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Fall 2021

Rolfson, Terri L.

The history of female laundry labour in eighteenth-century England, and the accompanying social and economic contributions of such women, has yet to be fully explored by social historians and material culture specialists. Laundry labour was, with very rare exceptions, universally female. This...

1994

Van Ingen, Cathy.

1976

Decore, A. M. (Anne Marie)

Fall 2017

Horseman, Darlene N

The purpose of this study was to prove that women are discriminated against within politics in Indigenous Communities because of their gender. It will demonstrate how the Cree people historically were once an egalitarian society. Even though women were not often seen in leadership roles, such as...

1975

Baker, Maureen

1990

Frantz-Lutzer, Sharon.

Fall 2019

Torabi, Samira

This thesis studies two new gender-segregated places in Iran: women-only parks and women-only metro train cars. There are two dominant and opposing popular narratives of gender segregation in Iran. For conservative Iranian women, gender segregation is central to upholding Islamic values and has...

1992

Liao, Mary Elizabeth.

Fall 2013

Pryma, Patricia A

Many women and girls experience physical and sexual abuse in their lives and often are exposed to the abuse over a period of time. In this dissertation I explore the experiences of growth for women who have experienced interpersonal violence (IPV). Although under-reported due to the associated...

2015-09-12

Campbell, Sandy

The chestnuts in this park were dropping their chestnuts. On impact, many of the green outer husks would crack open to reveal the hard brown chestnut inside. The ladies in the park were gathering up chestnuts for children.