A five-year study on the status of women in Utah is described. Appointed by the Governor, the committee was active during 1968-73 in exploring problems and promoting change in areas of education, employment, day care facilities, and equal rights. Statistics show that one out of three women 15 years and older is in the labor force; women are clustered in occupational groups including clerical, service, and sales; average median income of women is 55% of the median income for men in similar occupations; and the unemployment rate for female high-school dropouts is high. During the five years of the committee's activity, it sponsored conferences; addressed college, business, church, and community meetings; took surveys; published awareness materials; and advocated passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. Among its recommendations are support of qualified women on government policy-making boards; strengthening of the anti-discrimination division in employment; institution of a state minimum wage law comparable to the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act covering all employees; paid maternity leave for pregnant working women; increased sex and family life education in public schools; encouragement of higher achievement motivation in girls in academic and career pursuits; quality day care; study of family court counseling services; and availability of low-cost and fair housing for women who are heads of households. (AV)