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Books on: african woman economic

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African Market Women and Economic Power: The Role of Women in African Economic Development

Book by Bessie House-Midamba, Felix K. Ekechi; Greenwood Press, 1995

Subjects:

Women In Development--Africa, Women Merchants--Africa

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...Chapter 1 Esan Women Traders and Precolonial Economic Power Onaiwu W. Ogbomo The African woman as entrepreneur...African social, economic, and political...in particular, women as merchants and...other hand, the economic activities of...
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Mink Coats Don't Trickle Down: The Economic Attack on Women and People of Color

Book by Randy Albelda, Elaine Mccrate, Edwin Meléndez, June Lapidus; South End Press, 1988

Subjects:

African Americans--Economic Conditions, Supply-Side Economics--United States, United States--Economic Conditions--1981-2001, United States--Economic Policy--1981-1993, Women--United States--Economic Conditions

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...no. These national economic policies decimated the...sectors, and pushed many women into a depressed labor...conservative social and economic agenda has been a response...means to be a man or a woman in our society. Ironically, by drawing more women into the labor force, the right-wing economic policies have done as...
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Circle Thinking: African Women Theologians in Dialogue with the West

Book by Carrie Pemberton; Brill, 2003

Subjects:

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Church History, Church Work With Women--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Circle Of Concerned African Women Theologians, Theology, Doctrinal--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History, Women In Christianity--Africa, Sub-Saharan, Women Theologians--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--20th Century

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...freedoms will be faced with African cultural particularity and the discourse of economic violation and post...forms of cul- tural, economic and political violence...reality which African women need to resist...born, but becomes a woman. No biological, psy- chological, or economic fate determines the...
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Black Women in the New World Order: Social Justice and the African American Female

Book by Willa Mae Hemmons; Praeger Publishers, 1996

Subjects:

African American Women, African American Women--Legal Status, Laws, Etc

Collections: History, Entire Library

CHAPTER 5 Black Women in the World Order of Social Welfare SOCIAL WELFARE...increasingly hostile worldwide climate. 3 The African American woman, largely because of the political, economic and educational conditions described in previous...
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Written by Herself: Literary Production by African American Women, 1746-1892

Book by Frances Smith Foster; Indiana University Press, 1993

Subjects:

African American Women In Literature, African American Women--Intellectual Life, African Americans In Literature, American Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--African American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--Colonial Period, Ca. 1600-1775--History And Criticism, American Literature--Women Authors--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Like Lee and other religious women, she declared the priority...preaching to blacks and whites, women and men, bound and free...constructs herself as a comely black woman whose economic poverty and political weakness...demonstrates an important feature of African American womans literature...

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Journal Articles on: african woman economic

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What's Love Got to Do with It?: Economic Viability and the Likelihood of Marriage among African American Men

Journal article by Angela D James; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 29, 1998

Subjects:

African American men--Social aspects, African American women--Social aspects, Marriage--Economic aspects

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...optimistic economic outlooks, both men and women marry earlier...tied to male economic viability...formation among African American men...levels among African American men and women, as well as...category, but the economic prospects for...
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The Chicken and the Egg of Economic Disadvantage and Multiple Partner Fertility: Which Comes First in a Sample of Low-Income Women

Journal article by Lindsay M. Monte; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 35, 2011

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African American women--Economic aspects, African American women--Physiological aspects, Pregnancy--Economic aspects, Pregnancy--Social aspects

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...of subsequent economic difficulties...predominantly African-American poor women in Illinois...comes first--economic disadvantage...predominantly African-American women in Illinois...leads to worse economic standing, but...
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Latinas and African American Women at Work: Race, Gender and Economic Inequality

Journal article; International Labour Review, Vol. 138, 1999

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Latinas and African American Women at Work: Race, Gender and Economic Inequality Browne, Irene (ed.). Latinas and African American women at work: Race, gender, and economic inequality. New York, NY, Russell...
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Doing More Than Heads: African American Women Healing, Resisting, and Uplifting Others in St. Petersburg, Florida

Journal article by Evelyn Newman Phillips; Frontiers - A Journal of Women's Studies, Vol. 22, 2001

Subjects:

African American women--Behavior, Community service--Social aspects, Community services--Social aspects, Williams, Edna--Behavior, Yopp, Marie--Behavior

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...organization for African American women founded in 1908...institutions that sheltered African American juvenile...African American women everywhere. (30) "No Negro woman can afford to be...social, religious, economic, and uplift problems...The belief in women working toward the...
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Early Black Women Playwrights and the Dual Liberation Motif

Journal article by Will Harris; African American Review, Vol. 28, 1994

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African American women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc., American literature--African American authors, Drama--Stories, plots, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...of the domestic woman was insulated from...in the works of women playwrights of the...percent of employed African American women worked...significant sense of economic power gained from...with the pursuing economic and social equality...The image of black woman as domestic was...hands of early black women playwrights this...ideological and economic power in the hands...

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Magazine Articles on: african woman economic

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Mzungu at Any Cost: Economic Hardships Have Sent Some Kenyan Women to Go A-Hunting-For Any White Man at Any Cost. He Is the Ticket, They Say, to Eternal Bliss. How Sad!

Magazine article by Philip Ngunjiri; New African, November 2002

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Interracial marriage--Economic aspects, Kenyans--Economic aspects, Sex oriented businesses--Economic aspects, Sex oriented businesses--Health aspects, Women--Economic aspects

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Mzungu at Any Cost: Economic Hardships Have Sent Some Kenyan Women to Go A-Hunting-For Any...bandwagon?" Motivated more by economic factors than by passion, the...interests and the locals quest for economic advancement. After all, the...
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Do Good, Get Rich: Social Warriors Start Businesses That Improve the Lives of African Women

Magazine article by Elaine Lee; Black Enterprise, Vol. 38, May 2008

Subjects:

Africans--Economic aspects, Africans--Social aspects, Microfinance--Social aspects, Women--Economic aspects, Women--Social aspects

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...the Lives of African Women. by Elaine...because of dire economic conditions...indigenous African women through business...to pay the women a fair price...Global Bilateral Economic Relations at...preservation of African heritage...
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Economic Strategies: Curb Population, Empower Women

Magazine article by Novan Tembo; African Business, March 2005

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Economic Strategies: Curb Population, Empower Women. by Novan Tembo Thank...for employment and economic development, we will...street-kids in any African city is proof enough...Besides, so many African men tend to waste valuable...
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Obesity African-American Women

Magazine article by Cordia Beverley; Ebony, Vol. 62, October 2007

Subjects:

African American women--Health aspects, African American women--Statistics, Body mass index--Measurement, Obesity--Prevention, Obesity--Research

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Obesity African-American Women. by...of New York focuses on women and the serious problems...African-American women have the highest rate...of African-American women at all economic and educational levels...pound, 5-foot-5 woman is 170 x 703 (119...
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Black Women: The Unfinished Agenda: African American Women Made Great Progress in Education and Entering into Previously Forbidden Occupations-But Their Gains in Earnings Mysteriously Stopped

Magazine article by Cecilia A. Conrad; The American Prospect, Vol. 19, October 2008

Subjects:

African American women--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, African American women--Civil rights, African American women--Employment, Employment discrimination--Management, Pay equity--Management, Women's rights--Management

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Unfinished Agenda: African American Women Made...because the wages of black women constitute a major component...Because of the limited economic prospects for black men, black women are likely to be both...families with children, a woman is the primary breadwinner...bigger impact on the economic well-being of black...

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Newspaper Articles on: african woman economic

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Incontinence African Scourge; Lack of Medical Care Turns Girls, Women into Pariahs

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 17, 2007

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Health care industry, Urinary incontinence, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Incontinence African Scourge; Lack of Medical...stillbirth. Affected women, many of whom are teenagers...five Ethiopian girls and women with obstetric fistulas...where a poor diet causes women to have smaller bodies...obstetric fistula are economic. "Theres this direct...drip of urine that a woman suffering from the preventable...
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TOP 100 BUSINESSWOMEN; Margaret Nelson Joins Ireland's Female Entrepreneurs to Talk about the Revival of the Economy, Their Personal Vision and the Vital Role Women Will Play in Our Future

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 3, 2009

Subjects:

Businesspeople--Economic aspects, Businesswomen--Economic aspects, Economic conditions, Entrepreneurs--Economic aspects, Entrepreneurship--Economic aspects, Nelson, Maggie, Working women--Economic aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...journalists on the issue of women in business. Fifteen years...later, I embrace the fact that women are different to men in their...fair that just because I am a woman, I should have to choose one over the other. I admire all women in business and in particular...and see. In the face of the economic gloom, Margaret is pragmatic...
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Somalis Overwhelm Yemen; 160,000 Flee Somali War, African Drought

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), December 3, 2009

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African refugees, Droughts, Refugees, African, Somali Conflict, 1991-, Water shortages

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...terrorism and economic hardship on the...minister for Arabic, African and Asian affairs...about 15,000 African refugees, life...capital Sana says Africans are subjected to...because we are Africans, he said. Refugees...than 160,000 African refugees have fled...southern Yemen, and a woman (left) walks...office. Several women gather at a water...
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On MLK Day, Note How Far African-Americans Have Come

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), January 17, 2011

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African Americans, Cole, Nat King

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...MLK Day, Note How Far African-Americans Have Come...disillusioned with the tough economic times we all are enduring...imagined that a black woman, Oprah Winfrey, one...wealthy and influential women in the world, would...fact that we have an African-American president...state, one of them a woman! I think the Rev...
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GREED INC; SPECIAL INVESTIGATION; Pollution, Dubious Tax Practices, Exploitation of African Workers. That's the Charge Sheet against Glencore - the Shadowy Firm Run by This British Ex-Legionnaire Which Is Poised to Become a [Pounds Sterling]30bn Giant of the FTSE 100. Soon Your Savings Could Be Tied Up in It, Whether You like It or Not

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 4, 2011

Subjects:

Rich, Marc--International economic relations, Rich, Marc--Investigations

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Practices, Exploitation of African Workers. Thats the...wariness over hiring women because pregnant ladies...market. He traded with African dictators, Cuban communists...made at their expense. Economic necessity forces the...One 22-year-old woman told how she drank the...campaign groups for economic fairness -- Sherpa...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african woman economic

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Liberia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...In Oct., 2003, the West African force was placed under UN command...Sirleaf became the first woman to be elected president of an African nation. At the same time a...P. J. Staudenraus, The African Colonization Movement, 1816...
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Integration

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...segregation separating African Americans from the rest...rights organizations. African Americans, enjoying a somewhat improved economic status, were in the...Meredith became the first African American to attend a...Rosa Parks , a black woman, refused to give up...
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Houston

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...1981, Kathryn J. Whitmire became the citys first woman mayor. Its first African-American mayor, Lee P. Brown, was elected in...Free Enterprise City: Houston in Political and Economic Perspective (1988...
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Chicago , City, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the nations largest African-American population...although its diverse economic base spared it the worst of the economic decay of other large...elected their first woman mayor (Jane Byrne...and their first African-American mayor...
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State, United States Department Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the regional bureaus of African, European, East Asian...needs of recovery from economic depression, but later...foreign policy with the economic-aid programs, and...state, was the first woman to hold the post, and...state, was the first African American. Bibliography...

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