Economic and health needs of Wisconsin migrant farm workers.
Migrant farm workers play an essential role in the planting and harvesting of crops in our agricultural production system. In the United States today, about 6 percent of the paid farm labor force "follow the crops" across the nation. This article reports on the economic and health care needs of migrant farm workers who travel from the border areas of Texas to Wisconsin each year. Surveys conducted in 1978 and 1989 show that this population remains in serious need of health care and access to financial assistance programs. During the 11-year interval between surveys, little change occurred in the health care status or use patterns of Wisconsin migrant workers, although housing and sanitary conditions in the work environment improved somewhatshe does have a romance, but it's not the focus of the story.

Parents Will Love: Mulan may hail from a notoriously patriarchal culture, but she challenges the belief that girls are only good in the domestic sphere. One of Disney's best role models, Mulan is a brave young woman who protects her father, pulls a Joan of Arc, and surprises everyone -- including herself -- with her skills as a warrior and a national hero. Girls need more movies like "Mulan."

Did You Know? Disney originally planned to make a short straight-to-video film called "China Doll," a Cinderella-esque story about a sad and oppressed Chinese girl who falls in love with an English man, who takes her back to the United Kingdom. But writer-director Robert Sans Souci convinced Disney