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Companionate Lives And Consonant Voices In We Two Together: The 1950 Dual Autobiography Of Irish And Indian Reformers Margaret And James Cousins, Jennifer D. Copland
Companionate Lives And Consonant Voices In We Two Together: The 1950 Dual Autobiography Of Irish And Indian Reformers Margaret And James Cousins, Jennifer D. Copland
History Theses
This thesis explores We Two Together, the unique dual autobiography of the reformers Margaret and James Cousins. It places this rich text in the context of the first half of the twentieth century and demonstrates its value as a source for Irish, Indian, gender, and global history. It investigates how the Cousinses represent their efforts to create and maintain a companionate marriage over a lifetime, depict their work as activists for women’s suffrage, Indian nationalism, educational reform, and other causes, and recount the impact of cross-cultural encounters on their cosmopolitan lives. We Two Together provides insight into the lives …
James A. Mackay: Early Influences On A Southern Reformer, Kevin E. Grady
James A. Mackay: Early Influences On A Southern Reformer, Kevin E. Grady
History Theses
James A. Mackay was a decorated World War II veteran, who returned to Georgia in 1945, determined to make a difference in the segregated world of Georgia politics. He was a staunch opponent of Georgia’s county unit system that entrenched political power in rural counties. From 1950 through 1964 he was a state house member who fought to keep Georgia public schools open in the face of political opposition to desegregation. Elected to Congress in 1964, he was one of two deep-South congressmen who voted in favor of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. In 1967 he co-founded the Georgia Conservancy. …
Writing Her Way Back To The Old South: History, Memory, And Mildred Lewis, Cari A. Depalma
Writing Her Way Back To The Old South: History, Memory, And Mildred Lewis, Cari A. Depalma
History Theses
Mildred Lewis Rutherford, as one of the most prominent members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, has been scantly researched in the past, however her speeches and writing had a profound impact on southern historical consciousness during the New South Period. Her influence, interestingly, was not entirely based in reality. A poststructural analysis of her speeches reveals that she strategically fabricated and excluded information in order to create a specific memory of the past in the minds of southerners. Rutherford had difficulty discerning whether or not the economic benefits of industrialization outweighed the accompanying social consequences. Yet, she used …
The Political Is Personal: The Georgia Equal Rights Amendment Debate In Public And Private Discourse, Haley Aaron
The Political Is Personal: The Georgia Equal Rights Amendment Debate In Public And Private Discourse, Haley Aaron
History Theses
Although previous scholars have addressed the legislative parameters of the Equal Rights Amendment debate in non-ratifying states, analysis of amendment supporters’ rhetoric has been limited. Examining the public and private writings of activists, This thesis presents the argument that pro-ERA coalitions in Georgia addressed the concerns of their opponents and developed rhetoric that deemphasized connections to the radical women’s liberation movement and argued that the ERA would enact legal, rather than social, change. While the educational materials produced by pro-ERA coalitions presented a logical analysis of the amendment’s legal ramifications, the personal discourse of Georgia activists presented an emotional defense …
"Little Holes To Hide In": Civil Defense And The Public Backlash Against Home Fallout Shelters, 1957-1963, John R. Whitehurst
"Little Holes To Hide In": Civil Defense And The Public Backlash Against Home Fallout Shelters, 1957-1963, John R. Whitehurst
History Theses
Throughout the 1950s, U.S. policymakers actively encouraged Americans to participate in civil defense through a variety of policies. In 1958, amidst confusion concerning which of these policies were most efficient, President Eisenhower established the National Shelter Plan and a new civil defense agency titled The Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. This agency urged homeowners to build private fallout shelters through print media. In response, Americans used newspapers, magazines, and science fiction novels to contest civil defense and the foreign and domestic policies that it was based upon, including nuclear strategy. Many Americans remained unconvinced of the viability of civil …
Stri-Dharma: Voice Of The Indian Women's Rights Movement 1928-1936, Sarah K. Broome
Stri-Dharma: Voice Of The Indian Women's Rights Movement 1928-1936, Sarah K. Broome
History Theses
The journal Stri-Dharma, published by the Women’s Indian Association from 1918 to 1936, endeavored to be the voice of the Indian women’s rights movement. It addressed political and social issues facing women in India as well as the achievements of women worldwide. Using the dichotomy of the home and world, this thesis examines how Stri-Dharma represented the tensions experienced by the Indian women’s movement as it pressed for reforms from the British colonial state, participation in the Indian nationalist movement, and inclusion in the international women’s movement.
"White, Black, And Dusky": Girl Guiding In Malaya, Nigeria, India, And Australia From 1909-1960, Sally K. Stanhope
"White, Black, And Dusky": Girl Guiding In Malaya, Nigeria, India, And Australia From 1909-1960, Sally K. Stanhope
History Theses
This comparative study of Girl Guiding in Malaya, India, Nigeria, and Australia examines the dynamics of engagement between Western and non-Western women participants. Originally a program to promote feminine citizenship only to British girls, Guiding became tied up with efforts to maintain, transform, or build different kinds of imagined communities—imperial states, nationalists movements, and independent nation states. From the program’s origins in London in 1909 until 1960 the relationship of the metropole and colonies resembled a complex web of influence, adaptation, and agency. The interactions between Girl Guide officialdom headquartered in London, Guide leaders of colonized girls, and the colonized …
Gendering The Republic And The Nation: Political Poster Art Of The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, Helen M. Greeson
Gendering The Republic And The Nation: Political Poster Art Of The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, Helen M. Greeson
History Theses
The Spanish Civil War is typically presented as a military narrative of the ideological battle between socialism and fascism, foreshadowing World War II. Yet the Spanish war continued trends begun during World War I, notably the use of propaganda posters and the movement of women into visible roles within the public sphere. Employing cultural studies methods to read propaganda poster art from the Spanish war as texts, this thesis analyzes the ways in which this persuasive medium represented extremes of gender discourse within the context of letters, memoirs, and other experiential accounts. This thesis analyzes symbols present in propaganda art …
Slowly, Surely, One Plat, One Binder At A Time: Choking Out Jim Crow And The Development Of The Azurest Syndicate Incorporated, Gracelynis Dubinson
Slowly, Surely, One Plat, One Binder At A Time: Choking Out Jim Crow And The Development Of The Azurest Syndicate Incorporated, Gracelynis Dubinson
History Theses
This thesis explores the intersections of a Black Power leisure identity, real property ownership, the progression of economic agency and land development through the example of Black resorts, focusing on Azurest North, a summer community in Sag Harbor, New York developed in the 1950s by Azurest Syndicate Incorporated. The project traces the history of real estate syndicates during the mid-twentieth century as a way to circumvent the practices of Jim Crow housing discrimination. Independent mortgage financing and land development especially in the field of resort housing, also points to the emergence of what I call a Black Power leisure identity. …
Rockin' The Tritone: Gender, Race & The Aesthetics Of Aggressive Heavy Metal Subcultures, Kirk W. Mishrell
Rockin' The Tritone: Gender, Race & The Aesthetics Of Aggressive Heavy Metal Subcultures, Kirk W. Mishrell
History Theses
This paper explores the dynamics of two regional heavy metal styles. It focuses on the aesthetics of Florida death metal and Norwegian black metal. This paper seeks to contribute but also deviate from the great studies linking music with cultural studies. Heavy metal has gained international attention from many social leaders concerned with the direction of its listeners. Heavy metal, from its early foundation, has been used to rebel against social order. As the music evolves, it becomes dangerous to the social establishment; challenging ideologies such as religion, globalization, feminism and common decency. This paper seeks to tell the story …
White Privilege: A History Of The Concept, Jacob Bennett
White Privilege: A History Of The Concept, Jacob Bennett
History Theses
This thesis’ goal is to examine the way the term and concept of white privilege has been created in contemporary American society. The argument of the thesis will be that before and directly after discrimination was made illegal in the United States by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, scholars and activists implemented the term white privilege to describe structural and governmentally perpetuated privilege in the United States that had been consciously given to whites. This privilege allowed whites to obtain legal advantages over minorities across the nation. Years after the legislation was passed, however, discrimination was still an issue …