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Saudi Arabian Women Pursuing Higher Education at Oregon State University

Creator:: Al-Sheikhly, Nadya A.
Abstract:: Since 2005, the United States has experienced a significant influx of international students from Saudi Arabia, particularly women (Bollang, 2006). The American educational structure is something Saudi women have never experienced due to the vast differences between both cultures in all facets. There is very little to no research conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee: Shelley Dubkin-Lee, Patti Duncan, Anita Helle and David Bernell. I will never forget the

The application of John Rawls' principles of justice to health care distribution in the United States

Creator:: Wetle, Victoria L.
Abstract:: The principles of justice developed by John Rawls and articulated in his work A Theory of Justice, published in 1971, were used as the evaluative tool in assessing health care distribution in the United States. A model for using Rawls' theory was developed emphasizing the role of the 'least advantaged'...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Privacy Chairman of Department of Philosophy Redacted for Privacy Dean of Grad School d Date thesis is

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

Creator:: Gelser, Sara Anne Acres
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: project was made possible only by the generous moral and academic support of many people. Dr. Thomas D

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

Creator:: Coffey, Kimberly Ann
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: movement criticism. The first question asks, “[W]hat should be the point of focus in the movement study

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

Creator:: Wilson, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ); Abijah married fourteen women (2 Chron. 13.21); David had a large harem (1 Chron. 14.3); and Solomon

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Rural Latinas/os of the Pacific Northwest: College and the Experience of Self- Identification

Creator:: Zaragoza, Mariana C.
Abstract:: There is an ever growing number of Latinas/os who reside and have settled permanently in rural America. Unbeknownst to most, rural Latinas/os face adversities unfamiliar to those living outside of this scope. As it stands, the barriers urban Latinas/os students face when transitioning to college has been well documented. However,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , enjoyed teaching this course. He was also, coincidentally, the first instructor to also give me a D on a

The third wave : not your mothers' feminism

Creator:: Bjorkman, Gail M.
Abstract:: Examination of all known U.S. Third Wave feminist literature reveals that there is no coherent unitary theory. Explication of the Third Wave addresses the generational and cultural strife within the feminist family and provides a modern feminist response to the changing faces and locations of the isms. Identification of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , support and encouragement. I finished it! Thank you to my ever-present and wonderful partner, David

Confessing Our Sims: The construction of gender and sexuality among women ages 18-22 on MySpace

Creator:: Papaleo, November R.
Abstract:: MySpace is a social network phenomenon with over 100 million profiles and a strong presence in over 24 countries. As digital media become more commonplace, social networks are becoming sites where women create and manage relationships and identities. This thesis is a study of how women ages 18-22 are constructing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Playwriting and Authority : Collaborative Art and Feminine Production

Creator:: Brown, Colleen Karen
Abstract:: In that the concept of authority in terms of the creation of a literary work of art indicates a single creator or controller of a literary work, a delineated inscriber of the text who initiates the act of communication, writing for theatrical production can be described as a feminized art...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: describable as a feminine art form. I explore Edward W. Said and Roland Barthes's definitions of author

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Saudi Arabian Women Pursuing Higher Education at Oregon State University

The application of John Rawls' principles of justice to health care distribution in the United States

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

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

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

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

Rural Latinas/os of the Pacific Northwest: College and the Experience of Self- Identification

The third wave : not your mothers' feminism

Confessing Our Sims: The construction of gender and sexuality among women ages 18-22 on MySpace

Playwriting and Authority : Collaborative Art and Feminine Production

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