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The Furniture Of An Author's Mind: Women And London In The Poetry Of Jonathan Swift
(1993)
Swift, as an author, has puzzled scholars and critics with his themes of bodily functions, decay, and general nastiness in reference to women. My research into his poems has raised questions like: Why do Swift's poems ...
Her Masculine Strength of Mind: The Influence of Desiderius Erasmus Upon the Education of Women in Renaissance England
(1997)
This research discusses the transition in the thinking of the sixteenth-century monk Desiderius Erasmus on the education of women. At first he regarded women as intellectual inferiors, but eventually he recognized that ...
The Relationship Between Knowledge And Self-Efficacy In The Setting Of Cancer Screenings Among Mexican-American Women
(1995)
As our world becomes more diverse, research that focuses on more than the traditional subject, the Anglo male, is needed. Researchers must expand their focuses to include women and different cultures. That realization ...
In the Eyes of the Beholder: French Perceptions of Women and the Occupation, 1940-Present
(1995)
Film and literature provide a vehicle for the exploration of the issues facing women during the Occupation. Many of the ambiguities of the period are personified through female characters, characters that simultaneously ...
Symbols And Substance: The Hiring And Promotion Of America's Leading Law Firms
(1993)
The legal profession has undergone dramatic changes in the past two decades as it has grown from a traditionally male occupation to one which includes substantial numbers of women among its ranks. These new women attorneys ...
Women of Plautine Comedy: Representative of the Roman Ideal?
(1991)
After considering what is said about women and analyzing their individual characterizations, one question remains: are these Plautine women representative of the Roman ideal? The Roman ideal for womanhood, as established ...