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  • The Enerience of Women's Higher Education at Oregon Agricultural College 1870-1916

    Creator:
    Knewtson, Katrina Anne
    Abstract:
    This study addresses women's experiences in higher education at Oregon Agricultural College between 1870 and 1916. The experiences of these women illustrate how they were affected by society's beliefs and values, and further, how their education encouraged them to develop skills necessary to transform their role in society. Education has...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Katrina Anne Knewtson for

  • Voices of CALYX: Narratives of Feminist Publishing Activism, 1976-2006

    Creator:
    Steuben, Marieke L.
    Abstract:
    This thesis examines the nature of publishing as a political endeavor through a detailed investigation of the feminist publishing movement in the U.S. since the 1970s. Feminist publishers emerged from an activist context of feminist struggle, and they evolved within changing political and social climates, facing ideological and economic challenges...
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    Masters Thesis
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    CHAPTER 4 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Marieke L

  • Birthing Experience: Feminism, Symbolic Interaction, and (Re) Defining Birth

    Creator:
    Roland-Schwartz, Michele L.
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    In this paper, my aim is to call attention to the meanings women attach to their birthing experiences using the symbolic interaction perspective in conjunction with a feminist lens. I argue that the obstetrical model of childbirth defines the course of the relationship between the laboring woman and attendant, limiting...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michele L. Roland-Schwartz for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • A Thematic Feminist Analysis of Best-Selling Children’s Picture Books

    Creator:
    Marie, Michelle
    Abstract:
    Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the top ten best-selling children's picture books of 2006 reveals that these books contain elements of systematic privilege and oppression. Dominant group members are numerically overrepresented in the sample. Major emergent themes are the normalization of racism and white privilege, the stereotypical portrayal of the...
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    Masters Thesis

  • 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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    Masters Thesis
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    C Interview Questionnaire………………………………….. 117 Appendix D 2007 Audience Survey