1988
The first 16 minutes are comprised of three prayers and the introduction of the speaker. Ms. Conrad explains that she was the first woman in the Los Angles court system to be given a pregnancy leave. [That was in 1970.] She was recently in the Soviet Union and discovered that pregnant women there get one years leave with full pay; and if they wish they can have an additional six months at half pay. Her talk is, in part, based on a book titled: “Women, the Courts and Equality” edited by Laura L. Crites and Winifred L. Hepperle [1987]. The other, more important work for her talk is “A Compilation on Women” by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. These two works were quoted from during the talk.