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Navigating The Bow Wave Of Change: The Felt Experience Of Belonging To The United States Naval Academy's First Gender-Integrated Class, Peter Shaner

Dissertations

On July 6, 1976 the United States Naval Academy (USNA) admitted its first-ever gender-integrated class. I was a member of that class, along with 81 female classmates who entered USNA with the class of 1980 (USNA ‘80). Those classmates were pioneers, though few of them realized at the time just how long and how hard their journey would be. The numerous challenges faced by USNA ‘80 on their journey through the Academy have been well documented (Gelfand, 2008). But there has been far less research on the lived experience of that pioneering class. This study fills a gap between historical …

The Biltmore Forest School And The Establishment Of Forestry Education In America, Dan Barry Croom

Journal of Research in Technical Careers

The Biltmore Forest School, despite its unusual existence within the affluent Biltmore Estate, played a crucial role in the early 20th-century American forestry movement. Founded by Carl A. Schenck and supported by George Vanderbilt II, the school aimed to educate foresters and promote sustainable forest management. However, many aspects of the Biltmore experiment failed due to the new and untested nature of forestry science in America. This experiment exposed a fundamental divide in forestry education, with Gifford Pinchot advocating for conservation-centered teaching while Schenck believed in the economic viability of lumber production. Ultimately, the Biltmore Forest School offered valuable vocational …

Mixed Feelings: The Emotional Appeals Of Zitkala-Ša’S American Indian Stories, Kayla Joan Baur

Publications and Research

Zitkala-Ša (Lakota: Zitkála-Šá, meaning Red Bird) was among the first to write about the experiences of Native American children in the U.S. Indian boarding school program to an English-speaking audience. As a writer and political activist, Zitkala-Ša uses emotional appeals and cultural ideas she learned through her white education to expose the very boarding school institutions that taught her. In American Indian Studies (1921), Zitkala-Ša critiques the violence that the Indian boarding school system inflicts on young Native Americans. She presents these critiques through emotional appeals that take two forms: one, a more traditional sentimental appeal associated with middle-class white …

Breaking Down The “Heritage Not Hate” Movement’S Origin, Usage, And Effect On Race Relations In The Post Civil War Era, Laith Kewan

History Undergraduate Honors Theses

When the Confederacy first formed, its governmental symbolism and ideology mirrored that of the northern United States. The two Constitutions were incredibly similar – minus the South’s adjustments to further enhance the rights of states and slaveowners – with the Confederate government installing a Legislative Branch, an Executive Branch, and a Judicial Branch. In addition to this Constitutional similarity, the Confederacy also created a flag that looked similar to the United States’ that Confederate troops had trouble differentiating the two in combat. Following a chaotic Battle of Bull Run in July of 1861, General Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard pushed for the …

The Black Press And Late Imperial Russia, Benjamin Pierce

History Undergraduate Honors Theses

For centuries, western observers had looked to Russia and seen a place fundamentally different from their home countries. In their accounts, Russia was distinctly oppressive, a state characterized by tyranny, barbarism, and Mongolian influence. But these accounts were faulty. They were written by merchants, diplomats, and explorers, wealthy white men who had never experienced the kind of repression they witnessed in Russia. When Black Americans looked to Russia, however, they saw a place fundamentally similar to the United States. Both countries were large, multiethnic empires driven by territorial acquisition and fueled by forced labor. By tracing the coverage of Russia …

Pillars Of Youth Drug Abuse Prevention: Parents, Police, And Project Dare (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), Jonathon Stuever

Theses and Dissertations

In 1983 Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officials teamed with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) health curriculum specialist, Dr. Ruth Rich, to redesign an anti-tobacco curriculum, Project Self-Management and Resistance Training (SMART), into Project Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE). In the first four years of Project DARE, local, state, and, federal government branches endorsed the program as an efficient tool in the local and national fight against youth drug abuse. Early program evaluations, conducted by the Evaluation and Training Institute (ETI), demonstrated DARE’s ability to change attitudes of students, school faculty, and parents concerning social tolerance of underage drug …

Researching & Designing Marketing Materials For Rachel Messer & Connor Dale, Isabelle Bauer

Honors Projects

Isabelle Bauer’s Honors Project, “Researching and Designing Marketing Materials for Rachel Messer and Connor Dale” is split into two components. First, the research paper titled "The American West as a Cultural Phenomenon" explores the fascination with the American West and its integration into various aspects of American culture, particularly in music, film, and art. The essay discusses the historical significance of the West and its transformation into a cultural obsession. Focusing on the resurgence of Western aesthetics in modern country music, the project’s second component involves the creation of marketing materials for country artists Rachel Messer and Connor Dale.

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A Comparative Analysis Of Hiv/Aids In France And The United States: Historical Context And Preventative Actions, Rebecca A. Liebsack

Honors Theses

The HIV/AIDS pandemic is the result of transmission of a zoonotic disease known as simian immunodeficiency virus. The pandemic has had profound social and economic consequences and continues to be present today. France and the United States’ response to the discovery of HIV will be compared and the impact that HIV/AIDS had on their countries and future responses. They had rather similar responses, however, the United States had a slower initial response compared to France. Both had similar takeaways such as aiming at improving prevention and utilizing tactics developed during the start of the pandemic like frequent testing and vaccines.

"Female Faithfulness Encouraged": Gendered Piety In Early American Print, Kadienne Sizemore

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Following the American Revolution, membership in Baptist churches grew exponentially and the influence of the Baptist persuasion was significant. As one of the fastest-growing Protestant denominations in early America, Baptists and their interests were often indicative of larger trends in religiosity. Conceptions of piety, including beliefs surrounding submission, faithfulness, and duty, were central to the structure of Baptist congregations and their proximate communities. This paper explores the role of gender in the discussion, presentation, and justification of Baptist notions of piety in their publications during the Early American Republic. To build on the work of historians exploring female autonomy in …

Autumn In New York: Gotham And The Decline Of The New Deal Order (1967-1975), Lisle Jamieson

Political Science Senior Theses

In 1975, the city of New York looked out on the precipice of fiscal collapse. Years of borrowing, a fleeting tax base, deindustrialization, and the thinning of federal investment streams left the city short-changed and vulnerable, reliant on banks with waning interest in funding New York’s robust network of social services. [1] The conversations, contestations, and political resolutions that followed would reshape and remake the politics of a city that had, for four decades, represented a beacon of “social democracy.” [2] New York ultimately surrendered its commitment to urban liberalism and embraced a neoliberal politics of austerity, mirroring shifts taking …

1861 - Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, Wallace Hettle, Abraham Lincoln

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation: Abraham Lincoln, “First Inaugural Address,” March 4, 1861. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9687.

1861 - Kentucky Civil War Neutrality Proclamation, Wallace Hettle, Beriah Magoffin

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation: Magoffin, B. Proclamation by the Governor of Kentucky, May 20, 1861 retrieved from Duke University Digital Repository https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r41g0m071.

1861 - The Battle Hymn Of The Republic, Wallace Hettle, Julia Ward Howe

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation: Howe, Julia Ward. Battle Hymn of the Republic / by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. Philadelphia: Published by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, ?. Philadelphia, 1863. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/98101743/.

The Promise Land, Wallace Hettle, Illinois Staat-Zeitung

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation: Illinois Staat-Zeitung July 26, 1861.

1861 - The Pathfinder, Wallace Hettle, John C. Fremont

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation: The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880-1901), series 1, volume 3, 467.

1861 - Bread And The Newspaper - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Wallace Hettle, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., “Bread and the Newspaper,” Atlantic Monthly (Vol. 8: No. 47), September 1861.

1861 - General William T. Sherman Insane, Wallace Hettle, Cincinnati Commercial

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation: Cincinnati Commercial, December 11, 1861.

1861 - A Riot In Baltimore (3 Documents), Wallace Hettle, Lucius Chittenden, Edward F. Jones (Colonel), George William Brown (Mayor)

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document 1 citation: Lucius E. Chittenden, Recollections of President Abraham Lincoln and His Administration (New York, 1891), 37-39.

Document 2 citation: “Report of [Colonel Edward F. Jones,” April 22, 1861, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1880) Series 1, Volume 2: 7.

Document 3 citation: [Mayor] George William Brown, Baltimore and 19 April, 1861 (Baltimore: Isaac Friedenwald, 1887), 43-44.

1861 - Morals Of Our Soldiers, Wallace Hettle, Christian Recorder

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation: Christian Recorder, August 31, 1861.

1861 - The Holy War - Harriet Beecher Stowe, Wallace Hettle, Harriet Beecher Stowe

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation: Harriet Beecher Stowe, “The Holy War,” The London Independent, May 9, 1861.