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weren't being said. The administration has not been responsible to the general citizens and the board was not concerned." She adds, "My husband and son pushed me into it." Although some of her advertisements said a woman's point of view was needed on the board, she says the underlying current of why women were running was not brought out in the candidates' meetings. Women's ideas are needed. "At this point I think the male point of view is very well represented," Mrs. Zweifler says. Mrs. Brussolo believes women board members would listen to citizens, teachers and students rather than patting them on the head as she says the all-male board is doing now. She says those on the board "only see the end of the agenda" while women would be satisfied to cover a point thoroughly rather than rush through and accomplish nothing. "Women lend more dignity to school boards; there is less of a tendency to hassle about things," Mrs. Brussolo says. Mrs. Federbush charges that about half the population is unrepresented on the school board. Women rear and teach the children so she believes they have contributions to make to the school board. All three candidates had been teachers. Mrs. Burns says many women do have more time to devote to public issues. "Often women are more compassionate and will try to look for solutions . '. . Men sometimes get used to batting their heads against a stone wall. A woman who has not batted her head against those walls would look for a solution." Candidates talked of outside pressure to withdraw from the race to increase the chance for a woman's election. Mrs. Federbush says, "The board needs women, lots of women. Teil the men to withdraw." "I'm too much of a politician not to say it," Mrs. Brussolo says, "but we should have backed one woman - not necessarily me." Mrs. Sayre agrees: "It's difficult for women to compete against women. I don't think there are many women who vote] It's the male role for the husband to vote . . .Women weren't supposed to know enough to vote. They've only had therightfor 51 years." None of the candidates had extra help with the housework during the campaign. Mrs. Zweifler handed out campaign materials while marketing. She says no one in her family complained. "We ate a lot of submarines. They got along without me." Mrs. Federbush says her children didn't like it when she attended ings every night, but her husband was tolerant and spent many hours babysitting. "I lost 10 pounds," she adds. Mrs. Brussolo lost 20 pounds during the hectic months of campaigning. She consulted her family, before deciding to run and says it worked out well except for one bad day when everyone didn't do what was expected of them. She says, "I won't run again . . . not at this point in time." Mrs. Sayre says political life has been good for her family. "It's good because you don't dweil on their little problems. They become more independent. I wouldn't have done it when they were little. There are certain things a mother has to do." Asked about their political plans, Mrs.j Federbush says, "They (members of the! school board) need community feed-l back desperately. We've got to keep! telling the board what people are say-l ing." I Mrs. Zweifler says, "I'll feel very dis-l appointed if from the campaign therJ doesn't come more of a citizen voice irl the school board decisions." Ê