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Books on: african women 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

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

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...The study of African women as an important...women in the economic development...penetration of West African women in local markets...the theme of African market women and economic power. African...participate fully in economic development...
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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

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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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...journal Dollars and Sense and a member of the Economic Literacy Project of Women for Economic Justice in Boston. Randy received her Ph...1983. She is a co-editor of Alternatives to Economic Orthodoxy: A Reader in Political Economy M...
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African American Women and HIV/AIDS: Critical Responses

Book by Dorie J. Gilbert, Ednita M. Wright; Praeger, 2003

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African American Women--Diseases, Aids (Disease)--United States

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...such as low wages for women, unfavorable economic conditions, the low educational...The erosion in the economic well-being of working-class African American men in particular...One outcome of reduced economic resources is that African...
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Abiding Courage: African American Migrant Women and the East Bay Community

Book by Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo; University of North Carolina Press, 1996

Subjects:

African American Women--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Social Conditions, African Americans--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Migrations--History--20th Century, Rural-Urban Migration--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History--20th Century, San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)--Social Conditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...New Orleans, black women outnumbered men by several...numbers indicate that the women wanted to improve their economic position, even if only...Louisiana, and Arkansas, African Americans circumvented white economic and social control by...McAllister, a migrant woman from Louisiana, recalled...
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African American Women and the Vote, 1837-1965

Book by Ann D. Gordon, Bettye Collier-Thomas; University of Massachusetts Press, 1997

Subjects:

African American Women Social Reformers--History, African American Women--Political Activity--History, African Americans--Suffrage--History, Suffragists--United States--History, Women--Suffrage--United States--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Advancement of the Race through African American Womens Organizations...1895 to 1925, black women addressed issues and concerns facing them as women and systematically responded...focused on many needs of African Americans: the plight of working women, limited economic opportunities, inferior...

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Journal Articles on: african women 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

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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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Does Economic Culture and Social Capital Matter?: An Analysis of African-American Entrepreneurs in Cleveland, Ohio

Journal article by Bessie House; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 24, 2000

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African Americans in business--Economic aspects, Business success--Causes of, Entrepreneurship--Social aspects, Infrastructure (Economics)--Social aspects

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...example, in African Market Women and Economic Power: The Role...Women in African Economic Development...Against all odds: African-American entrepreneurship...businesses, economic development...The role of women in African economic...
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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

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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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Magazine Articles on: african women 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

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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

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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

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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

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...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 women 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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Leaders Dare to Change Dark Continent; African Union Is Hopeful, but Doubts Remain

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 11, 2002

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African Union, Mbeki, Thabo, Organization of African Unity

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

...change Dark Continent; African Union is hopeful, but...and bare-breasted women, and a military flyby...spectacular greeting to the African Union this week. It...the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which...telephone interview. "The Africans themselves are taking...farms unleashed rapid economic collapse, hunger and...
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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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Encyclopedia Articles on: african women economic

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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...especially in the African-American and Hispanic...Large numbers of Africans were transported...matched, among major economic powers, only by...growing movement of women demanding social, economic, and political...she was the first woman to gain a major...electoral votes. Economic recovery did not...
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Head, Bessie

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...HEAD, BESSIE 1937 86, South African writer. Born in South Africa...strong concerns about racism, economic stagnation, and the status of women in her adopted country. Her...A Bewitched Crossroad: An African Saga (1984); a collection...
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Tanzania

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...elected, 37 are women appointed by the...small numbers of Africans as slaves. By this...expelled from the E African coast (except for...through existing African leaders. However...units. Therefore, African leaders had to be...Increasing numbers of Africans worked for a wage...after 1945, when economic growth began to...
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Democratic Party

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...urban voting blocs. The economic depression that began...coalition of labor, women, minorities, moderates...presidency and a national economic crisis, Democrat Barack...McCain to become the first African American to win the nations...Bibliography See C. A. Beard, Economic Origins of Jeffersonian...
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Voting

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...States this was accomplished in 1920 when women were given the right to vote by the Nineteenth Amendment, but many African Americans in the South continued to...but also by religious, racial, and economic factors. For this reason nearly all...

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