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Fall 2021
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...
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Women are Discriminated Against within Politics in Indigenous Communities Because of their Gender
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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...
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Fall 2019
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...
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Fall 2013
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...