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Joy Picus (born 1930 or 1931〔〔) was a Los Angeles, California, City Council member for sixteen years, from 1977 to 1993, and was a ''Ms.'' magazine Woman of the Year in 1985. ==Biography== Picus was a native of Chicago, Illinois, where her father died shortly after she was born. As a youngster she helped her mother manage an apartment building, and at age sixteen she began her political science studies at the University of Wisconsin. She and Gerald Picus, a physicist, were married in Chicago; they lived in Washington, D.C., for a time, then moved to California when Gerald took a job at Hughes Aircraft in 1959. They had three children.〔〔("Spotlight on . . . Third District Councilwoman Joy Picus," ''Civic Center NewSource,'' June 24, 1991, pages 1 and 2 )〕 They lived in Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley, where Joy Picus became active in the Parent-Teacher Association and League of Women Voters and was also president of the Valley branch of the American Association of University Women. She was also employed for three years as community relations director for the Jewish Federation Council.〔〔(Los Angeles Public Library reference file )〕〔("AAUW Announces Projects for the Year," ''Los Angeles Times,'' August 13, 1971, page SF-8 )〕 She was a founding member of Temple Aliyah.〔(Eric Slater, "Temple Aliyah Will Honor Joy Picus," ''Los Angeles Times,'' December 2, 1994 )〕 She became a feminist when she read Betty Friedan's book ''The Feminine Mystique'' in 1964. "That was my awakening," she said. Before I didn't know who Susan B. Anthony was." When she became a councilwoman she sponsored a Susan B. Anthony essay contest each year. Before that, she sponsored a "Great Expectations" program for high school girls, to help them expand their goals.〔 After her City Council defeat in 1993, she worked on behalf of "family-friendly" workplaces, women's rights and recycling.〔 In 2006 she was chair of FOTO, the Friends of the () Observatory.〔(Marc Porter Zasada, Architecture: The Stars Go Hollywood," ''Los Angeles Times,'' February 12, 2006, page E-1 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joy Picus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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