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Bitter Fruit: African American Women in World War II

Book by Maureen Honey; University of Missouri Press, 1999

Subjects:

African American Women--History--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...management agreed to admit African American patrons for...war boom mirrors actual workforce patterns that trapped African American women in the most undesirable...one that propelled women as well as men into the...political gains: If black women did not achieve any long...in Anderson, Changing Woman; Giddings, When and...
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Race, Gender, and Leadership: Re-Envisioning Organizational Leadership from the Perspectives of African American Women Executives

Book by Patricia S. Parker; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

Subjects:

African American Women Executives, African American Women In The Professions, Leadership In Women--United States

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...devalue African American women and that function to...participation in the workforce from slavery through...reveal traditions of African American womens leadership...of the literature on African American womens labor...devalued and demonized African American women in work...S. enslavement of Africans, their high poverty...
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A Broken Silence: Voices of African American Women in the Academy

Book by Lena Wright Myers; Bergin and Garvey, 2002

Subjects:

African American Women College Teachers, Discrimination In Higher Education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...experience was emotionally rewarding, until I gave my final classroom lecture on women in the workforce, in which I related my experiences as an African American woman in the academy. Twenty minutes after the start of my lecture, the female professor...
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Sources of Stress and Relief for African American Women

Book by Catherine Fisher Collins; Praeger, 2003

Subjects:

African American Women--Psychology, Stress (Psychology), Stress Management For Women

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...especially privileged white women), to return to their...Immigration Act of 1965, African American people and white...were once designated for African Americans, includ...see in Table 4.1, African Ameri- can womens benefits...to make gains in the workforce, creating a solid base...
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Psychotherapy with African American Women: Innovations in Psychodynamic Perspectives and Practice

Book by Leslie C. Jackson, Beverly Greene; Guilford Press, 2000

Subjects:

African American Women--Mental Health, African American Women--Psychology, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...unique way. For example, an African American supervisor recalled...which the patient, a young African American man, had entered the corporate workforce after finishing college...group of his friends. The African American supervisor presumed...

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The Victimization Experiences of Women in the Workforce: Moving beyond Single Categories of Work or Violence

Journal article by Sharyn J. Potter, Victoria L. Banyard; Violence and Victims, Vol. 26, 2011

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Domestic violence, Emotional abuse, Employment, Low income groups, Mental health, Research, Sex crimes, Studies, Wages & salaries, Welfare reform, Women, Workforce

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Victimization Experiences of Women in the Workforce: Moving beyond Single Categories...victimization in the lives of women in the workforce. Several studies have focused...more recently in a sample of African American women workers indicating increased...
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Having Our Say: African American Women, Diversity, and Counseling

Journal article by Rhonda M. Bryant, Angela D. Coker, Beth A. Durodoye, Vivian J. Mccollum, Sherlon P. Pack-Brown, Madonna G. Constantine, Beverly J. O'Bryant; Journal of Counseling and Development, Vol. 83, 2005

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African American women teachers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, African American women teachers--Social aspects, Colonization--Analysis

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...strong-willed African American woman whose contempt...African American women. However, because...African American women. Framingham...bonus status for African American women in the workforce: Why does the...of stress for African American college...images of Black women and their implications...Ar n t I a woman ?: Female slaves...
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The Career Experiences of African American Women Faculty: Implications for Counselor Education Programs

Journal article by Carla Bradley; College Student Journal, Vol. 39, 2005

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African American women teachers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Teacher tenure--Analysis, Teachers--Analysis, Teachers--Tenure, Work experience--Analysis

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...desirable image of African American women among White...African American women whether are...African American woman, whose co...supervisor, a White woman, told me that...realities of workforce racism and sexism that African American women face as they...
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Rewriting Patriarchal Scripts: Women, Labor, and Popular Culture in South African Clothing Industry Beauty Contests, 1970s-2005

Journal article by Peter Alegi; Journal of Social History, Vol. 42, 2008

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Beauty contests--Social aspects, Feminism--History, Garment workers--Social aspects, South African history, Working women--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...in Cape Towns African township of Langa...leadership among Africans is very limited...oppressed black women a rare opportunity...in the 1990s African women joined Coloured...than Coloured) woman to claim the...90% of the workforce) with the increase...percentage of women in the South African labor force as...
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Antiracism Organizing and Resistance in Nursing: African Canadian Women

Journal article by Agnes Calliste; The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 33, 1996

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African American women--Social policy, Canada--Demographic aspects, Nurses--Social policy, Racism--Prevention, Reverse discrimination--Social aspects

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...African Canadian women. by Agnes Calliste...to the 1990s. African Canadians have...in Torontos workforce were over-concentrated...subjugation of Africans by Europeans...Stereotypes of black women (such as the...the "bad black woman"; and the...E. 1992. "African-American womens...1989. Black Women in White. Bloomington...1981. Aint I a Woman. Boston: South...

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Minority Women Make Progress in Workforce

Magazine article; The Crisis, Vol. 110, September 2003

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Employment, Minority & ethnic groups, Private sector, Women, Workforce

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Minority Women Make Progress in Workforce The number of minority women in the private sector has increased...examined the employment of African American, Hispanic, Asian...made gains in employment. African American women continued to...
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New Lessons for Our Classrooms: Improving the Education of African American Students Will Require a Stronger Teacher Workforce. Here's What It Will Take

Magazine article by Marcia Wade Talbert, Robin White Goode; Black Enterprise, Vol. 42, November 2011

Subjects:

African American students--Education, Canada--Education policy, Public schools--Finance, Public schools--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Require a Stronger Teacher Workforce. Heres What It Will Take...90% of the student body is African American--not one of his...more than 50% of whom are African American. Twelve percent of...Successful African American Young Women (Oxford University Press...
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Women and Minorities Invisible in Technology Workforce

Magazine article; The Crisis, Vol. 110, July 2003

Subjects:

Information technology, Minority & ethnic groups, Women

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Women and Minorities Invisible in Technology Workforce The percentage of women and minorities in the information...found that the percentage of women in the IT workforce decreased...was also a decrease among African Americans, from 9.1 percent...
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Study: Women Directors Linked to High Returns

Magazine article by Jessica Marquez; Workforce Management, Vol. 86, October 8, 2007

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Boards of directors, Research, United States, Women, Workplace diversity

Collections: Entire Library

Study: Women Directors Linked to High Returns...Insurance Co. and being an African-American woman, Pryor has both the business...directors, looking to add more women and minorities to the mix...Catalyst, companies with more women on their boards perform better...
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Supporting Women and Minority Faculty

Magazine article by Joann Moody; Academe, Vol. 90, January 2004

Subjects:

Education policy, Minority & ethnic groups, Teachers, Women, Workforce

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...sixteen of the seventeen tenured women faculty in the science division...promoted to leadership roles (no woman had ever been chair). Despite...records as researchers, these women felt that they were excluded...the number of Hispanic and African American faculty low. She...academia to the detriment of many women and minorities. Right after...

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'The Old African Saying, That It Takes a Village to Raise a Child, Is Just as Relevant to Wales' Young Children Are Increasingly Growing Up Surrounded Almost Exclusively by Women. as Part of the Western Mail's Our Wales: Our Children Series, Tony Ivens Explains Why All Children Need Positive Male Role Models

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 27, 2009

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

The Old African Saying, That It Takes...Almost Exclusively by Women. as Part of the Western...resulting attitude to women needs no further explanation...offered a new model for women in the 21st century...predominantly from a female workforce. Television adverts...
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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

...MBUGUA HENRY Founder CEO, African Womens Network Social...Recruitment The first woman to win the Ernst Young...the 2008 IMAGE Business Woman of the Year Awards...Heaven range for men and women capitalised on a niche...1973, the position of women in the workforce has improved greatly...
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Rainbow Warriors; the Health of Our City Relies on Its Multi-Ethnic NHS Workforce -- Nearly a Third of Medical Staff Qualified Overseas. Sophie Goodchild Speaks to Six Key Workers from One London Hospital Trust WHO GETS LONDON WORKING?

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 3, 2011

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

...Its Multi-Ethnic NHS Workforce -- Nearly a Third of...without its international workforce," says Professor James...Professor Buchan argues that African countries, for example...different experience for women having babies. "Now...than good, being a woman and foreign. But it...behind in Spain. Here, women have so much more choice...
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Women, Minorities and Small Business

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 26, 1996

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

Women, minorities and small...more than 1 million women-owned businesses...by 220,000; and African-American-owned...210 billion. While women- and minority-owned...American economy, whose workforce will inevitably become...
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Arts & Theatre

Newspaper article; Fraser Coast Chronicle (Hervey Bay, Australia), November 5, 2010

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

...Ms Davis migrated to Africa at the age of 12 and later became head of a teaching program that helped young African women enter the workforce. She migrated to Australia in 1975 and became involved in residential care of the intellectually challenged...

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Uganda

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...employs over 80% of the workforce. Most of the farms...rest are nominated from women, the army, and other...were mostly produced by African smallholders and not...established; its first African member was admitted...seats was allocated to Africans. In 1953, Mutesa II...internationally, including by the African Unions fledgling Pan...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...domestic product and employed 80% of the workforce. This trend was also reflected in a shift...the vote to agricultural laborers. (Women could not vote until 1918.) In the 1880s...the country was entangled in the South African War (1899 1902). Great Britains period...

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