Now her second term
Feminine legislator can hold her own
By LINDA WRIGHT Kansan Staff Writer
TOPEKA—Working in the man's world of state politics is not as difficult for a woman as some people may think, says Mrs. Walter Porter, R-Reading, and the only woman state senator in the Kansas Legislature.
Her position sometimes causes confusion, however. A Topeka
She had been a school teacher, a member of the local school board and active with 4-H clubs and Methodist youth groups.
1964 at the urging of friends and family.
She rolled up a 12,000 vote victory margin over her opponent in her first election, winning the job of representing Coffey, Lyon,
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'I'll check that right after...'
Mrs. Walter Porter, the only woman state senator in the Kansas Legislature, tackles one of many problems to be found every day in the masculine world of state politics with a fellow legislator. Although she's used to working with men, she still wants to hold her identity as a woman.
Although a legislator has work from the word go, being a
firm once greeted her by mail and offered to "make alteration on your suits or keep your pants pressed."
woman and homemaker at the same time have not made her responsibilities heavier, she says
Mrs. Porter, tall, slender and attractive, decided to run for the Fourth district senatorial seat in
Osage and Wabausee counties in the Kansas Senate.
Mrs. Porter repeated her victory in 1968 by winning her bid for a second term.
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Her colleagues recognized her interest in livestock and education by making her chairman of the Senate livestock committee and vice-chairman of the education committee.
She has also served on numerous other committees in the Legislature.
Her Senate work is less disrupting to her home life than one
Why Do You Read So Slowly?
might think, Mrs, Porter says. When the legislature is in session, she commutes 30 miles to Topeka each day.
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Arriving at the office about 8 a.m., she studies reports of the previous day's business, looks over the 17 papers she subscribes to, reads her mail, visits with constitutents and attends committee meetings.
Legislative session begins at 1:30 p.m. and often she only has time to pick up a sandwich to take along to a meeting.
Saturdays are devoted to visiting the towns in her district and talking with constituents. She said it is very important to keep in close contact with people at home.
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"The loudest voices heard in the legislature are those from home," Mrs. Porter says.
Mrs. Porter holds strong opinions of a woman's role in civic and political affairs.
"More women are being drawn into the Legislature with each session. And why not?" she says.
"Every piece of legislation enacted affects a woman's life, her family, husband and her home," she says.
works as more leisure time becomes available to them through modern conveniences, she says.
"Our state needs not only men,
not only women, but both men and women who are sufficiently interested in our form of government that they are willing to make it function as it should," she explains.
Mrs. Porter does not believe that women should claim special privileges in the working world on the basis of sex.
However, Mrs. Porter says she never wants to see the day when women are considered equal to men. She doesn't think women are ready or willing to be responsible for lifting heavy objects or serving in the military service.
"Whether we are men or women, we should each earn the place we hold," she says.
More women should be involved in politics and public
COOPERATION BEST
SPACE CENTER. Hou s t o n—U.S. space director Thomas Paine reacting to the Soviet launch of Luna 15:
"We hope the juxtaposition of two lunar missions in such close time frame points out the desirability of close cooperation in space between the Soviet Union and United States."
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