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  • Thoughts Of Talk At Work: Communication In A Feminist Battered Women's Shelter

    Creator:
    Cuéllar, Dawn M. Christiansen
    Abstract:
    This qualitative study explores communication among twelve battered women's advocates. It highlights their experiences of communication at work. A disconnection existed between the agency's recommended communication style and the way participants experienced talking with coworkers and supervisors during staff meetings, specifically, and across agency sites, generally. Along with study participants,...
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    Masters Thesis

  • The resistance and survival of old women : striving for empowerment in the face of oppression and violence

    Creator:
    Mau, Sindy Kay
    Abstract:
    Old women face a unique set of obstacles in their quest for empowerment. In this study the concept of empowerment is explored by politicizing issues of personal safety. The most significant factors that impede an old woman's sense of safety and control include oppression, primarily ageism and sexism, along with...
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    Masters Thesis
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    The resistance and survival of old women : striving for

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

    Creator:
    Filan, Trina Robin
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Filan for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Women Studies, Adult Education

  • Indian Women Rewriting Themselves : The Representation of "Madness" by Women Writers

    Creator:
    Singh, Jaspal K., 1951-
    Abstract:
    Representations of "madness" in literature written by women have been the focus of feminist studies in the western world since the Victorian Era. When Charlotte Gilman Perkins wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper" in 1892, she "met with consternation of disapproving males ...[and] it was virtually ignored for thirty years" (Kasmer 1)....
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    Masters Thesis
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    Indian women rewriting themselves : the representation

  • In the words of a woman

    Creator:
    Rose, Kerin G.
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    I am a woman who writes. I am a writer who is a woman. In the Words of a Woman is an exploration of how these two facts of my life merge and influence each other. It is a work written to mediate between the supposed dichotomies of creative and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Women Studies presented on June 26, 1997. Title: In the Words of a Woman. Abstract approved: Lisa Ede

  • Silenced voices : maids in Singapore

    Creator:
    Gaulocher, Suzanne M.
    Abstract:
    This paper is a compilation of micro and macro consequences of women migrating into Singapore to work as domestic workers. Singapore's governmental push for Singaporean women to have babies and a career simultaneously has required modern families to seek alternative forms of child care as a means of fulfilling household...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Applied Anthropology. Applied Anthropology and Women Studies presented on February 16. 2001. Title

  • Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy of Evangelical Christian College Women

    Creator:
    Dahlvig, Jolyn E.
    Abstract:
    The extent in which the evangelical Christian perspective influenced the career decision-making self-efficacy of six female college students was qualitatively explored. Interviews and a focus group were utilized to find common themes and influences amongst the women. Literature from the areas of female college student development, career decision-making self-efficacy, and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Adult Educaftp. Women Studies, and College Student

  • "Walloped" by the weather? Deflections, diversions, and dubious representations of women in climate change discourse

    Creator:
    Brinker, Rachel K.
    Abstract:
    Research shows that women's lives are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change. While the topic of women is largely absent from climate discourse overall, the representations of women that occur reveal underlying structures of power rooted in imperialism and colonial dominance. This thesis presents an analysis of the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Brinker for the degree of Master of Arts in Women Studies presented on May 24, 2012 Title: “Walloped” by

  • The Conseciuences and Effects for Male Students in the Women Studies Classroom

    Creator:
    Love, Melanie S.
    Abstract:
    This research explores the consequences and effects for men enrolled in introductory Women Studies courses at Oregon State University. Men are enrolling in the feminist classroom in larger numbers due to institutional changes allowing Women Studies to provide credit for baccalaureate core curriculum. The intention of this study is to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Women Studies, Women Studies, and Philosophy presented on

  • Domestic Violence in Iran

    Creator:
    Soltani, Shireen A.
    Abstract:
    This study is based on two in-depth case study interviews with two Iranian women trapped in violent/abusive marriages. Using a feminist methodology in combination with a systems perspective, several themes emerge from the data gathered in the interviews. The study provides an overview of Iranian family law, the role of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis