In 2009, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's (UWEC) women's studies program offered its first iteration of the faculty-led international immersion course Women's Lives and Experiences in Nicaragua. This program was created and initially led by Dr. Rose-Marie Avin, a faculty member in the economics department and an affiliate member of both…

The purpose of this study is to find the problems of employed female school teachers in district Kulgam. Sample of 100 employed women are selected from different education institutions as 20 Rehaber e Taleem (ReT) female teachers, 40 female teachers, 20 female masters and 20 female lecturers using stratified random sampling. In this study we use…

The post-Apartheid community history is a male-constructed space, narrated into present-day consciousness by male community leaders and history writers. The patriarchal worldview disparages women's contributions and activisms. This article reports on how Muslim women from a small fishing village in South Africa in the early 1900s strategized to…

Examines how women are treated in Canadian history. A survey of the field shows that studies of women's participation in Canada's history tend to be sparse and fragmentary. The rise of feminism, however, has caused increased interest in the history of working women. An extensive bibliography is included. (AM)

This article discusses the psychology of women and presents possible directions for research findings in this area. (PD)

Women's labor activity in the U.S. is examined. Some topics discussed include women in the Knights of Labor and in printers' and cigar makers' unions. Questions which deserve careful study by social studies educators and which can be discussed in the classroom are examined. (RM)

The data compiled in this study represents the responses of professional associations regarding the activities of women's committees. Respondents completing the questionnaires were either chairpersons or staff for women's committees, or chairpersons of independent women's caucuses. The data analyzed related to the membership count of the…

There may be a link between the systems movement and the women's movement. The systems approach allows an observer to identify important relationships and behavior within a system. This approach recognizes that observers of a system will be taking differing and subjective views of the system, depending on their own perspectives. Among the various…

This document presents a review of the proceedings of the Cornell Conference on the Future of Female Studies, which was held at Cornell University on May 10, 1972. Participants in the conference included faculty members from Cornell as well as faculty members from other prominent colleges and universities in the U. S. and abroad. General topics…

This report offers highlights of the demographic and economic characteristics of women in North Dakota, 1950-1980. The report is based on data found in Bureau of Census publications. The median age of women in North Dakota has increased from 25.9 years in 1960 to 29 years in 1980. North Dakota women were slightly less likely to be married and more…

This research studies role conflict situations faced by women. Five hundred and eighteen women responded to a questionnaire. The most significant finding is that for all women the Expectations of Self category was the area of most conflict. For availability information, see SO 504 073. (Author/RM)

This bibliography was compiled by the Bureau of Curriculum Services, Pennsylvania Department of Education, to comply with a directive requiring that feminist literature be included in school libraries and that efforts be made to secure instructional materials which favorably portray women in nontraditional roles. Feminist material, including films…

This booklet gives two- or three-page biographies of seventeen women scientists. They range in history from Agnodice (physician, 300 B.B.) to Jane Goodall (born 1934). In addition, brief sketches are given of twenty-three other women scientists. This anthology is intended to fill a need for curriculum materials and literature that provide positive…

Purpose: This paper aims to document women's reflections on their careers over a ten-year period to provide quantitative baseline data on which to frame follow-up in-depth interviews. The participants work in the public service in Queensland (Australia) and had been recommended for, and participated in, women in management (WIM) courses conducted…

Feminist thinkers offer new interpretations of the role of technology in social life. As society has progressed, men have become culture-centered rather than nature-centered, while women have remained nature-centered. Thus, women's devaluation resides in man's desire to control both nature and women. The values of objectivity, progress,…