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Women of valor : the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, St. Paul, Oregon, 1844-1852

Creator:: Poet, Rebecca McClelland
Abstract:: In 1986, researchers from Oregon State University, led by Dr. David Brauner, came to the small Catholic community of St. Paul, Oregon as part of ongoing research on the French-Canadian inhabitants of the Willamette Valley between 1829 and the mid-1860s. They were searching for the remains of the first Catholic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: clear that Sister Mary Catherine Cabareaux's account of the Sisters' experiences in the Willamette

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
Full Text:: June 5, 2002. Title: From Sister to Sister to Woman: The Role of Sororities in the Social Transmission

The Influence of Wilderness Activity Portrayals on Individual Participation

Creator:: Kelley, Crystal Chorlton
Abstract:: Individuals in and around a small college town were asked to take part in an interview to study their perception of wilderness activities depicted on television and other forms of media and the potential impact of these depictions on an individual's willingness to participate in wilderness activities. This study linked...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Wilderness Activity Portrayals on Individual Participation Abstracted approved

Evaluating Methods for Measuring Visitor Perceptions of Ecological Impacts at Wilderness Campsites

Creator:: Harris, Richard Lee
Abstract:: The objective of this study was to determine whether visitor perceptions of ecological impacts at wilderness campsites could be accurately measured using photographs or written descriptions rather than actual site evaluations. Photographs and written site descriptions of 20 campsites were used to measure perceptions of two forms of campsite impacts...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ecological impacts at wilderness campsites AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Richard Lee Harris for the degree

Exploration of Japanese women's patterns of educational attainment : the effect of gender of siblings

Creator:: Michinobu, Toshiyuki
Abstract:: Guided by the emerging interest in gender of siblings as one important sociological component in American family studies, the major objective of this study was to examine the effect of sex composition of siblings on women's levels of educational attainment in the Japanese setting. The present study hypothesized that the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: poses women a greater obstacle to a high level of educational attainment than the presence of sisters

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:: Experiences in L.A. County: Three Stories, Three Lives Abstract Approved: Susan M. Shaw The recognition

An Analysis of Visitor Awareness of Avalanche Danger at Three Areas - Mt. Hood, Oregon

Creator:: Couche, Stephen W.
Abstract:: Use of backcountry areas in winter by crosscountry skiers, snowshoers, climbers, snowmobilers and others has increased rapidly in the Mt. Hood area of Oregon in recent years. With this increase in use a larger segment of the user population is being exposed to potential a.,pl.H11 Winger. purpose of this study...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: three areas, Mt. Hood, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stephen W. Concise for the degree or

A Comparative Study of the Relation Among Religion, Development and Population Policy in Three Muslim Countries : Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia

Creator:: Rihani, Ina Lee
Abstract:: This is an interdisciplinary study combining the areas of Sociology, Religious Studies, and Adult and Community Education. Drawing from these disciplines, an investigation was made into the religious and socio-economic variables of development and their relation to family planning policies in the Muslim world. The primary focus in this study...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , development, and population policy in three Muslim countries: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia Ina Lee

Some aspects of Western religious thought and man's use of land

Creator:: Bryant, Robert Edman
Abstract:: This study examines a limited number of selected themes in Judeo-Christian, or Western, religious thought and their implications for man's use of land, with the objective of discovering the influence of Western religion on attitudes toward nature and land. Five themes are examined: dominion of man; stewardship; contempt for, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: preparation for salvation-33 Further on, Williams lists three meanings of wilderness as found in the'Old

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Sustainable Development and U.S. Petroleum Policy

Creator:: Talmage, Catherine
Abstract:: The term "sustainable development" describes certain proposals designed to provide the present generation with such needs as food, shelter, and energy while sustaining the environment or stock of natural resources for future generations. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the relationship between sustainable development and current U.S. petroleum...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: reflect the tenets of sustainable development. The paper examined three factors, other than the structure

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Women of valor : the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, St. Paul, Oregon, 1844-1852

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

The Influence of Wilderness Activity Portrayals on Individual Participation

Evaluating Methods for Measuring Visitor Perceptions of Ecological Impacts at Wilderness Campsites

Exploration of Japanese women's patterns of educational attainment : the effect of gender of siblings

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

An Analysis of Visitor Awareness of Avalanche Danger at Three Areas - Mt. Hood, Oregon

A Comparative Study of the Relation Among Religion, Development and Population Policy in Three Muslim Countries : Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia

Some aspects of Western religious thought and man's use of land

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Sustainable Development and U.S. Petroleum Policy

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