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World War I And Its Lasting Political, Emotional, And Educational Effects On Women, Maggie Neupert May 2021

World War I And Its Lasting Political, Emotional, And Educational Effects On Women, Maggie Neupert

Honors Theses

This thesis navigates the political, emotional, and educational effects of World War I on middle- and upper-class British Women. Through this research, it becomes evident that the war created an opportunity for women to achieve suffrage through their political participation. Similarly, this thesis shows how the war emotionally impacted the wealthier women of Great Britain as they fulfilled different jobs for their emotional benefit as well as the wholistic benefit of society. Lastly, this research demonstrates the lasting educational impacts the war had on the women of the time, particularly as it relates to the university level. The information discussed …


The Infinite Crisis: How The American Comic Book Has Been Shaped By War, Winston Andrus May 2021

The Infinite Crisis: How The American Comic Book Has Been Shaped By War, Winston Andrus

War, Diplomacy, and Society (MA) Theses

This thesis project argues that war has been the greatest catalyst for the American comic book medium to become a socio-political change agent within western society. Comic books have become one of the most pervasive influences to global popular culture, with superheroes dominating nearly every popular art form. Yet, the academic world has often ignored the comic book medium as a niche market instead of integrated into the broader discussions on cultural production and conflict studies. This paper intends to bridge the gap between what has been classified as comic book studies and the greater academic world to demonstrate the …


Reframing National Women's History Month: Practicalities And Consequences, Skylar Bre’Z May 2021

Reframing National Women's History Month: Practicalities And Consequences, Skylar Bre’Z

Dissertations

This study evaluates the practicalities and consequences of designating one month (March) out of the calendar year for the commemoration of women’s history. In the 1970s and 1980s, national women’s organizations such as the Women’s Action Alliance (WAA) collaborated with the Smithsonian Institute and the Women’s History Program at Sarah Lawrence College to build programs to increase awareness of women’s history. Using an interdisciplinary approach grounded in feminist theory, media studies, and historical memory studies, this project contextualizes the commemoration through its connection to 1970s women’s activism, explores its usefulness as a tool for building educational equity, and questions its …


They Done A Very Bad Act: Rape In The Civil War And Reconstruction, Nora Elizabeth Grace Williams Apr 2021

They Done A Very Bad Act: Rape In The Civil War And Reconstruction, Nora Elizabeth Grace Williams

Student Scholarship

In this project, the interdisciplinary use of sociology, feminist philosophy, and Southern historiography combine to provide a more complete analysis of rape in the Civil War and 3 Reconstruction than previously discussed in other scholarly works. Each discipline provides a valuable piece to the larger picture. This research examines antebellum gender norms, the intersection of race and gender, the impact of slavery on Black women’s sexuality and agency, the weaponization of rape in war, and the impact of Klan violence on Black communities during Reconstruction. Additionally, this research proposes explanations for how the nature of war created an environment in …


Some Of The Many Discriminatory State Statutes, Alliance For Ratification Of The Equal Rights Amendment Apr 2021

Some Of The Many Discriminatory State Statutes, Alliance For Ratification Of The Equal Rights Amendment

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Position paper listing some of the state statutes that are discriminatory in America that the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment would change. Local participation in state and national issues: Alliance for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment / Jacksonville Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1972-1975?.


Duval County Legislative Delegation List, Alliance For Ratification Of The Equal Rights Amendment Apr 2021

Duval County Legislative Delegation List, Alliance For Ratification Of The Equal Rights Amendment

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

List of legislative delegates for Jacksonville Florida. Local participation in state and national issues: Alliance for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment / Jacksonville Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1972-1975?.


Joint Religious Statement On Equal Rights, Alliance For Ratification Of The Equal Rights Amendment Apr 2021

Joint Religious Statement On Equal Rights, Alliance For Ratification Of The Equal Rights Amendment

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Position paper listing participating religious groups and a statement supporting the Equal Rights Amendment. Local participation in state and national issues: Alliance for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment / Jacksonville Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1972-1975?.


Revised: Unions Supporting Era, National Organization For Women, Inc Apr 2021

Revised: Unions Supporting Era, National Organization For Women, Inc

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Revised list of Unions supporting the Equal Rights Amendment as of March 19, 1973. Asterisks mark unions affiliated with AFL-CIO. Local participation in state and national issues: Alliance for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment / Jacksonville Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1972-1975?.


Stationary: Jacksonville Coalition For The Era, Jacksonville Coalition For The Equal Rights Amendment Apr 2021

Stationary: Jacksonville Coalition For The Era, Jacksonville Coalition For The Equal Rights Amendment

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Letterhead stationary for the Jacksonville Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment. Local participation in state and national issues: Alliance for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment / Jacksonville Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1972-1975?.


Jacksonville Alliance For Ratification Of The Equal Rights Amendment, Jacksonville Alliance For Ratification Of The Equal Rights Amendment Apr 2021

Jacksonville Alliance For Ratification Of The Equal Rights Amendment, Jacksonville Alliance For Ratification Of The Equal Rights Amendment

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Position paper explaining the Equal Rights Amendment, its effects and how to support ERA in your state. Local participation in state and national issues: Alliance for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment / Jacksonville Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1972-1975?.


Note: Equal Rights Amendment Hj 264, Vicki L. Wengrow Apr 2021

Note: Equal Rights Amendment Hj 264, Vicki L. Wengrow

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Handwritten note regarding the ERA: August 10, 1970 passed in the House and died in the Senate. Local participation in state and national issues: Alliance for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment / Jacksonville Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1972-1975?.


Members Of The Jacksonville Coalition For The Equal Rights Amendment, Jacksonville Coalition For The Equal Rights Amendment Apr 2021

Members Of The Jacksonville Coalition For The Equal Rights Amendment, Jacksonville Coalition For The Equal Rights Amendment

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

List of Duval County members supporting The Jacksonville Coalition for the ERA. Local participation in state and national issues: Alliance for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment / Jacksonville Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1972-1975?.


Appendix B: National Organizations Supporting The Equal Rights Amendment, Citizens' Advisory Council On The Status Of Women Apr 2021

Appendix B: National Organizations Supporting The Equal Rights Amendment, Citizens' Advisory Council On The Status Of Women

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

A national list of organizations supporting ERA, Appendix B from Women in 1971, Report of the Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Local participation in state and national issues: Alliance for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment / Jacksonville Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1972-1975?.


Effect Of The Era On Florida Laws, Era-74 Staff Apr 2021

Effect Of The Era On Florida Laws, Era-74 Staff

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Position paper on the Equal Rights Amendment and its effect on Florida laws. Local participation in state and national issues: Alliance for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment / Jacksonville Coalition for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1972-1975?.


Pamphlet: "One Of These Days Pow Right In The Kisser", Hubbard House (Jacksonville) Apr 2021

Pamphlet: "One Of These Days Pow Right In The Kisser", Hubbard House (Jacksonville)

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Pamphlet with information about wife abuse and Hubbard House Project, Jacksonville Florida. Major local projects: Founding of Hubbard House, 1976.


Manual: Wife Beating -- Counselor Training Manual, Hubbard House (Jacksonville) Apr 2021

Manual: Wife Beating -- Counselor Training Manual, Hubbard House (Jacksonville)

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Guidelines for counseling women who have been abused, Hubbard House project, Jacksonville Florida. Major local projects: Founding of Hubbard House, 1976.


Stationary: Hubbard House, Hubbard House (Jacksonville) Apr 2021

Stationary: Hubbard House, Hubbard House (Jacksonville)

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Letterhead stationary: HUBBARD HOUSE Rape Crisis Center Aid to Battered Women & Sexually Abused Children. Major local projects: Founding of Hubbard House, 1976.


Book Review: 101 Women Who Shaped South Carolina, Maggie Albro Apr 2021

Book Review: 101 Women Who Shaped South Carolina, Maggie Albro

South Carolina Libraries

No abstract provided.


Guidelines: Consciousness Raising For Women, National Organization For Women, Inc Apr 2021

Guidelines: Consciousness Raising For Women, National Organization For Women, Inc

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Goals and guidelines for feminist small group conversations to raise consciousness. Major local projects: Consciousness raising groups.


Consciousness-Raising, Sappho Collective Apr 2021

Consciousness-Raising, Sappho Collective

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Guidelines and suggested for feminist consciousness-raising small group conversations. Includes handwritten additional steps and notes in margins. NOW Major local projects: Consciousness raising groups.


Pamphlet: Consciousness Raising, Know, Inc. Apr 2021

Pamphlet: Consciousness Raising, Know, Inc.

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Goals and guidelines for Consciousness Raising Groups. NOW major local projects: Consciousness raising groups.


Guidelines: Consciousness Raising Group Meetings, National Organization For Women. Jacksonville Chapter Apr 2021

Guidelines: Consciousness Raising Group Meetings, National Organization For Women. Jacksonville Chapter

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Guidelines for Consciousness Raising group meeting. NOW major local projects: Consciousness raising groups.


Handout: What Every Young Woman Should Ask!, National Organization For Women. Jacksonville Chapter Apr 2021

Handout: What Every Young Woman Should Ask!, National Organization For Women. Jacksonville Chapter

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Consciousness-raising questions. NOW major local projects: Consciousness raising groups.


Guidelines: What We Do At Meetings, National Organization For Women. Jacksonville Chapter Apr 2021

Guidelines: What We Do At Meetings, National Organization For Women. Jacksonville Chapter

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Consciousness- raising meeting guidelines. NOW major local projects: Consciousness raising groups.


Sisterhood And The Small Group, Vicki L. Wengrow, Henry Ray Apr 2021

Sisterhood And The Small Group, Vicki L. Wengrow, Henry Ray

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Article about the Women's Liberation movement, sisterhood and small group consciousness raising meetings. Major local projects: Consciousness raising groups.


Bibliography, Women's Rape Crisis Center Apr 2021

Bibliography, Women's Rape Crisis Center

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

List of books, resources and preventative tips. Major local projects: Founding of Women's Rape Crisis Center.


Handout: You Too Can Help..., Women's Rape Crisis Center Apr 2021

Handout: You Too Can Help..., Women's Rape Crisis Center

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Statistic and information on how people can help the Women's Rape Crisis Center. Major local projects: Founding of Women's Rape Crisis Center.


Fact Sheet: Rape In Jacksonville, Women's Rape Crisis Center Apr 2021

Fact Sheet: Rape In Jacksonville, Women's Rape Crisis Center

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Informational handout with statistics for rape in Jacksonville Florida and the nation for 1973-74. Major local projects: Founding of Women's Rape Crisis Center.


Pamphlet: Rape! Help Stop Crime! A Crime Against Women, Governor's Crime Prevention Committee Apr 2021

Pamphlet: Rape! Help Stop Crime! A Crime Against Women, Governor's Crime Prevention Committee

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Rape prevention pamphlet distributed by the Governor's Crime Prevention Committee. Florida Governor: Reubin O'D. Askew. Attorney General (Florida): Robert L. Shevin, Chairman. NOW major local projects: Founding of Women's Rape Crisis Center.


Pamphlet: Stop Rape, Women's Rape Crisis Center Apr 2021

Pamphlet: Stop Rape, Women's Rape Crisis Center

National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection

Pamphlet providing information about the Women's Rape Crisis Center Jacksonville with identification card for Women's Rape Crisis Center Advocate taped to cover. Major local projects: Founding of Women's Rape Crisis Center.