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- Gifted women -- Oregon -- Portland -- History (1)
- Japanese literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism (1)
- Narration (Rhetoric) -- Case studies (1)
- Osamu Dazai (1909-1948) -- Characters -- Women (1)
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- Suffragists -- Oregon -- Portland -- History (1)
- Women -- Oregon -- Portland -- History (1)
- Women in literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism (1)
- Women librarians -- Oregon -- Portland -- History (1)
- Women ship captains -- Oregon -- Portland -- History (1)
- Women tailors -- Oregon -- Portland -- History (1)
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Ordinary Women/Extraordinary Lives: Oregon Women And Their Stories Of Persistence, Grit And Grace, Shannon Moon Leonetti
Ordinary Women/Extraordinary Lives: Oregon Women And Their Stories Of Persistence, Grit And Grace, Shannon Moon Leonetti
Dissertations and Theses
This thesis tells the stories of five Oregon women who transcended the customary roles of their era. Active during the waning years of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, each woman made a difference in the world around them. Their stories have either not been told or just given a passing glance. These tales are important because they inform us about our society on the cusp of the twentieth century.
Hattie Crawford Redmond was the daughter of a freed slave who devoted herself to the fight for women's suffrage. Minnie Mossman Hill was the first woman …
Dazai's Women: Dazai Osamu And His Female Narrators, Jamie Walden Cox
Dazai's Women: Dazai Osamu And His Female Narrators, Jamie Walden Cox
Dissertations and Theses
Dazai Osamu (born Tsushima Shûji) was a post-WWII writer who wrote a number of works using a female narrator. This thesis research focused on the reasons as to why Dazai may have written using female narratives, taking into consideration the time period and social milieu in which he was writing, as well as his own personal history with women. In addition, the history of male authors utilizing female narratives was explored, as well as the ideas of gender in the Japanese arts. Dazai works were also compared with Tankizaki Junichirô's to see how the roles of women in their works …