SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

Internationally, the issue of gender equality in higher education has been a serious challenge, particularly in leadership roles. This issue has spread to African countries, including South Africa. Despite the implementation and adaptation of gender equity policies, such as the Employment Equity Act of 1998, women remain underrepresented in both support and academic leadership roles within South African institutions…

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Book · DOAB

Women’s networks proliferated during the long nineteenth century in the Atlantic World and began spreading globally. Connecting Women features presentations from the second conference of the Intercontinental Cross-Currents Network, “The Dynamics of Power: Inclusion and Exclusion in Women’s Networks during the Long Nineteenth Century,” held in 2016 at the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal. Intercontinental Cross…

Full text · Open Library

Women and Economics is Gilman's most original and famous work of nonfiction. In it she examines the origins of women's subordination and its function in society. Woman, she argues, makes a living by marriage - not by the work she does - and thus man becomes her economic environment. As a consequence, her "female" attributes dominate her "human" qualities because they determine her survival. Gilman's thesis challeng…

Image · DPLA

Consists of various reports, clippings and studies related to the WEIU's Dept. of Research, from folders 46-64a of the WEIU's Records, 1877-1980 (inclusive). Includes papers from the Massachusetts State Federation of Women's Club's domestic science exhibit, ca. 1908; several studies and clippings pertaining to immigrant women's employment as domestic workers in Boston, ca. 1905; a report on the food of working women…