urged the group to “think beyond” the civil Panoramic View Superb Cuisine at the LITTLE TEA HOUSE 1301 South Ridge Road Arllnrton, Va. 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