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  • Language Differences between Women and Men and the Attribution of Leadership

    Creator:
    Dunsworth, Sabrina J.
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    This research addresses the perception of leadership attributes in light of evaluator and target gender. It specifically investigates whether there is a difference in language usage when the evaluator is female versus when the evaluator is male. Two studies were conducted. A pre-test used instrumental development drawing from studies conducted...
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    Introduction The uniqueness of each individual ensures that no one event will be experienced in

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

    Creator:
    Love, Melanie S.
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    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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    Redacted for Privacy this study were relatively accepting of feminist knowledge however, no major

  • Exiles and rebels : women in the American left 1900-1920

    Creator:
    Cummings, Katherine H.
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    Between 1900 and 1920 women were responsible for much of the social and political activity in the United States. Recent work by feminist historians has revealed that women were interested in a broad range of issues at the turn of the twentieth century. The American Left addressed such issues as...
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    party unflinchingly. Margaret Sanger began her political career as a brash radical. When Sanger no

  • Saudi Arabian Women Pursuing Higher Education at Oregon State University

    Creator:
    Al-Sheikhly, Nadya A.
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    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...
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    cultures in all facets. There is very little to no research conducted on Saudi Arabian women pursuing

  • 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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    addresses like no one since issues of race, class, sexual orientation and gender as they relate to breast

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

    Creator:
    Knewtson, Katrina Anne
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    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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    ., Women's demand for a college level education was no simple feat in a society where a woman's place was

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

    Creator:
    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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    institutions. Null Hypothesis It was hypothesized that there would be no difference in the resources and

  • Leadership and Loyalty Revisited : Catholic Latinas and Leadership

    Creator:
    Morales-Warming, Melissa
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    White women’s experiences with major institutions, the church included, often are generalized to other women’s experiences, much like how the experience of men in often represented as the experience of all humankind. In 2001 Elaine Howard Ecklund studied white lay women in the Catholic Church and explored two questions: What...
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    , there is a Committee on Women in Society and in the Church. In their Committee report, 17 From

  • 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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    risky, dangerous, painful, and abnormal process in which pregnant women have no choice other than to

  • Silenced voices : maids in Singapore

    Creator:
    Gaulocher, Suzanne M.
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    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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