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Oncolog Volume 55, Number 11-12, November-December 2010, Bryan Tutt, Joe Munch
Oncolog Volume 55, Number 11-12, November-December 2010, Bryan Tutt, Joe Munch
OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues)
- Desmoid Tumors: Multidiciplinary treatment for an enigmatic disease
- Endoscopic Surgery for Skull Base Tumors: Patient selection is the key to success for the minimally invasive procedure
- INBRIEF: Earlier Breast Cancer Screening Recommended for Hispanic Women/SUMO Is Important for DNA Damage Repair/Regional Care Centers Make Cancer Treatment Easily Accessible/SIK2 Plays Critical Role in Chemotherapy Resistance
- HOUSE CALL: Books Provide Comfort, Guidence, Relaxation
"Flying Is Changing Women!": Women Popularizers Of Commercial Aviation And The Renegotiation Of Traditional Gender And Technological Boundaries In The 1920s-30s, Emily K. Gibson
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
This thesis explores how the complex interplay between gender and technology significantly shaped the popularization of commercial aviation in the United States during the 1920s and 30s. As technological innovations improved both the safety and efficiency of airplanes during the early part of the twentieth century, commercial aviation industries increasingly worked to position flight as a viable means of mass transportation. In order to win the trust and money of potential passengers, however, industry proponents recognized the need to separate flight from its initial association with danger and masculine strength by convincing the general public of aviation’s safety and reliability. …