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  • Are single classified women's needs being addressed by the union in a university environment?

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    Pastre, Nicolette M.
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    The initial research question for this study asked whether single women were having their employment needs met by the union in a university setting. Twelve single women who were members of a union at a university participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences with the union. To the surprise of...
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    University Environment? Abstract approved: Susan M. Shaw The initial research question for this

  • Mothers and Work: Women's Perceptions in Contemporary Japanese Society

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    Yoshizaki, Kimiyo
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    This paper investigates certain women's problems in contemporary Japan. Historically, Japanese believed ideal women fit in the stereotype of "Good wife, Wise mother." Japanese women's main roles were regarded as wife and mother. Especially, motherhood was the main responsibility of women. However, the advance of industry, technology, and methods of...
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    . Nancy Rosenberger, Dr. Joan Gross, Dr. Susan Shaw, and Dr. Anita Helle. Especially, I would like to

  • A Global Trend of Child trafficking Among Girls Experiencing Violence and Neglect in the Yorùbá Ethnic group in Nigeria: A Transnational Feminist Approach

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    Oludayo, Folasade M.
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    The trafficking of children is one of the gravest violations of human rights globally today. Every year, hundreds of thousands of girl child are smuggled across borders and sold as mere commodities. There are minimal scholarly works focusing on the girl child and analyzing it from the global trends among...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Susan M. Shaw Abstract The trafficking of children is one of the gravest violations of human

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

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    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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    tobacco cultivation AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Nancy J. Nelson for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • Wedding Bells, Binaries and the Heterosexual Menace

    Creator:
    McNeill, Elizabeth
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    This research explores and aligns a postmodern method in line with a theoretical lens of "strategic political queer/feminism" to understand the construction and positioning of the issue/ problem of same-sex marriage. The method takes shape through a theoretical framework that leads to a political maneuver opening access to the rights...
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    : Susan M. Shaw This research explores and aligns a postmodern method in line with a theoretical

  • Identifying Audiences: A Rhetorical Analysis of Mary Shaw’s Suffrage Plays

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    Wright, Amanda R.
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    American women’s quest for equality came into focus in the early 1900s. Amidst the cultural and societal forces pushing for suffrage, some chose the mechanism of theater. This thesis is a work of rhetorical criticism. It applies Lloyd Bitzer’s situational approach to two suffrage theater artifacts: Mary Shaw's The Woman...
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    committee members, Dr. Marion Rossi, Dr. Susan Shaw, Dr. John Simonsen and especially to Dr. Mark

  • A Qualitative Feminist Analysis of Welfare Mothers and Human Capital

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    Leer-Beyerlein, Amy L.
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    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...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Amy L. Leer-Beyerlein for the

  • Interpretations of reality : cross-cultural encounters of Asian students with healthcare at Oregon State University

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    Barclay, Julie Hanson
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    Enrollments of international students have increased dramatically in the last several decades. The delivery of health care to these students has become a topic of study for college health care providers and medical researchers across the country. The purpose of this study was to explore how Asian international students cope...
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    Health Care at Oregon State University Abstract approved: Nancy Roenberger Enrollments of international

  • The emergency department as a provider of nonemergent care

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    Stiles, Catherine M.
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    Emergency departments (ED) provide access to care for large numbers of patients who have nonemergent medical needs. More than half of the patients presenting to the ED at Salem Hospital in Salem, Oregon, were found to be seeking care for nonemergent medical needs. In an effort to provide an alternative...
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    option of available care. Redacted for Privacy The Emergency l)eparnent As A Provider Of Non emergent

  • Serving Amid Institutional Camouflage : The Invisibility of School Food Service Workers

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    Byrd, Janette
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    The products, processes, and tools of school feeding programs have been examined from multiple perspectives and disciplines in an attempt to improve child nutrition outcomes, to support local and national agriculture, and increase sustainability practices. There is little qualitative research on the role, needs, and experiences of school food service...
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    : Nancy R. Rosenberger The products, processes, and tools of school feeding programs have been