Illinois Issues
VOL. I, NO. 6/JUNE 1975
Table of contents
ARTICLES
163/Is politics 'for men only'? How women lawmakers react
/Jean Williams
166/Women in executive branch earn less than men at same level
/Sheila D. Gaughan
167/Computer used to search out sex discrimination in laws
/Margaret Cowden
168/Energy use profile for Illinois can guide conservation policy
/James P. Hartnett
172/Dan Walker
/Dan Logon
176/Assessment is first step in property tax process
/Maurice W. Scott
178/How to file an appeal if assessed unfairly
/Maurice W. Scott
179/Politics of equalizing the property tax
/Robert N. Schoeplein
183/State taxes and spending: Who gains, who loses?
/Douglas Kane
COLUMNS
190/Chicago: NIPC's secret: Find out what people want and plan for that
/Charles B. Cleveland
191/Washington: Changes in Democrats' control of House affect Illinois delegation
/Tom Littlewood
THE STATE OF THE STATE
186/Your privacy/Private group to give state tests/Powell in the headlines/Fourth in federal aid/Spending exceeds revenue increase/$102 million state payroll/Garbage disposal grants/Unclaimed property
FOR THE RECORD
187/Legislative Action
188/Executive Report
189/Judicial Rulings
FEATURES
187/Names
192/Calendar
COVER / Young Springfield artist William H.
Crook, Jr., captured the scene of Wednesday morning, April 9, 1975, on the main floor of the State House as people gathered to demonstrate for and against passage by the Illinois General Assembly of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The statue looming above the encircling group of people is the only one of a female figure in the rotunda. The statue represents women of Illinois and was done by
Julia Bracken and exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The first statue for the rotunda to depict an actual woman in Illinois history will be of Lottie Holman O'Neill, the firs, woman to serve in the General Assembly. It will stand in a niche on the second floor of the rotunda. The General Assembly last year appropriated $25,000 to the secretary of state for the state Abbot! Pattison, sculptor with studios in Winnetka and Lincolnville, Maine, has been selected to do the work.
ILLINOIS ISSUES is published by Sangamon State University. The publisher/editor serves as a faculty member of the university. He is selected by a board whose members are appointed by the presidents of Sangamon State University and the University of Illinois. In addition to subscription income the magazine is supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation, support from the University of Illinois and Sangamon State University, and donations. The contents of the magazine do not necessarily reflect the views of either university, the Ford Foundation or other donors.
Publisher/editor: William L. Day
Assistant editors: Caroline Gherardini, J. M. (Mike) Lennon
Contributing editor: Conrad P. Rutkowski
Contributing stuff: Gary Adkins
Business manager: William J. Geekie
Marketing consultant: J. B. Spalding
Secretary: Louise Herndon
The Board
Samuel K. Gove, University of Illinois, Urbana,Chairman
William W. Alien, Illinois Agricultural Association, Bloomington
Richard H. Carver. Mayor, Peoria
Robert C. Gibson, Illinois State Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Chicago
Philip Kendall. Sangamon State University, Springfield
Mrs. Randall Nelson, Carbondale
Odas Nicholson. Lawyer, Chicago
James D. Nowlan, Knox College, Galesburg
James T. Otis, Lawyer, Chicago
Theodore Peterson, University of Illinois, Urhana
Honorable Samuel H. Shapiro, Lawyer, Kankakee
Chris Vlahoplus, Sangamon State University, Springfield
James M. Wall, The Christian Century, Chicago
Samuel W. Witwer. Lawyer, Chicago
William L.. Day. ex officio member
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