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Leadership and Loyalty Revisited : Catholic Latinas and Leadership

Creator:: Morales-Warming, Melissa
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: end. Robert Thompson, I am so glad you were part of the committee. Two of my favorite courses at

From sister to sister to woman : the role of sororities in the social transmission of gender

Creator:: Gilmore, Jennifer
Abstract:: Sororities play an important role in the process by which sorority women become gendered by influencing members' ideas about what it means to be a woman. Women and men become gendered through regular social interaction with other women and men, and sororities have a particularly strong impact on their members...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An abortion service provider as political activist

Creator:: Willis, Gloria
Abstract:: The feminist beliefs of abortion service providers and the effects of these beliefs on the delivery of health care to patients is examined by the author who is herself a feminist and member of an abortion clinic staff. Discussion includes abortion rates, abortion safety, characteristics of patients, and accessibility of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: support of the members of my graduate committee. Lani Roberts has shown me the function of passion and

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

Creator:: Glenn, Judith A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1930's trained librarians under state auspices began to bring 5 Austin H. MacCormick, "A Brief History

A Qualitative Feminist Analysis of Welfare Mothers and Human Capital

Creator:: Leer-Beyerlein, Amy L.
Abstract:: This thesis explores outcomes of women's participation in the American welfare system. The primary goal of this research was to determine the impact certain segments of the welfare system in the United States have on women's ability to obtain and retain human capital. The primary resources were formulated around participants...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: restrictions) progress will be evident. Conservative researchers Charles Murray and Robert Rector (of the

Global Citizen, Global Consumer: Study Abroad, Neoliberal Convergence, and the Eat, Pray, Love Phenomenon

Creator:: Barbour, Nancy Staton
Abstract:: This thesis examines the convergence of neoliberal rhetoric across popular media, academic, and institutional discourses, and draws connections between contemporary women's travel literature and common scripts in study abroad promotion. Finding such narratives to be freighted with ethnocentric constructs and tacit endorsements of market-based globalization, I critique the mainstreaming of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: balance in international programs; Steve Kunert, a stalwart advocate for English majors, past and

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: textile industry.' 'Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, and Bonnie Lisle, eds., Rereading America. Cultural

Exploring Sri-Lankan women's migration experiences in L.A. county : three stories, three lives

Creator:: Gunewardena, Sriyanthi Lorna Antoinette
Abstract:: The recognition that women are not in a fixed position but are dynamic and active in any of the processes of migration and post-migration adjustment helps us to see the complexity of women's participation in migration. Using life history interviews, three Sri-Lankan womens' migration experiences are examined for the ways...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Davila-Kiautzsch, Evelyn Reynolds, Karen mayer, Shanona Miller, Ken Jones, Dr. Robert Thompson, Mary

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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Leadership and Loyalty Revisited : Catholic Latinas and Leadership

From sister to sister to woman : the role of sororities in the social transmission of gender

An abortion service provider as political activist

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

A Qualitative Feminist Analysis of Welfare Mothers and Human Capital

Global Citizen, Global Consumer: Study Abroad, Neoliberal Convergence, and the Eat, Pray, Love Phenomenon

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

Exploring Sri-Lankan women's migration experiences in L.A. county : three stories, three lives

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

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