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Mrs Cowan's Clock: The Location Of The Edith Cowan Memorial, Paul Wycherley

Research outputs pre 2011

When the septuagenarian Mrs Edith Dircksey Cowan (nee Brown) OBE, J P died on 9 June 1932 few denied, at least overtly, that she deserved an appropriate memorial. Edith Cowan is remembered today as the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament as the Member for West Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for three years from 12 March 1921 until defeated in the 1924 election...

The Spinster (1997), Hollins College

The Spinster

Yearbook of Hollins College (later University)

0663: Anna Lee Musgrave Tallman Collins Papers, 1909-1997, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Point Pleasant, West Virginia, resident. Papers relate to the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter NSDAR and local history materials about Mason Co., West Virginia, including black and white photographs of Mason County historical highway markers.

0662: Smith Family Correspondence, 1857-1866, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of approximately fifty letters from members of the Smith family, located in Guyandotte, Virginia (or West Virginia, depending on the time), to Julia Sprague in Washington County, Ohio during the Civil War. The bulk of the letters are from Sallie P. Smith to Sprague, and many include their original envelope. Topics are focused on personal life and current affairs.

0653: Frances S. Hensley Papers, 1979-1983, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection contains materials related to the West Virginia White House Conference on Families held in 1980 and the Women’s Work Conference held in Huntington, West Virginia in 1983. WVWHC materials include conference schedules, rules, and planning materials for West Virginia’s participation in this initiative as well as materials related to publicity, testimony from scholars, newspaper and magazine articles about the conference and about families in American life, the history, goals, and suggested themes as supplied by the White House, as well as expectations for state activities. A large part of these materials are letters and documentation sent from the …

0664: Bertha Casto Diaries, 1934-1938, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of three diaries describing the daily life of Bertha Casto, wife of physician Thomas Jefferson Casto, while living in Charleston, WV. Topics covered include daily life, especially domestic activities. The final entry was written by Thomas, documenting his wife’s death on January 29, 1938.

0666: Susan And Geoff Eacker Collection, 1997, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Susan and Geoff Eacker interviewed ten women banjo players throughout August to October 1997 in WV and eastern KY. Interviews include Kate Brett, Diane Jones, Jessica Bills, Lynne Davis (about Molly O’Day), Kim Johnson (including Wilson Douglas), Sylvia O’Brien, Helena Triplett, Pam Lund, Cari Norris, and Dora Mae Wagers. This collection includes ten cassette tapes with the interviews and ten folders of transcripts for each interview.

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

Hollins Columns (1996 Dec 12), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Mysterious letter prompts questions about bathroom
• Outsourcing of physical plant operations: the debate continues
• Student opposes political perspectives
• Students responsible for environmental protection
• Comments on Fosl and Lynch editorials
• Lynch's anti-abortion arguments amount to verbal terrorism
• Civility becoming extinct
• No note on damaged car
• Holiday season returns for RLA
• SHARE needs new volunteers for spring
• Joyce Carol Oates speaks at Hollins
• Rasmussen's charge to Hollins students
• Filmmaker Antonio Zarro visits Hollins
• Top ten things to do in the Roanoke area
• Pizza, anyone?
• Short term offers educational experiences off campus
• Beating the winter blues
• Williamson Road: a beautification …

The Greens Of Falls Of Rough: A Kentucky Family Biography 1795-1965, Hugh Ridenour

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of writing about the Greens of Falls of Rough is to record the extraordinary lives of three generations of a prominent, but somewhat neglected, Kentucky family that contributed greatly to the history of the Commonwealth. This family’s activities parallel that history in social, economic and political aspects from the state’s inception to the 1960s.

In addition, this thesis should alleviate a pervasive misunderstanding regarding the identity of Willis Green, founder of the Greens of Falls of Rough. Mr. Green, a prominent Kentuckian in his own right, has been confused with another Kentuckian, a Willis Green of Danville. The …

Hollins Columns (1996 Nov 18), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Dr. Janet Rasmussen officially inaugurated as Hollins' ninth president
• Outsourcing may continue at Hollins
• Title of personal column sparks controversy
• Student asks college to reconsider party policy
• Political Perspectives
• From the Left
• From the right
• Questions arise over crossword answers
• ASAP wants to help
• Students' rebuttal to 'On the Rag'
• Electronic research seminar to be held
• Club Frenzy: something new for the weekend
• Hollins concentrates on mediation to solve conflicts
• Time-Zone cheating on GRE
• Anne Harper remembered
• Computer help desk getting off the ground
• Peterson's guide's on-line university
• New sexual assault awareness group starts on campus
• Luscious …

Hollins Columns (1996 Nov 4), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• The inauguration countdown
• Women unite to take back the night
• Time to breathe deeply
• Student urges Campus Activities and ECA to avoid waste
• Cooperation urged between security and students
• Is the honor code disintegrating?
• Women's Studies major still in planning
• Unsafe jaywalking at HCA
• Bomb threat proves harmless
• HARE raising club about to develop
• National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
• Batton Leadership Scholarship information
• HEAL hopes for larger membership
• Future FBI or just anxious for Tinker Day?
• BURST considered a riotous success
• Oktoberfest lacked campus support
• Bigler drawings displayed in gallery
• Tennis team finished undefeated among women's colleges …

Hollins Columns (1996 Oct 21), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• President Rasmussen shares hopes and ideas
• Students decide as '96 presidential election nears
• My new conclusion
• Student disgruntled over "On the Rag" article
• Campus litter cited as "beyond necessary"
• Political Perspectives
• From the Left
• From the Right
• Library director ready to help you navigate Fishburn
• Pleasants slated for re-opening
• Out of the closet for National Coming Out Day
• News Briefs
• IKI arrives on MOndays
• FYI from H.E.A.L.
• Circle K International asks for support
• LEAP stresses leadership skills
• Women's Studies major works to establish curriculum
• Tinker Day Fun
• Summer jobs in Yellowstone National Park
• Women Live from Mountain …

Hollins Columns (1996 Oct 8), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Health Services welcomes new physician
• CNN's Susan Rook speaks to students
• No mater how or who
• Senior class president expresses opinion on traditions
• Class gift co-chairs ask seniors to dig deep in their pockets
• Date Rape Awareness Week at Hollins and Roanoke College
• Women who are going places start at the CDC
• Security concerns prompt social forum
• Moody Concoctions are the soup of the day
• Everything is just that and more
• George C. Davis' photographs of Roanoke displayed at Hollins
• Do anything interesting this summer?
• Crossword Companion
• Tennis team off to strong start
• Teamwork pays off for …

Hollins Columns (1996 Sep 24), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Hollins welcomes ninth president
• What's new about the Hollins Abroad Paris program
• So far, so good...
• Alum appalled at students loss of social graces
• Inmates seek companionship
• Inmate submits plea for info from single-sex institutions
• Alum thanks students for "Miss Kitty"
• Hollins: Where everybody knows your name...
• Interview with Nick Kiersey: "the Irish Guy"
• R.E.M.'s new adventures
• Lone Star shines in theaters
• RENT: changing our perception of the typical Broadway show
• Smashing Pumpkins: smashing through their summer tour
• Soccer team prepares for competitive season, with new faces
• Field hockey team inspired by coach
• Volleyball team ready for …

A Brief History Of Mfn And Smfs , Bonnie Krueger, Beth Robertson

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Giles Constable, Three Studies In Medieval Religious And Social Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1995, Kathleen Ashley

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

A New Home For Mfn

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Conference Announcements

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Breaking Down The Barriers: Writing Novels About Medieval Women For Modern Readers , Sharan Best

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Medieval Art As Nostalgia For The Future, Madeline H. Caviness

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Feminism Within And Without The Academy , Karma Lochrie, Clare A. Lees, Gillian R. Overing

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Anne Clark Bartlett, Male Authors, Female Readers: Representation And Subjectivity In Middle English Devotional Literature. Cornell University Press, 1995, J. Wogan-Browne

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Gayle Margherita, The Romance Of Origins: Language And Sexual Difference In Middle English Literature. University Of Pennsylvania Press, 1994, Anne Clark Bartlett

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

June Hall Mccash, Ed., The Cultural Patronage Of Medieval Women. University Of Georgia Press, 1996, Cynthia J. Brown

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Ulrike Wiethaus, Ecstatic Transformation: Transpersonal Psychology In The Work Of Mechthild Of Magdeburg. Syracuse University Press, 1996, Amy M. Hollywood

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

M. Victoria Guerin, The Fall Of Kings And Princes: Structure And Destruction In Arthurian Tragedy. Stanford University Press, 1995, Peggy Mccracken

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Susan L. Smith, The Power Of Women: A Topos In Medieval Art And Literature. University Of Pennsylvania Press, 1995, Diane Wolfthal

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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The Influence Of J. R. R. Tolkien's Masculinist Medievalism., Michael D. C. Drout

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Front Matter, Medieval Feminist Newsletter, No.22 1996

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.