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“You Know Me Best”: Perspectives Of Adult Siblings With Typical Abilities And Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Kristy Lynn Staniszewski
“You Know Me Best”: Perspectives Of Adult Siblings With Typical Abilities And Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Kristy Lynn Staniszewski
Women's History Theses
This thesis explores the lives of adult typical (ADTYP) siblings, their siblings with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/DD), their unique relationship, and their need for support. Over seventy percent of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in the United States currently live at home with their families. In most cases, the parents of an individual with disabilities are assigned the role of primary caregivers. With this role comes great responsibility and, in households with multiple children, the ADTYP sibling gradually assumes the burden of that responsibility and all the joy and heartache that come with it. By reviewing narratives and conducting …
Our Lady Of Perpetual Desire: Religious Discourses Of The American Pin-Up Girl In World War Ii, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Kohr
Our Lady Of Perpetual Desire: Religious Discourses Of The American Pin-Up Girl In World War Ii, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Kohr
Women's History Theses
This thesis is an exploration of how the iconography, consumption, and meaning of World War II pin-ups resemble religious discourses; demonstrating that U.S. soldiers’ interactions with pin-ups mirror the ways that Catholics worship icons of saints and the Virgin Mary. To reach this conclusion, first popular World War II pin-up images such as the Varga Girl, Hurrell photographs, Rita Hayworth’s Life pin-up, and Betty Grable’s pin are analyzed in terms of their composition. How soldiers’ consumed these pin-ups are evident in photographs of GIs lives during World War II where pin-ups are seen in battlefields, military bases, and painted on …
Unpacking The Trunk: Producing Whiteness In Private Memory-Making Within One Southern Family, Margaret Taylor Russell
Unpacking The Trunk: Producing Whiteness In Private Memory-Making Within One Southern Family, Margaret Taylor Russell
Women's History Theses
This thesis concerns constructions and reproductions of whiteness in familial memory-making in the South during Reconstruction, the late nineteenth century, and in the immediate decades following the Civil Rights Movement. The chapters discuss three generations of women in the Payne-Wooten-Russell family and their keepsaking and storytelling. Frances Payne’s (1832-1918) life as a wife of a Confederate veteran dictated the majority of her memory-making project, and she reconstructed the Southern white male as glorified and honorable. She took part in original reproductions of Lost Cause ideology. Through scrapbooking, Josephine Payne Wooten (1861-1937) looked beyond the Southern landscape to echo a national …
Coming To The Stage: Identity, Performance, And Persona In Women’S Comedy, Cynia Barnwell
Coming To The Stage: Identity, Performance, And Persona In Women’S Comedy, Cynia Barnwell
Women's History Theses
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Cockacoeske: “She Didn’T Give Up.”, Susan Elizabeth Shook
Cockacoeske: “She Didn’T Give Up.”, Susan Elizabeth Shook
Women's History Theses
This thesis focuses on Cockacoeske, a female leader who led the Pamunkey between the years of 1656 and 1686. It describes the changing world Cockacoeske was born into. Pamunkey women’s traditional role as farmers gave them high status in this changing world. Retelling the years of 1676 -1677 from Cockacoeske’s perspective, a time period now called Bacon’s Rebellion, the thesis argues that Cockacoeske knew her purpose was to make sure the Pamunkey survived. Her persistence in protecting and safeguarding Pamunkey rights and the land they lived on reflects her community spirit. The thesis also addresses how the Pamunkey of today, …
“He Can Read My Writing But He Sho’ Can’T Read My Mind”: Zora Neale Hurston And The Anthropological Gaze, Natasha Tatiana Sanchez
“He Can Read My Writing But He Sho’ Can’T Read My Mind”: Zora Neale Hurston And The Anthropological Gaze, Natasha Tatiana Sanchez
Women's History Theses
This thesis explores the life and anthropological merits of Zora Neale Hurston’s literary works. I focus specifically on Hurston’s autobiography Dust Tracks on a Road to bring to light her critique of Western society. This thesis argues that Hurston purposefully utilized anthropology as a tool to switch the anthropological gaze upon white Western culture, thereby constructing the West as “other.” She masterfully bridges the gap between two disciplines: literature and anthropology. Through this argument I highlight just how academia has overlooked Hurston’s scholarly voice in Dust Tracks on a Road, as well as answer the question: how will our reading …
Waiting In The Wings: A History Of The Women Air Force Service Pilots Of World War Ii, Jessica Wilson
Waiting In The Wings: A History Of The Women Air Force Service Pilots Of World War Ii, Jessica Wilson
Women's History Theses
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