Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g7TJ2vX04651; Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:02:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:02:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <197.c4f6e6c.2a9fc975@aol.com> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AWilder106@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2257] Re: Women and literacy issues X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Mac - Post-GM sub 146 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 524 Lines: 13 Daphne, This is so depressing! 1) As women become literate children live longer and and women have feweer children. Cite? Maybe I can find it. 2) A fabulous article in the Wall Street Journal about 5 weeks ago showed what happens when labor saving machines perform women's work--they go to school. I think it was a giant "cuisinart' that ground peanuts--the women used literacy and numeracy skills, hired a guy to tend the machine, sold the extra product. Maybe I can find this, too. In an African country.
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