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Women Rising: The American Revolution And Evangelical Thought, Roxanne Reinhardt

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

This project explores the events leading up to the American Revolution such as the Great Awakening and the Seven Years War through the works of Hannah Heaton and Esther Edwards Burr's diaries, as well as Sarah Osborn's writing. Thus, by looking at the religious views of women during this time, this paper explains the trend of revivalist and evangelical uprisings and the religious break from authority for marginalized members of society. This paper argues that female evangelicals found religion and prayer an active way to participate and promote themselves in the American Revolution.

Projecting A White Savior, The Body, And Policy: Pre-Classical And Transitional Cinema's Boxing Films In The United States 1893-1915, Siobhan Marie Chaney Carter

WWU Graduate School Collection

This thesis examines pre-classical and transitional cinema’s boxing films from 1893-1915 alongside the arc of World Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson’s career, a career that was oftentimes captured on film. My aim is to demonstrate ways in which cinema was used by white filmmakers to perpetuate and reproduce a sense of visual knowing on behalf of audiences regarding a racial hierarchy on cinema screens and perpetuate the myth of white masculine superiority over African Americans through the visuals of male bodies in the boxing ring. With this thesis, I hope to expand critical understandings of white mythmaking in cinema that preceded …

The Crucible Of Christendom: Roman Catholicism And The Reign Of Franz Joseph, Joseph P. Aninos

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

This project proposes lo analyze the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and Emperor Franz Joseph of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A careful examination of the Emperor and the Roman Catholic Church reveals the important roles that both had within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This paper argues that the Catholic Church was a vital part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was promoted heavily by Emperor Franz Joseph.

The Good Bloke In Contemporary Australian Workplaces: Origins, Qualities And Impacts Of A National Cultural Archetype In Small For-Profit Businesses, Christopher George Taylor

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This study explored the nature and significance of a common but widely misunderstood phrase encountered in Australia: The Good Bloke. Underlying this enquiry was awareness, based on the researcher’s personal and professional experience, that the idea of a Good Bloke powerfully influences individual perceptions of leaders in Australian small-to-mid sized for-profit firms. The study commenced with an exploration of the origins and history of the phrase, tracing it to the 1788 arrival of a disproportionately male Anglo-Celtic population was composed significantly of transported convicts. The language and mores of this unique settler population evolved for two centuries based on relationships, …

Developing And Sustaining Political Citizenship For Poor And Marginalized People: The Evelyn T. Butts Story, Kenneth Cooper Alexander

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This study tells the deep, rich story of Evelyn T. Butts, a grassroots civil rights champion in Norfolk, Virginia, whose bridge leadership style can teach and inspire new generations about political, community, and social change. Butts used neighbor-to-neighbor skills to keep her community connected with the national civil rights movement, which had heavily relied on grassroots leaders—especially women—for much of its success in overthrowing America’s Jim Crow system of segregation and suppression. She is best-known for her 1963 lawsuit that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1966 decision to ban poll taxes for state and local elections, a democratizing event …

Volunteering To Lead: Combat Affairs That Shaped The Command Philosophy Of Major Rufus R. Dawes, U.S.A. And Captain James Cooper Nisbet, C.S.A. (1861-1862), Trace Brusco

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The frequently disorganized command structure which dictated American Civil War battles often resulted in direction of military strategy being passed over into the junior officer ranks. These volunteer leaders fought directly with the regular volunteer soldier that filled the ranks of both Union and Confederate armies. In exchange for their position amongst the common volunteer, the junior officers shared the same dangers in combat as their subordinates. In this study, junior officers Rufus Dawes and James Cooper Nisbet serve as the focus of a study that reveals what attributes contributed to the success and failures of command. Dawes, who served …

Transcripción Tematizada, Vanessa González Pérez, Dra. Clara Román-Odio

VANESSA GONZÁLEZ PÉREZ

No abstract provided.

Transcripción Tematizada, Lidia Cardona Fuentes, Dra. Clara Román-Odio

LIDIA CARDONA FUENTES

No abstract provided.

Indexed Interview, Lidia Cardona Fuentes, Clara Román-Odio, Phd

LIDIA CARDONA FUENTES

No abstract provided.

Indexed Interview, Aida Cardona Vélez, Clara Román-Odio, Phd

AIDA CARDONA VÉLEZ

No abstract provided.

Transcripción Tematizada, Nereida Beltrán Rodríguez, Dra. Clara Román-Odio

NEREIDA BELTRÁN RODRÍGUEZ

No abstract provided.

Indexed Interview, Sandra Enríquez Seiders, Phd, Clara Román-Odio

BRÍGIDA ÁLVAREZ RODRÍGUEZ

No abstract provided.

"Politics, Money, And Distrust: French-American Alliances In The International Campaign For Women’S Equal Rights, 1925–1930.”, Sara L. Kimble

Sara L Kimble

No abstract provided.

A Comprehensive Bibliography Of Nineteenth Century Bicycling Periodicals, Christopher A. Sweet

Christopher A. Sweet

Review Of Wonderful Things: A History Of Egyptology 1: From Antiquity To 1881, By Jason Thompson, Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Thy Kingdom Come: The Church And The Kingdom Of God In Loisy’S L’Évangile Et L’Église., Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

On The Global Hot Seat: University Presidents In The Global 1968, Deborah Cohen, Lessie Frazier

Deborah Cohen

Historical Notes: Modern Dynamics

David D Nolte

Syllabus Inr 3227 (Rvc): International Relations Of South Asia (Fall 2019), Lukas K. Danner

Dr. Lukas K. Danner

No abstract provided.

Ultramontanism, Nationalism, And The Fall Of Saigon: Historicizing The Vietnamese American Catholic Experience, Tuan Hoang

Tuan Hoang

Uncle Tom's Cabin In Krakow: Cross-Cultural Apprehensions, Nancy Schultz

Nancy Lusignan Schultz

The Resettlement Of Vietnamese Refugee Religious, Priests, And Seminarians In The United States, 1975–1977, Tuan Hoang

Tuan Hoang