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  • Women Farmers and Ranchers and Agricultural Knowledge: Gender. Experience, and Connection

    Creator:
    Filan, Trina Robin
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    This research is based on in-depth interviews with 20 women farmers and ranchers from the state of Oregon. These women employ a variety of methods and subscribe to a number of divergent philosophies regarding agricultural practices. The intention of this study is to examine how women who are the primary...
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  • The Feminist Itinerant School: A Feminist Pedagogical Approach to Curriculum Transformation for Public School Teachers in Brazil

    Creator:
    Melchor, Carolina R.
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    This Thesis examines Brazil’s political and historical context to explore and understand the logics behind the high rates of violence in our society. It focuses in education as one of our main vehicles of disseminating knowledge and therefore culture, language and values that might be contributing and perpetuating sexism, racism,...
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    , professor Dr. Susan Shaw, as well as my committee Members, Dr. Cari Maes, Dr. Janet Lee and Dr. Michael

  • The Experiences of Male Students in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Creator:
    Viveros Cespedes, Marcos Andres
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    Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) is an interdisciplinary academic field that addresses gender, sexuality, and social justice issues. The research objective of this project was to examine the attitudes of self-identified male students in introductory Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies for winter term 2016 at Oregon State University. This...
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    women lives, both in the United states and globally (Shaw & Lee, 2005). As a discipline in higher

  • Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite

    Creator:
    Freehling-Burton, Kryn
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    Passage through The Vagina Monologues: A College Anti-Violence Rite examines the ways in which the audience at Oregon State University (OSU) responds to the annual production of the play in connection with the international college campaign to raise awareness about violence against women and to raise money for community organizations...
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    , Marion Rossi for your calming perspectives and directing expertise. Janet Lee for your brilliance

  • Incredible Lives: An Ethnography of Southern Oregon Womyn's Lands

    Creator:
    Almquist, Jennifer Marie
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    This research summarizes the cumulative efforts of in-depth research, extensive participant observation, and archival analysis focused on Southern Oregon lesbian lands. This community of womyn has persisted in rural Southern Oregon for nearly 30 years. The intention of this study is to examine both the accumulation of knowledge of issues...
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    1970s: Could We Do it? Pelican Lee (2003) writes: "Although most of us were lesbians, we called our

  • Exploring Sri-Lankan women's migration experiences in L.A. county : three stories, three lives

    Creator:
    Gunewardena, Sriyanthi Lorna Antoinette
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    The recognition that women are not in a fixed position but are dynamic and active in any of the processes of migration and post-migration adjustment helps us to see the complexity of women's participation in migration. Using life history interviews, three Sri-Lankan womens' migration experiences are examined for the ways...
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    of your time and resources and for the honor of working with you: Dr. Susan Shaw, Dr. Janet Lee, Dr

  • Casting Call: A Female Actor's Struggle to Stardom

    Creator:
    Schiller, Dawn S.
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    In the era of #MeToo, we have learned more about the plight of women in Hollywood as they seek employment as actors. While the recent public conversation about gender and sexualization in Hollywood is robust, few peer-reviewed academic articles examine the actor’s personal experiences of gaining meaningful employment in television...
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    industry. Attributed to Lee Shubert, one of the founders of New York’s Broadway district, the phrase

  • An abortion service provider as political activist

    Creator:
    Willis, Gloria
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    The feminist beliefs of abortion service providers and the effects of these beliefs on the delivery of health care to patients is examined by the author who is herself a feminist and member of an abortion clinic staff. Discussion includes abortion rates, abortion safety, characteristics of patients, and accessibility of...
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    47 Dedication This thesis is dedicated to my mother, Alice Lee, and to my daughter, Mary

  • A Qualitative Feminist Analysis of Welfare Mothers and Human Capital

    Creator:
    Leer-Beyerlein, Amy L.
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    This thesis explores outcomes of women's participation in the American welfare system. The primary goal of this research was to determine the impact certain segments of the welfare system in the United States have on women's ability to obtain and retain human capital. The primary resources were formulated around participants...
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    Masters Thesis