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Ua12/2/7 Panhellenic News, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Panhellenic Council.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald Homecoming, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special homecoming edition of the College Heights Herald, includes articles:

• Edelen, Mark. Masters Without the Spirit
• Malmer, Victoria. From Old-Fashioned Receptions . . .
• Morton, Jamie. . . . to Roaring Displays of Pageantry
• Givan, Steve. It’s How You Play the Game
• Dezern, Criag. The Woman in Red – Jessica Rappaport, Big Red
• Jones, Paige. A Homecoming Tradition that Burned Out – Bonfire
• Carlton, Chad. Stand Up & Cheer
• Struck, Angela. A Royal Heritage

Ua12/2/7 Panhellenic News, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Panhellenic Council.

Empathy/Role Taking: A Theoretical Model For Feminist Therapy, Michele Wilson, Gayle Twilbeck Wykle

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Feminist therapy is directed not only at individual, but also at social change. Because of this dual aim of feminist therapy, the symbolic interactionist perspective, which describes individual initiative as a source of social change, is suggested as a theoretical orientation which can provide a useful model for feminist therapy. More specifically, the empathy/role-taking model for the clienttherapist relationship is outlined here.

Ua12/2/11 Lion Liaison, Alpha Delta Pi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Delta Pi sorority for 1984.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Womens Basketball, 1979-1984, Wku Archives

WKU Administration Documents

Digitized vertical file materials regarding WKU womens basketball.

Ua12/2/7 Panhellenic News, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Panhellenic Council.

Ua12/2/4 1984 Miss Western Kentucky University Scholarship Pageant, Alpha Phi Omega

Student Organizations

Program for the 1974 Miss Western Pageant sponsored by the Alpha Phi Omega.

Ua12/2/10 Delta Gamma Newsletter, Kappa Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Kappa Delta sorority in 1984.

Ua12/2/7 Get The Spirit . . . Formal Rush '84, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

Booklet explaining rush rules. Includes brief histories of Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu and Sigma Kappa.

Ivy Leaves, 1983-1984, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 1984 edition of the Anderson College journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Karen Buchanan, Leslie Allen, John Gettys, Cathy Grant, Marty Isom, Wendy Jones, Julie Poole, Charlene Powell, Gayle Pruitt, Robin Raymond, Jeff Sams, April Willoughby, Doug Davison, Susan Wooten. Cover art by Vicki Roberts.

A Comparative Study Of The Psychological Profiles Of A Selective Sample Of Incarcerated Females Versus Non-Incarcerated Females, Karen Ladd

Dissertations

Problem. Psychological testing is used in penal institutions at the initial time of incarceration. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of developing distinct psychological profiles for incarcerated females.

Method. The psychological assessment instrument employed to develop these profiles is the Sixteen Factor Personality Questionnaire (16PF). The data which were computed and analyzed to test the eight null hypotheses were provided by a selective sample group of 622 subjects in two penal institutions in Indiana.

Findings. (1) There is no significant difference between personality profiles of incarcerated white females who are property offenders and personality profiles of …

Strengthening The Family: A Guide For Lds Single Parent Mothers, Jane C. Beuhring

Theses and Dissertations

Raising a family as a single parent is difficult at best. As an LDS single parent, these difficulties take on a unique challenge. The purpose of this project is to offer specific, LDS related guidelines to assist the LDS single parent mother in strengthening her family and thus acquiring the skills needed in handling the unique challenge of raising a family in a gospel oriented society. A variety of resources were used to include theorists, practicioners, scriptures, and personal experiences. Examples and case studies demonstrate the integration of gospel principles and family practices as they relate to LDS single parent …

Femininity And Self-Esteem In Professional Women, Shirley Ellen Harper

Dissertations and Theses

Research in sex-roles has found masculinity and androgyny to be correlated with self-esteem while femininity has a low or negative correlation with self-esteem. Much of the research in this area is based in studies of androgyny. Androgyny is the ability to respond in a feminine or masculine manner, depending on the situation rather than being limited to only feminine or masculine behavior because of sex-role stereotypes. In the research on self-esteem some studies have reported androgynous individuals measure high in self-esteem. Other studies have found that masculine characteristics contribute more to the self-esteem than androgynous characteristics. These results, taken together, …

Ua12/2/76 Epsilon Kappa, Alpha Xi Delta

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Xi Delta sorority in 1983.

Sex Role Orientation And Its Effect On A Woman’S Decision To Parent, Agnes Van Buren

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Female undergraduates from a private college on the east coast were surveyed regarding their feelings about having children and were asked to complete the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI). Eighty-one percent of the respondents indicated a desire to have one or more children. Nineteen percent responded negatively or were uncertain of their feelings at that time. On the BSRI, 12% were classified as Masculine, 38% as Feminine, 37% as Androgynous, 13% as Undifferentiated. Comparison of the Masculine, Feminine and Androgynous groups (the Undifferentiated group was excluded from analysis) showed that the proportion of Feminine women indicating a desire to have …

Ua12/2/9 Phi Mu - Summer, Phi Mu

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Phi Mu sorority for 1983.

The Impact Of Women Legislators On Introduction Of Social Legislation Into A Southern State House, Marjorie A. Baney

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The study investigated the interest of male and female legislators in social legislation as measured by the number of bills each group introduced. Legislators included in the study were the entire female population of the North Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives serving between January and July 1981, and an equal number of their male colleagues randomly selected. Comparisons of the female and male legislators in the study criteria such as number of legislative terms served, relative power of committees on which they served, number of committee chairpersonships and independent rankings and effectiveness by colleagues, lobbyists and the media revealed …

Women, Welfare, And Work, Norman L. Wyers, Portland State University School Of Social Work

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

There are many popular misconceptions about people on welfare. This study challenges these myths with empirical findings, confirming the results of earlier studies. Four misconceptions contradicted by the findings of this study are as follows:

1. MYTH: She Doesn’t Want to Work
2. MYTH: Welfare Breeds Welfare
3. MYTH: She Rides the Gravy Train
4. MYTH: She Finds Life is Easy on Welfare

Card: From Alpha Chi Omega Members To Edna Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Birthday card for Dr. Edna L. Saffy from Theta Sigma, March 8,1983.

Ua12/2/7 Join Us . . . Formal Rush '83, Wku Panhellenic Council

Student Organizations

Booklet regarding rush for WKU sororities. Includes brief histories of Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu and Sigma Kappa.

Ua12/2/11 Epsilon Delta Newsletter, Alpha Delta Pi

Student Organizations

Newsletter created by and about Alpha Delta Pi sorority for 1983.

Ivy Leaves, 1982-1983, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 1983 edition of the Anderson College journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Elizabeth Wyatt, Karen Buchanan, Marilyn Burdette, Aprile Heaton, Dan Heaton, Todd Robertson, Susan Wooten, and Doug Davison. Cover art by Fran Poole.

Belle S. Spafford: Leader Of Women, Gayle Morby Chandler

Theses and Dissertations

This historical/descriptive study analyzes the speaking career of Belle S. Spafford and attempts to document the relationship between her speaking and her influence with her peers. For over fifty years, the dedicated woman served as a spokesman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the National Council of Women, briding the gap between the secular and religious world of women. A rhetorical analysis of four speeches indicates the following findings: Mrs. Spafford appealed to her audiences through a focus on shared values; she had credibility because of her positions of authority and used it wisely; she effectively …

Kay Saunders' Review Of Norma Grieve And Patricia Grimshaw's Australian Women: Feminist Perspectives, Kay Saunders

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Working Women's Marginalization In Denmark: Traditional Assumptions And Economic Consequences Of Social And Labor Market Policies, Jennifer G. Schirmer

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Although it cannot be said that women's marginality in the labor market in Denmark from the 1960s to the present was 'planned' in any formal sense, the premise behind social and labor market policy measures, such as daycare and maternity leave, that women primarily serve as part-time service workers to increase economic growth, indicates a form of assumed and prescribed secondariness for women. By engaging the market and the family on strictly traditional terms, the social policy and labor market measures enacted to encourage women's entrance into the labor force in the late 1960s serve to institutionalize women's marginality within …

The Hyde Amendment: Its Impact On Low Income Women With Unwanted Pregnancies, Marjorie R. Sable

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The Hyde amendment, which has been in effect since 1977, restricts federal funding of abortions for Medicaid-eligible women "except where the life of the mother would be endangered if a fetus were carried to term." It has virtually eliminated federally financed abortions and the undue hardships it places on poor women foreshadow contemporary developments in abortion politics today for all women.

Our Own Worst Enemies: Women Opposed To Woman Suffrage, Jeanne Howard

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Opposition by women to a movement which identifies itself as for women is not new. In the late 19th and early 20th century female anti-suffragists organized to oppose "the burden of the ballot." The writings of the "antis" (as the female anti suffragists became known) demonstrate an allegiance to class over gender, a sense of powerlessness beyond traditional roles and a fear of change. Exploring this early anti movement may give us a better understanding of the women opposed to the contemporary woman's movement.

A Study Of Retention Between The Cadette And Senior Level Of Girl Scouting In The Kentuckiana Girl Scout Council, Diane M. Weigel

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was made in attempt to identify the characteristics of a troop program in which tenth grade girls had been involved and to determine why they did or did not continue in Scouting. A survey instrument was devised and pretested to validate and improve upon the questionnaire. The questionnaires were distributed through the mail to 190 girls who had been registered in the Kentuckiana Council Scouting program in 1981. All girls, despite their present status in Scouting were asked to complete and return the survey. The questions pertained to such areas as years involved in Scouting, frequency of meetings, …

Ivy Leaves, 1981-1982, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 1982 edition of the Anderson College journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Cheryl Thompson, Elizabeth Wyatt, and Doug Davison. Cover art by Monica Allen.