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Books on: womens roles

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Women's Roles in Ancient Civilizations: A Reference Guide

Book by Bella Vivante; Greenwood Press, 1999

Subjects:

Sex Role--History, Women--History--To 500

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of life. It concludes by examining some of the ancient Greek womens own writings. Womens Religious Roles Religion played a central role in the lives of the ancient Greeks, and womens rituals held major significance for womens lives and for the...
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Good-Bye Heathcliff: Changing Heroes, Heroines, Roles, and Values in Women's Category Romances

Book by Mariam Darce Frenier; Greenwood Press, 1988

Subjects:

American Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism, English Fiction--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Heathcliff (Fictitious Character), Heroes In Literature, Heroines In Literature, Love Stories, American--History And Criticism, Love Stories, English--History And Criticism, Popular Literature--History And Criticism, Sex Role In Literature, Social Values In Literature, Women And Literature--History--20th Century, Women--Books And Reading--History--20th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...romance. . . . Stereotyped female roles are charged with an unlikely...She found Harlequins to be womens pornography in which the heroine...augments Kay Mussells 1984 work on womens romance fiction. Mussell important...Reconciliation: Contemporary Formulas of Womens Romance Fiction , details the...
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Women's Two Roles: A Contemporary Dilemma

Book by Phyllis Moen; Auburn House Paperback, 1992

Subjects:

Mothers--Employment--United States, Work And Family--United States, Working Mothers--United States

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...divided, as to what mens and womens roles should be. Prevailing...absence of any consensus about womens roles, or of the role of government in family matters...chapter details the trends in womens labor force participation in...
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Rabbis, Lawyers, Immigrants, Thieves: Exploring Women's Roles

Book by Rita J. Simon; Praeger Publishers, 1993

Subjects:

Female Offenders--United States, Women Immigrants--United States, Women In The Professions--United States, Women--United States--Social Conditions

Collections: Entire Library

...age pattern might also reflect womens reluctance to undertake revolutionary...explanations we need to know what roles women play in terrorist groups...thou goest" also claim that womens roles in revolutionary groups...seems to be used to explain womens terrorist activity. We feel...
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To the Glory of Her Sex: Women's Roles in the Composition of Medieval Texts

Book by Joan M. Ferrante; Indiana University Press, 1997

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...WOMEN" Because letters taught me to see womens roles in a new way which influenced my understanding of womens patronage of or collaboration in literary...and help recreate to some extent medieval womens complicated sense of womans place in the...

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Journal Articles on: womens roles

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Gosta Esping-Andersen, Incomplete Revolution: Adapting Welfare States to Women's New Roles

Journal article by Susan A. Mcdaniel; Canadian Journal of Sociology, Vol. 35, 2010

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Incomplete Revolution: Adapting Welfare States to Women's New Roles (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...Revolution: Adapting Welfare States to Womens New Roles. by Susan A. McDaniel Gosta Esping...Revolution: Adapting Welfare States to Womens New Roles. Oxford: Polity Press...thus far incomplete revolution in womens roles is provoking serious disequilibria...
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From Private to Public Spheres: Exploring Women's Role in Dutch Musical Life from C. 1700 to C. 1880 and Three Case Studies

Journal article by Jane Bowers; Women & Music, Vol. 7, 2003

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From Private to Public Spheres: Exploring Women's Role in Dutch Musical Life from c. 1700 to c. 1880 and Three Case Studies (Book)--Reviews

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...Public Spheres: Exploring Womens Role in Dutch Musical Life from...concerts. Her discussion of womens participation in music...code which propagated the role of quiet deference for...the major tasks ahead for womens history was comparing individual...
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The Relationship of Women's Role Strain to Social Support, Role Satisfaction, and Self-efficacy

Journal article by Carl J. Erdwins, Louis C. Buffardi, Wendy J. Casper, Alison S. O'Brien; Family Relations, Vol. 50, 2001

Subjects:

Child care, Job satisfaction, Self image, Sex roles, Women, Working mothers

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...work and parental roles proved to be a significant...predictor of these womens work-family conflict and role overload, respectively...Ozeki, 1998). Role Strain The concept...or conflict among womens life roles also has been further...parent and work roles would be associated...more aspects of womens role strain, including...
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A Study of the Evolution of Women's Roles in Thai Higher Education Institutions

Journal article by Raywadeetas Robkob; International Forum of Teaching and Studies, Vol. 4, 2008

Subjects:

Equal rights, Equality, Feminism, Gender, Higher education, Influence, Opportunity, Politics, Roles, Society, Thailand, Women

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...women were more educated, they took more roles which increased womens percentage rapidly in parts of the society...cooperation of World Bank which influenced womens role change. It revolutionized womens role in every social class. In the third...
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Back to the Basics: Trends in and Role Determinants of Women's Attitudes toward Housework

Journal article by John P. Robinson, Melissa A. Milkie; Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 60, 1998

Subjects:

Housework, Sex roles, Women

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...aware that centers on how social roles affect attitudes toward the...standards for cleanliness, and role strain and interpersonal conflict...The demands and strains of the roles of wife, mother, or paid worker should decrease womens satisfaction with the cleanliness...argues, under conditions of role strain, people may delegate...

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Magazine Articles on: womens roles

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Women's Role in the Dance of Life

Magazine article by Cheryl Anderson; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2007

Subjects:

Climate change, Gender equity, Leadership, Risk management, Roles, Task forces

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Womens Role in the Dance of Life by Cheryl...term changes in climate. Womens Leadership in the Pacific...the leadership structure and roles of these islands enables understanding...changes in climate. Although womens roles are changing throughout...
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Japanese Women's Roles in Climate Change Mitigation

Magazine article by Sabrina Regmi; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2007

Subjects:

Climate change, Decision making, Environmental protection, Global warming, Greenhouse effect

Collections: Entire Library

...they also performed their dual roles and duties at home as wives...climate change impacts. Japanese Womens and Domestic Decision Making...factors. The study shows that womens decision making power and status...investing and spending. Womens Awareness of and Responses...to know about it. Women as role models As mothers, women...
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Series Explores Women's Roles in Antiquity

Magazine article by Pat Twair, Samir Twair; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XVIII, August 31, 1999

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Ancient civilizations, California, Cooper, Jerrold, History

Collections: History, Entire Library

Series Explores Womens Roles in Antiquity by Pat Twair , Samir Twair SERIES EXPLORES WOMENS ROLES IN ANTIQUITY For five Mondays this spring, antiquity buffs have been gathering at Barnsdall Park Theater for a series of lectures on "Women of the...
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"It Was I Who Did It": Women's Role in the Founding of the Nation

Magazine article by Carol Berkin; Phi Kappa Phi Forum, Vol. 86, Summer 2006

Subjects:

American history, Children & youth, Daughters, Education, Politics, Wives, Women, Young adults

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

"It Was I Who Did It": Womens Role in the Founding of the...won, women played a central role in ensuring that the republic...boycott depended heavily upon womens participation, for it was...boycott strategy politicized womens domestic sphere - and women...the mastery of male work roles diminished the mysteries of...
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Sexuality, Women's Roles Occupy Assembly: Recommendations Oppose Violence, Discrimination [World Council of Churches Festival to Mark the End of the Ecumenical Decade in Solidarity with Women

Magazine article by Deborah Luchuk; Vol. 125, May 1999

Subjects:

Church & social aspects, Religion, Social conditions, Women, World Council of Churches

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Sexuality, Womens Roles Occupy Assembly: Recommendations Oppose...Harare, Zimbabwe last November. The womens festival meeting took place in Harare...Juliet Huntly, who is responsible for womens issues at the United Church. "As there...

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Newspaper Articles on: womens roles

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Isabel Has Bags of Fun in Her Managerial Role; Isabel Robertson, Manager, LK Bennett My Day: Isabel Robertson Is the Store Manager of Women's Clothing Store LK Bennett in Liverpool's Metquarter. This Is Her Day

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), February 19, 2011

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Clothing stores, Shoe stores, Women executives, Women's clothing, Women's clothing industry, Women's clothing stores

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

Isabel Has Bags of Fun in Her Managerial Role; Isabel Robertson, Manager, LK Bennett My Day: Isabel Robertson Is the Store Manager of Womens Clothing Store LK Bennett in Liverpools Metquarter. This Is Her Day. Byline: EMMA THOMPSON 8.30am...
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Women's Roles in Films Flimsy

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 26, 2010

Subjects:

Motion picture actors and actresses, Motion pictures--Movie reviews, Movie actors, Movies

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

Womens Roles in Films Flimsy. Byline...attitudes toward male and female roles in society, says Oscar...after noticing a lack of good role models in entertainment media...wants to see more speaking roles for women in films and TV...
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Learn Women's Roles during the Civil War

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 19, 2009

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

Learn Womens Roles during the Civil War. Events related to books and events that enrich...Barbara Blair will present "How the Onset of the Civil War Changed Womens Roles." Book signings: 2:50 p.m. Thursday, May 21, Sarah Adams Elementary...
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Julie Calls for More Women's Roles on TV

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 27, 2009

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

Julie Calls for More Womens Roles on TV. Byline: LOUISE JURY...Soul are calling for more roles for women on television. For every two male roles in a drama there is just one...a TV regular with a major role in Channel 4s major new drama...
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'Hex,' 'Banshee' Redefine Women's Roles on Summer TV

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 22, 2006

Subjects:

Television programs, Women

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

Hex, Banshee Redefine Womens Roles on Summer TV. Byline: Ted Cox Summer is the time for mindless...feminism if anything does on TV these days. Both take traditional sex roles and throw them out the window - in slow motion, with shards of...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: womens roles

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Friedan, Betty Naomi

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...influential, the book played an important role in the creation of the modern feminist...Laws (Naral) in 1969 and the National Womens Political Caucus in 1971. In The Second...elderly; she advocated new, positive roles for older citizens. See her It Changed My Life: Writings on the Womens Movement (1976) and her memoir Life...
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Soprano

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...and the dramatic soprano has a sustained power suitable for operatic roles. The voices of boys who have not reached puberty are generally in the soprano range and replace womens voices in some church choirs. In the castrato of the 18th cent. the...
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Feminism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...workplace, changing family roles, redress for sexual harassment...In the French Revolution, womens republican clubs demanded that...pressed for the inclusion of womens emancipation in the Constitution...Coffin Mott , and others, in a womens convention at Seneca Falls...
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Winfrey, Oprah

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...of other movie and television roles followed. Winfrey subsequently...Oxygen Media, which produces womens programs on cable television...The Oprah Magazine, a monthly womens lifestyle publication. One...with a particular interest in womens and childrens issues and education...
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Marriage

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...most societies men and women are valued for their different roles in the household economy. Marriage therefore often occasions...societies (see harem ). It is commonly found where the value of womens labor is high and may be practiced as a way of acquiring allies...

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