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Behind The Fan: Conservative Activists In The New Orleans Christian Woman's Exchange, 1881-1891, Gabrielle Walker
Behind The Fan: Conservative Activists In The New Orleans Christian Woman's Exchange, 1881-1891, Gabrielle Walker
University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
In 1881, Margaret Bartlett of New Orleans crafted the Christian Woman's Exchange using the New York Exchange chapter as a model. Bartlett hoped this new organization would help alleviate at least some of the economic suffering "reduced gentlewomen"faced. Despite the Exchange's original mission to help the elite, the group soon crossed class and racial boundaries in a campaign of conservative activism. The Christian Woman's Exchange helped women provide for their families by training them to produce homemade goods for sale in consignment shops. Simultaneously, working-class women found employment within the Christian Woman's Exchange lunch room and other business ventures. Since …
Growing Up Biracial In A Southern Elementary School, Julie M. Kight
Growing Up Biracial In A Southern Elementary School, Julie M. Kight
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation explored the relationship between racial identity of biracial children (defined as fifty percent Black and fifty percent White) and their academic experiences in a southern elementary school setting. This dissertation ventured further to explore the curriculum in a southern elementary school setting and whether it meets the academic needs of the biracial child and includes the biracial child. This dissertation reflected on artifacts collected and analyzed narratives from the participants involved. These participants included six biracial female students in grades three through five. The current research employed Critical Race Theory as its theoretical framework. Critical Race Theory is …