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Full-Text Articles in Women's History
“She Didn’T Know I Was In The Room”: The Effects Of Hatfield’S Illustrations On Readers’ Interpretations Of “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Mason Repas
The Downtown Review
When Charlotte Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," was first published in New England Magazine in 1892, staff illustrator Joseph Hatfield created three realistic-style images to accompany the text. Research suggests that Gilman had no control or influence over these images, which altered readers' perception of her story about the dangers of the rest cure for female hysteria. While Hatfield faced artistic limitations and his intentions are not discoverable today, the choices and details in his illustrations support interpretations of the short story as a piece of horror fiction in which his cohesive series of images is a more reliable …
Historical Sisters: Black Feminist Actions Across History And Literary Studies, Jazz A. Milligan
Historical Sisters: Black Feminist Actions Across History And Literary Studies, Jazz A. Milligan
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This thesis seeks to understand how the actions of Black women from the past have inspired the modern Black female literary movement. This thesis focuses on three historical women: Phillis Wheatley, Elizabeth Freeman, and Cathay Williams, and their literary sisters: bell hooks, Barbara Smith, and Patricia Hill Collins. By viewing the lives of these historical women through a modern-day lens, we can understand how their actions created a ripple effect that Black women are still discussing today. Black feminism did not start in a vacuum, and the actions of everyday Black women have pushed us forward to being more accepting …
Honoré De Balzac’S Portrayal Of The Feminine Condition In The Wild Ass’S Skin, Père Goriot, And The Lily Of The Valley, Brooke V. Musmeci
Honoré De Balzac’S Portrayal Of The Feminine Condition In The Wild Ass’S Skin, Père Goriot, And The Lily Of The Valley, Brooke V. Musmeci
Honors Theses
In 19th century France, women appeared to be second class citizens. They were often limited in their abilities to have independence and secure their own wealth. This perception of women perhaps justifies why, as Honoré de Balzac’s novels illustrated the realities of French society, he attempted to characterize women’s struggles to obtain control and power in their lives. In his novels The Wild Ass’s Skin (1831), The Lily of the Valley (1835), and Le Père Goriot (1835), Balzac sought to prove how women could improve their lot.
Firstly, in studying how women had been relegated to second-class citizens under their …
Bolivia: Subaltern Politics In The Age Of The New Latin American Left Participation & Representaiion, Annika Gunderson
Bolivia: Subaltern Politics In The Age Of The New Latin American Left Participation & Representaiion, Annika Gunderson
Augsburg Honors Review
Through the voices of Bolivian women's organizations, testimonios [testimonials] deliver the message of many: the many who struggle against hierarchy and the status quo in order to organize, the many who seek to form a more representative, inclusive and deliberative State, and the many who, even centuries after the Spanish conquest, continue experiencing both external and internal colonization. A collective Bolivian action, encompassing both distinct and mutual identities, is manifested through these testimonios that serve to amplify the voices of the people. Using the land as a metaphor, the plights of many Bolivian women are explored.
Monstrous Maternity: Folkloric Expressions Of The Feminine In Images Of The Ubume, Michaela Leah Prostak
Monstrous Maternity: Folkloric Expressions Of The Feminine In Images Of The Ubume, Michaela Leah Prostak
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The ubume is a ghost of Japanese folklore, once a living woman, who died during either pregnancy or childbirth. This thesis explores how the religious and secular developments of the ubume and related figures create a dichotomy of ideologies that both condemn and liberate women in their roles as mothers. Examples of literary and visual narratives of the ubume as well as the religious practices that were employed for maternity-related concerns are explored within their historical contexts in order to best understand what meaning they held for people at a given time and if that meaning has changed. These meanings …
Unconfessing Transgender: Dysphoric Youths And The Medicalization Of Madness In John Gower’S “Tale Of Iphis And Ianthe”, M W. Bychowski
Unconfessing Transgender: Dysphoric Youths And The Medicalization Of Madness In John Gower’S “Tale Of Iphis And Ianthe”, M W. Bychowski
Accessus
On the brink of the twenty-first century, Judith Butler argues in “Undiagnosing Gender” that the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) defines the psychiatric condition of “Gender Identity Disorder” (or “Gender Dysphoria”) in ways that control biological diversity and construct “transgender” as a marginalized identity. By turning the study of gender away from vulnerable individuals and towards the broader systems of power, Butler works to liberate bodies from the medical mechanisms managing difference and precluding potentially disruptive innovations in forms of life and embodiment by creating categories of gender and disability.
Turning to the brink of the 15 …
La Representación De La Masculinidad Y La Violencia De Género En La Novela Española De La Posguerra, Alfredo M. Pastor
La Representación De La Masculinidad Y La Violencia De Género En La Novela Española De La Posguerra, Alfredo M. Pastor
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
While it may be argued that aggression against women is part of a culture of violence deeply rooted in Spanish society, the gender-related violence that exists in today’s Spain is more specifically a legacy of Franco’s dictatorship (1939-1975). Franco’s Spain endorsed unequal gender relations, championed patriarchal dominance and power over women, and imposed models of hegemonic and authoritarian masculinities that internalized violence by rendering it a feature inseparable from manhood and virility.
This dissertation provides a comprehensive analysis of masculinity and gender violence in Franco’s Spain, by analyzing the novel as the primary cultural vehicle of social criticism and political …
Framing Identity: Repudiating The Ideal In Chicana Literature, Michael A. Flores
Framing Identity: Repudiating The Ideal In Chicana Literature, Michael A. Flores
All NMU Master's Theses
In the 1960s Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzalez penned his now canonical, epic poem “I Am Joaquin.” The poem chronicles the historic oppression of a transnational, Mexican people as well as revolutionary acts of their forefathers in resisting tyranny. Coinciding with a series of renewed, sociopolitical campaigns, collectively known as the Chicano Movement, Gonzales’ poem uses vivid imagery to present an idealized representation of Chicanos and encouraged his reader to engage in revolutionary action. Though the poem encourages strong leadership, upward mobility, and political engagement the representations of women in his text are misogynistic and limiting.
His presentation of the “black-shawled …
Of Love, Of Money, Of Unquestionable Practicality: The Choices Of F. Scott Fitzgerald’S Early Heroines, Katelyn M. Quirin
Of Love, Of Money, Of Unquestionable Practicality: The Choices Of F. Scott Fitzgerald’S Early Heroines, Katelyn M. Quirin
Student Publications
Between 1920-1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald explored the choices of young, affluent women, particularly in regards to marriage. His fascination with this topic began with Rosalind in This Side of Paradise, and her practical yet immature decision. Through his early short stories, Fitzgerald explores different motives behind his heroines’ decisions, varying points-of-view, and the consequences of his heroines’ actions. Fitzgerald’s fascination with these characters culminates in The Great Gatsby with his most complex characters and situations.
Hassman, Drusilla (Hand), 1875-1971 (Mss 413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Hassman, Drusilla (Hand), 1875-1971 (Mss 413), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 413. Chiefly courtship letters addressed to Drusilla (Hand) Hassman, Evansville, Indiana from various male admirers. Also correspondence with her husband, Fred Hassman, and letters sent to them as a married couple from friends and family.
Women And Sisters, Maureen T. Reddy
Women And Sisters, Maureen T. Reddy
Maureen T. Reddy
Jean Fagan Yellin's Women and Sisters: The Antislavery Feminists in American Culture, on the iconography of the women's abolitionist movement, is a brilliant example of interdisciplinary thought and study. Crossing the boundaries of history, feminist theory, African American studies, and literary analysis, Yellin illuminates the complex intersections of art and politics in American life. Women and Sisters traces the history of the "Woman and Sister" emblem that the antislavery feminists adopted, examining its permutations in texts both graphic and literary from the 1830s to the 1850s.
"So I Shall Tell You A Story:" The Subversive Voice In Beatrix Potter's Picture Books, Veronica Bruscini
"So I Shall Tell You A Story:" The Subversive Voice In Beatrix Potter's Picture Books, Veronica Bruscini
Honors Projects
Describes how recent literary scholarship has begun to interpret the themes and topics found within the children's picture books of Beatrix Potter through the lens of the code-language in Potter's secret journal, deciphered and published by Leslie Linder in 1966. Analyzes three tales from Potter's collection of picture books, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, and The Tale of Pigling Bland, to illustrate the ways these books continued to represent the social and personal observations, voicing subversive reactions to the excesses and hypocrises of Victorian culture, that Potter first began in her journal.
News From Maine Vol. 22, No. 11 (Aug 2001), Network Staff
News From Maine Vol. 22, No. 11 (Aug 2001), Network Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Network - Maine Women's Newspaper (July 1993), Network Staff
Network - Maine Women's Newspaper (July 1993), Network Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Network - Maine Women's Newspaper (September 1993), Network Staff
Network - Maine Women's Newspaper (September 1993), Network Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Now Times (Fall 1992), National Organization For Women - Maine Chapter Staff
Maine Now Times (Fall 1992), National Organization For Women - Maine Chapter Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxiii, No. 4 (May 1958), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxiii, No. 4 (May 1958), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxiii, No. 3 (March 1958), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxiii, No. 3 (March 1958), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxiii, No. 2 (December 1957), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxiii, No. 2 (December 1957), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxiii, No. 1 (October 1957), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxiii, No. 1 (October 1957), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxi, No. 2 (January 1955), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxi, No. 2 (January 1955), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxi, No. 4 (May 1955), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxi, No. 4 (May 1955), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxx, No. 1 (January 1954), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxx, No. 1 (January 1954), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxx, No. 3 (March 1954), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxx, No. 3 (March 1954), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxix, No. 4 (May 1953), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxix, No. 4 (May 1953), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxix, No. 3 (March 1953), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxix, No. 3 (March 1953), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxix, No. 2 (Jan 1953), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxix, No. 2 (Jan 1953), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxix, No. 1 (Nov 1952), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxix, No. 1 (Nov 1952), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxviii, No. 3 (Jan 1952), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxviii, No. 3 (Jan 1952), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxviii, No. 5 (May 1952), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Federation News Vol. Xxviii, No. 5 (May 1952), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff
Maine Women's Publications - All
No abstract provided.