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Honors Papers

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1991

Women

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Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein, And The Powers Of Creation, Danielle Kolker Jan 1991

Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein, And The Powers Of Creation, Danielle Kolker

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When Mary Shelley referred to her first novel, Frankenstein, as "my hideous progeny," she could not have comprehended the full significance of her words. For while her phrase eloquently compares her creation of the text with Victor Frankenstein's creation of the monster, we, reading the novel today, are witness to the "hideous progeny" to which her own text has given rise. Version after version has sprung forth, focusing on different aspects of her story, leading to such productions as the famous 1931 Boris Karloff film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1973) and the recent Edward Scissorhands. In the past fifteen …


The Politicization Of Maternal Care: The Lawrence Textile Strike Of 1912, Mary-Beth Moylan Jan 1991

The Politicization Of Maternal Care: The Lawrence Textile Strike Of 1912, Mary-Beth Moylan

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The Progressive era saw a series of social reforms and mass movements for better living and working conditions. Middle-class women emerged as the "housekeepers" of the public arena. Women like Jane Addams started these trends and acted as benevolent organizers for the immigrant people, who were entering the United States only to find crowded conditions and hostile cities. Strikes over dangerous work environments became pressing concerns. A history of related actions began to develop with the Triangle Fire disaster in New York City, the Lawrence strike in Massachusetts, and then the strikes in the mid-teens in Passaic and Patterson, New …