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Anne Hutchinson: American Jezebel or Woman of Courage?
Source: George Mason High School
Country: United States
E-mail: rachel.buckingham@vanderbilt.edu

Essay on the early individualist feminist Anne Hutchinson. Thesis statement: "Although Anne Hutchinson is historically documented to have been banished as a religious dissenter, the real motive for her persecution was that she challenged the traditional subordinate role of women in Puritan society by expressing her own religious convictions."

Angela Fiducia Tilton Heywood
Source: ifeminists
Author: Wendy McElroy
Country: United States

"Angela Fiducia Tilton Heywood: In the Shadow of a Man" is a biographical sketch of a 19th century ifeminist and early birth control advocate.

Study on college dating and mating
Source: Independent Women's Forum
Country: United States

Sponsored by IWF, this 18-month study of the attitudes and values of today’s college women regarding sexuality, dating, courtship, and marriage yields some surprising results.

The impact of welfare reform on women
Source: Public Interest
Author: Douglas J. Besharov & Peter Germanis
Country: United States

A real world glimpse into the effect of welfare reform upon women and families provided by two scholars from the American Enterprise Institute.

Lying in a room of own's own
Source: IWF
Author: Christina Stolba
Country: United States

In "Lying in a Room of One’s Own: How Women’s Studies Textbooks Miseducate Students" (PDF), Stolba reviews five popular textbooks used in Women’s Studies’ introductory courses on campuses nationwide, revealing "an academic discipline dedicated to transforming knowledge," and the truth be damned.

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