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The Arab Woman: An Untypical View

in Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive, of Smith College Libraries. Sophia Smith Collection (Countries Collection, Box 41:Arab and Moslem Women) (New York, NY: Aramco Services Company, 1971, originally published 1971), 44 page(s)

This edition of the bi-monthly Aramaco World Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 2, March-April, 1971, is titled, 'The Arab Woman: An Untypical View'. Included are articles on: The Arab Woman: A Traditional View, A Day in the Life of..., The Harem: Image and Reality, The Arab Woman-At Play, The Veil: A Darkness at Noon, The Ar...

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Egypt's Women

written by Helga Hesse-Camozzi, fl. 1953, in Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive, of Smith College Libraries. Sophia Smith Collection (Countries Collection, Box 11:Egypt) (Egypt. Ministry of National Guidance, 1953, originally published 1953), 31 page(s)

This 31-page book, by Helga Hesse-Carmozzi is a report on her visit to Egypt, acquainting herself with women's activities in the country. She visited various women's organizations and obtained first-hand information about the accomplishments and efforts of Egyptian women. Also included are a history of women in Eg...

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I mana [Mother]

written by Alexandra Papadopoulou, fl. 1902, in Patris Voukourestiou, November 21-December 3, 1899, p. NA (1899, originally published 1899), 3 page(s)

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TITLE: Mother, 1899. DESCRIPTION: Alexandra Papadopoulou (1867-1905) wrote short stories and worked as a teacher. During her residence in Bucharest, Romania, from 1899 to 1900 and 1902, she wrote a series of "patriotic" short stories, aiming to strengthen the national consciousness of the Greeks living in Romania. The stories reflected the intense nationalist conflicts in the Balkans as well as the educational discourse among teachers of this pe... TITLE: Mother, 1899. DESCRIPTION: Alexandra Papadopoulou (1867-1905) wrote short stories and worked as a teacher. During her residence in Bucharest, Romania, from 1899 to 1900 and 1902, she wrote a series of "patriotic" short stories, aiming to strengthen the national consciousness of the Greeks living in Romania. The stories reflected the intense nationalist conflicts in the Balkans as well as the educational discourse among teachers of this period. Both themes were apparent in the work of Papadopoulou, especially after 1896. Several of these short stories were published in the newspaper, Patris Voukourestiou, a Greek-language paper edited in Bucharest. In this story, Papadopoulou portrayed Romanian women with negative characteristics, including questionable ethics and behavior as well as a judgmental attitude toward Greek culture. Her point was to demonstrate the dangers of mixed-nationality marriages, which threatened to overshadow and eliminate "Greekness." Τhe story's main character was a Greek widow from Epirus, a geographical region in Greece with large numbers of men migrating to Central Europe. The widow dedicated herself to raising her son. For his own good, she sent him abroad to be educated and to gain prosperity. He went to Romania, where he became wealthy. Over his mother's objections, he married a woman of Wallachia, Romania. The son, concerned with his mother's age, encouraged his mother to stop living alone in the Greek village and to move to Romania to spend more time with her grandchildren. The mother acquiesced. The son owned a large house, kept servants, and employed both a nanny and a French pedagogue to see to his children. Papadopoulou used the household to exemplify the superiority of Greek culture and the dangers of cross-cultural marriages: The son's wife treated the servants with brutality; the wife demonstrated a lack of respect toward the husband and his mother; the French pedagogue refused to teach the children the Greek language. The wife also "hated the Greek language," and eventually managed to force her mother-in-law to return to Greece. Before leaving, the mother pointed out to her son that his children should not be left ignorant of their father's language and culture, though she knew that his wife limited his options. The mother returned to Epirus, sad that her son "sacrificed, for a foreign woman, everything: language, motherland, mother." This story is one of four included in Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires. KEYWORDS: the Balkans; childrearing; children; cross-culture; family; fiction; Greece; Greek–Romanian rivalry; language; marriage; migration; mother; motherhood; national consciousness; nationalism; Ottoman Empire; patriotism; pedagogy; Alexandra Papadopoulou; Romania; short story; widow; widowhood; wife; wifehood; womanhood Show more Show less

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Our Cause: A Symposium By Indian Women

edited by Shyam Kumari Khan, 1904-1980 (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh: Kitabistan, 1938), 434 page(s)

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SCHOOL SUFFRAGE IN MASSACHUSETTS, MARTHA A. EVERETT

written by Martha A. Everett, fl. 1888; in Report of the International Council of Women, Assembled by the National Woman Suffrage Association, Washington, D.C., U. S. of America, (District of Columbia: National Woman Suffrage Association, 1888), 309-311

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Report on the Implications of Scientific and Technological Developments for the Situation of Women and their Integration in Development: A P...

written by Eva Schmidt-Kolmer, 1913-1991 (New York, NY: United Nations, 1975, originally published 1975), 24 page(s)

This is a 24-page typewritten report by Professor Eva Schmidt-Kolmer, M.D. It is a conference background paper for the United Nations World Conference of the International Women's Year, Mexico City, 19 June to 2 July, 1975. It discusses the importance of scientific and technical progress of women for society and t...

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The World of Women

written by Phillis Talaat, fl. 1950, in Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive, of Smith College Libraries. Sophia Smith Collection (Countries Collection, Box 11:Egypt) (Cairo, Cairo Governorate: Le Claire, 1950, originally published 1950), 28 page(s)

This is a 28-page typewritten booklet about women in Egypt. It provides a brief history of Egyptian women, beginning with the ancient Egyptians, the rise of Islam, and the foundation of the feminist movement that led to emancipation for the women of Egypt. There are several black and white photos throughout.

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