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Chatelaine - Sept 1984

Chatelaine - Sept 1984 Summary (AI-generated with Claude from the OCR text): The September 1984 issue of Chatelaine, published during the federal election campaign, opens with an editorial by Mildred Istona, "The Politics of Baloney," which criticises Brian Mulroney and John Turner for their statements on women's issues and notes how few women sat in the previous House of Commons. Politics and women's status are a strong theme: Suzanne Zwarun profiles women in politics (Sheila Copps, Iona Campagnolo, Judy Wasylycia-Leis and others), and Ann Rhodes surveys the federal and eight provincial status of women advisory councils, covering budgets, the resignation of Ontario's Sally Barnes and federal council head Lucie Pepin, and calls for accountability to Parliament. Heather Robertson's "Women vs. the Pope" examines Canadian Catholic women's challenge to John Paul II's conservative views ahead of his Canadian visit. Other major features include Anne Montagnes's practical guide to caring for elderly parents (home care, retirement and nursing homes, costs, waiting lists, and a checklist for assessing an institution), Wendy Dennis on mothers who become entrepreneurs with a ten-step how-to,

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