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Reimagining Early Interracial And Coeducational College Administration: A Historical Analysis Of Matilda Hamilton Fee And Berea College, Hannah Elizabeth Mccandless
Reimagining Early Interracial And Coeducational College Administration: A Historical Analysis Of Matilda Hamilton Fee And Berea College, Hannah Elizabeth Mccandless
Women's History Theses
Matilda Hamilton Fee was one of the founders and administrators at Berea College in Kentucky. Berea College opened in 1866 as one of the first interracial and coeducational colleges in the South. In the field of history, women are overlooked and treated as insignificant contributors to institutions of higher education. This research fills the gaps by exploring how Matilda and her husband, Rev. John G. Fee, built Berea College as an institution that valued educating all people regardless of race, gender, or socioeconomic status. Matilda’s role varied from wife and mother, to community organizer, to school administrator. As such, she …
"Honey, I Am History:" The Life And Legacy Of Onnie Lee Logan, Alabama Midwife, Kathryn Leigh Brantley
"Honey, I Am History:" The Life And Legacy Of Onnie Lee Logan, Alabama Midwife, Kathryn Leigh Brantley
Women's History Theses
This thesis explores the life of Onnie Lee Logan, an Alabama midwife, through the lenses of race, gender, and religion. I examine Motherwit, Logan’s autobiography as told to author Katherine Clark, and use secondary sources to analyze Mrs. Logan’s activism as evidenced in her text. In addition to exploring Mrs. Logan’s activism, I also examine the legacy she left behind in Mobile County, Alabama following the revocation of her midwifery license by the state of Alabama in the 1980s. Through a close read of Motherwit, readers can gain insight into Logan’s resistance to white supremacy and the coercive intimacy she …
Unmasking Gay Liberation Before Stonewall: Alfred C. Kinsey's Enduring Influence On The Mattachine Society, 1940-1970, Marian Phillips
Unmasking Gay Liberation Before Stonewall: Alfred C. Kinsey's Enduring Influence On The Mattachine Society, 1940-1970, Marian Phillips
Women's History Theses
In 1948, Professor Alfred C. Kinsey, a zoologist at Indiana University, published Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. His research for the controversial book consisted of interviews of more than 12,000 boys and men who responded to multiple questions about their sexual behavior over the course of their lives. Kinsey’s Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, based on similar research, appeared five years later. When Kinsey published the first of his two reports, he exposed the frequency of homosexual behavior among men across the United States. The product of the first extensive sexology research conducted in the twentieth century, Kinsey’s …
Land Of The Clean And The Home Of The Segregated: Sex-Separated Bathrooms In The Northeastern United States, 1870-1920, Emilyn Kowaleski
Land Of The Clean And The Home Of The Segregated: Sex-Separated Bathrooms In The Northeastern United States, 1870-1920, Emilyn Kowaleski
Women's History Theses
In 2016, a young woman named Chloe appeared in an advertisement created by the Institute for Faith and Family in support of Governor Pat McCory’s Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, commonly known as HB2. This bill mandated that people use the restroom that corresponded to their sex assigned at birth and barred them from using the one that corresponded to their gender identity. Chloe argued that the bill would protect her privacy and her safety. In doing so, Chloe became part of a legacy of upper-middle class, cis-gendered white women who have argued that sex-segregated bathrooms are necessary …
For A Dark-Skinned Girl: A Retrospective Analysis On The History Of Colorism In America From 1950 To 1990, Monet N. Dowrich
For A Dark-Skinned Girl: A Retrospective Analysis On The History Of Colorism In America From 1950 To 1990, Monet N. Dowrich
Women's History Theses
For this study, I explored the trajectory of colorism from 1950 to 1990 through literature, film, poetry, and scholarly sources. I tracked the changes in the discussion and demonstrated repositioning of the narrative after the Black Power Movement from bias solely against darker skinned black women to include discrimination against lighter skinned black women. My findings suggest that colorism has been viewed predominantly as a dark-skinned women’s issue. Efforts to design an individualized approach towards color bias against lighter skinned black women and darker skinned black women, would be instrumental in capturing the challenges faced and reducing the separation associated …