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  • An Assessment and Comparison of Resources and Services Available in Men's and Women's State Prison Libraries

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    Glenn, Judith A.
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    The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a difference in the resources and library services in men's and women's state prison facility libraries, and to determine to what extent the librarians who administer services to inmates in prisons believe the resources available are adequate in giving...
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    libraries in the United States. The library must provide information to a wide range of the population and

  • Whose community is it anyway? : the CDA and cultural conflicts over speech and pornography

    Creator:
    Christian, Mary Ann
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    The Communication Decency Act became law in 1996 and was immediately challenged on Constitutional grounds. It was subsequently declared unconstitutional based on the First Amendment guarantee of free speech. Using Fantasy Theme Analysis, an analysis of the dramatic elements of the key players was accomplished. The dramatic elements of Overall...
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    accomplished through library research, manuscripts, interviews, or direct observations (Burgchardt 246). The

  • A Qualitative Study of Women in Modern Day Polygamous Households in the United States

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    Wilson, Suzanne M.
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    This study will show that polygamy is not a religious freedom protected under the U.S. Constitution, but a power system in which men use economic, political, social and physical force to control the behavior of others. This thesis will use a feminist perspective theory to provide a theoretical outline for...
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    association of power with the emotional and economic dependency of women within the framework of a

  • Beyond the ballot : the Women's Christian Temperance Union and the politics of Oregon Women, 1880-1900

    Creator:
    Gelser, Sara Anne Acres
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    Between 1880 and 1900, the Oregon Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) significantly impacted the lives of Oregon women. Not simply an organization of middle class white women, the Oregon WCTU enlisted Native American and African American women, and persistently advocated for improved conditions for working women. The WCTU aspired to...
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    and the state suffrage association, led by Abigail Scott Duniway, highlights the complexity of

  • The Umpqua Eden site : the people, their smoking pipes and tobacco cultivation

    Creator:
    Nelson, Nancy J.
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    Located on the central Oregon coast, the Umpqua Eden site (35D083) yielded an artifact assemblage which is one of the five largest assemblages from the Oregon coast. The first aspect of the site that I looked at is the people who lived at the site, the ancestors of the Confederated...
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    permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature below authorizes release of my

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

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    Marie, Michelle
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    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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    understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries

  • Gender and Race Stereotypes in Advertisements in Science, 2004-2006

    Creator:
    Atwood-Wheeler, Kathryn
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    This study documents the occurrence of stereotypical representations of gender, race, and other characteristics in individuals that appear in advertisements in the prestigious academic journal Science. It repeats and expands upon a study conducted by Mary Barbercheck (2001) that analyzed advertisements in Science between 1995 and 1997. In this study,...
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    will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature

  • Pushing for natural childbirth : a rhetorical analysis of the alternative birth movement

    Creator:
    Coffey, Kimberly Ann
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    The purpose of this study is to examine how rhetoric functions in the Alternative Birth Movement (ABM). In particular, communication published by movement leaders will be examined to discover how rhetoric propels the movement from one stage to the next as well as how rhetoric facilitates the goals of the...
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    collection of Oregon State University libraries. My signature below authorizes release of my thesis to any

  • Viria Woolf and "A Woman's Autobiography" : Rewriting Victorian Conventions of Autobioaphy

    Creator:
    Vanderpool, Aubrae M.
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    This thesis brings together gender and genre criticism to consider Virginia Woolf s memoir, "A Sketch of the Past," as a modern experiment in rewriting the traditions and conventions of Victorian autobiography. This thesis will demonstrate how Woolf specifically disrupts the conventions of linear representations of time and the assumed...
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    permanent collection of Oregon State University Libraries. My signature below authorizes release of my

  • Breast cancer experience literature : women's stories as cultural critique

    Creator:
    Cohen, Karla R.
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    Breast cancer statistics in the United States are staggering. As the number of women diagnosed grows, so does the number of women who are writing about their experiences. This thesis is a multi-textual work which includes both the stories of women with breast cancer as well as the thesis author's...
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    research (either their own or that of other women). Relatively speaking, on library and bookstore shelves