VOLUME 16
NUMBER 01
March 2012
About the Journal | In This Issue
DOCUMENT PROJECTSWhat Was the Relationship between Mary Church Terrell's International Experience and Her Work against Racism in the United States? By Alison M. Parker Abstract | Document List | Introduction How Did the Kindergarten Movement Provide Women with Opportunities for Professional Development and Social Activism in the United States and Internationally? By Ann Taylor Allen, Barbara Beatty, and Roberta Wollons Abstract Document List Introduction ESSAYIntroduction to the National Women's Conference Official Briefing Book By Mary Berkery, State University of New York at Binghamton View Essay ADDITION TO EXISTING DOCUMENT PROJECTHow Did the National Women's Conference in Houston in 1977 Shape a Feminist Agenda for the Future? By Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin with research assistance by Sandra Henderson National Women's Conference Official Briefing Book View Document BOOK REVIEWSLucretia Mott's Heresy: Abolition and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America By Carol Faulkner (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. 288 pp. Cloth, 45.00, ISBN 978-0-8122-4321-5). Reviewed by Trisha Franzen, Albion College Hearts Beating for Liberty: Women Abolitionists in the Old Northwest By Stacey M. Robertson (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010. 336 pp. Cloth, 39.95, ISBN 0807834084). Reviewed by Laura Free, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Unexceptional Women: Female Proprietors in Mid-Nineteenth Century Albany, New York, 1830-1885 By Susan Ingalls Lewis (Columbus: Ohio State Univ. Press, 2009. 240 pp. Cloth, 44.95, ISBN: 978-0-8142-0398-9). Reviewed by Nikki Mandell, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America By Leslie J. Reagan (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. 392 pp. Cloth, 27.50, ISBN: 9780520259034). Reviewed by Carol McCann, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Jesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion By Bettye Collier-Thomas (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. 695 pp. ISBN 978-1-4000-4420-7). Reviewed by Alison Parker, College at Brockport, State University of New York Review Essay: More Acronyms, More Activists: The Diverse Voices Found through Oral History By Kyle E. Ciani, Illinois State University Demanding Childcare: Women's Activism and the Politics of Welfare, 1940-1971 By Natalie M. Fousekis (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011. 264 pp. Cloth, 50.00, ISBN: 978-0-252-03625-5). Unprotected Labor: Household Workers, Politics and Middle Class Reform in New York, 1870-1940 By Vanessa H. May (Chapel Hill: North Carolina, 2011. 264 pp. Cloth, 65.00, Paper, 26.95, ISBN 978-0-8078-7193-5). She Was One of Us: Eleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker By Brigid O'Farrell (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2010. 304 pp. Cloth, 29.95, ISBN: 0801448808). Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History's Black and Indian Subject By Kirsten Pai Buick (Durham: Duke University Press, 2010). 344 pp. Cloth, 89.95, ISBN 978-0-8223-4247-2; Paper, 24.95, ISBN: 978-0-8223-4266-3. Reviewed by Laura R. Prieto, Simmons College NEWS FROM THE ARCHIVESFULL-TEXT DOCUMENTS New Gender Bias Reports added to the Women and Social Movements database at this timeGender Equality in the [Arizona] Courts: A Court Conduct Handbook View Full Text Ethics: Gender Bias [Arizona] View Full Text Executive Summary of Gender and Justice in the Courts: A Report to the Supreme Court of Georgia by the Commission on Gender Bias in the Judicial System, August 1991 View Full Text Final Report of the Equality in the Courts Task Force, State of Iowa, February 1993 View Full Text Summary of Gender Bias Study [Idaho] View Full Text Report of the Fairness and Equality Committee of the Supreme Court of Idaho View Full Text Louisiana Task Force on Women in the Courts: Final Report, 1992 View Full Text Final Report of the Michigan Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Issues in the Courts View Full Text Final Report of the State Bar of Michigan Task Force on Racial/Ethnic and Gender Issues in the Courts and the Legal Profession View Full Text Montana Supreme Court Gender Fairness Task Force: Final Report, Findings and Recommendations View Full Text Nebraska Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Fairness in the Courts, Final Report, December 1994 View Full Text A Difference in Perceptions: The Final Report of the North Dakota Commission on Gender Fairness in the Courts View Full Text Report of the New Hampshire Bar Association Task Force on Women in the Bar View Full Text Report on Gender Discrimination in the Courts of Puerto Rico View Full Text Gender Bias Task Force of Texas, Final Report, 1994 View Full Text Utah Task Force on Gender and Justice: Report to the Utah Judicial Council View Full Text Gender and Justice: Report of the Vermont Task Force on Gender Bias in the Legal System, January 1991 View Full Text ENHANCEMENTS TO THE DATABASE OF PUBLICATIONS BY THE COMMISSIONS ON THE STATUS OF WOMENSeven hundred pages that were previously available only as PDF documents are now available in the collection as fully searchable text documents. This is part of an ongoing project to integrate all of the Commissions on the Status of Women documents into the Women and Social Movements in the United States collection as searchable documents. All of the Commission documents that are currently in the collection as PDFs will be converted by Fall 2012. The Status of Women in Your County: A Community Research Tool, 2004 View Full Text Credit Handbook for Tennessee Women View Full Text Sexism In Language: A Deterrent to Equality View Full Text Women and Insurance, No. 1 View Full Text Words That Offend: Sexism In Language View Full Text Where Credit is Due to Women View Full Text A Guide for Selecting a Day Care Center View Full Text Women, Job Discrimination and Tennessee Law View Full Text Report, for the Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 1980, 1981 and 1982 View Full Text Report, for the Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 1983, 1984 and 1985 View Full Text Connections, A Project of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, 1990 View Full Text Continuing Progress for Connecticut Women: Highlights of the Accomplishments of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, May 1991 View Full Text Continuing Progress for Connecticut Women: Highlights of the Accomplishments of the CT Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, July 1994 View Full Text Continuing Progress for Connecticut Women: Highlights of the Accomplishments of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, 1995 View Full Text Continuing Progress for Connecticut Women: Highlights of the Accomplishments of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, 1996 View Full Text Continuing Progress for Connecticut Women: Highlights of the Accomplishments of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, March 2003 View Full Text Your Own Name: How to Keep It or How to Get It Back, 1978 View Full Text Your Own Name: How to Keep It or How to Get It Back, 1985 View Full Text How to Recruit and Retain Women Police Officers and Firefighters View Full Text Information Kit on Sexual Harassment in Employment, December 1980 View Full Text La Comision Permanente Sobre la Situacion de la Mujer View Full Text Great Women in Connecticut History, 1978 View Full Text Great Women in Connecticut History, 1986 View Full Text Embarazo y su Derechos de Trabajo View Full Text Sexual Harassment in the Workplace View Full Text The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women: Who We Are and What We're About View Full Text The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women: Who We Are and What We're About, Projects and Publications View Full Text Trabajando por la Justicia de Hombres y Mujeres de Connecticut View Full Text Sexual Harassment Prevention: Training Consultants, 2002 View Full Text Sexual Harassment Prevention: Training Consultants, 2001 View Full Text Sexual Harassment Prevention: Training Consultants, 1999 View Full Text Sexual Harassment Prevention: Training Consultants, 1997 View Full Text Third Annual Report, 2003 View Full Text Annual Report, 2004-2005 View Full Text Annual Report, 2003-2004 View Full Text Working Toward Equity for Connecticut Men & Women, 1987 View Full Text The PCSW: Working Toward Equality for Connecticut's Men & Women View Full Text Nontraditional Occupations Project View Full Text Pregnancy and Your Job Rights View Full Text Learning to Stop Sexual Harassment, 1996 View Full Text For Women Who Want to Earn More Money and Greater Benefits View Full Text Women in Apprenticeships: Steps to Building a Career View Full Text Annual Report, 1999 View Full Text Annual Report, 2002-2003 View Full Text Women in the Visual Arts: Report of the California Commission on the Status of Women View Full Text Information for Participants in Third National Conference of Commissions on the Status of Women, June 28, 29, 30, 1966 View Full Text Conference of Commissions on the Status of Women: Committee Members List and Program Highlights, June 1966 View Full Text Third National Commissions Conference. Events List, June 1966 View Full Text Third National Conference of Commissions on the Status of Women, Preliminary Agenda, June 1966 View Full Text Out of Our Past: A Future View Full Text |
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