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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEN AND GIRLS: GENDER REPRESENTATION IN WOODY ALLEN'S MANHATTAN, HUSBANDS AND WIVES, AND CAFÉ SOCIETY
(Georgetown University, 2019-04-17)
Woody Allen established himself as a household name in the 1960s. His half-century long career is celebrated for its generation of numerous memorable female characters and sullied by back-to-back scandals in 1992. For 25 ...
IN HER OWN WORDS: UNDERSTANDING ACADEMIC TRANSFORMATION THROUGH THE CREATION OF WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAMS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
(Georgetown University, 2019-04-24)
Fifty years ago, activists and academics created the first Women's Studies Program. This program, and the ones that quickly spread across the country in its wake, radically altered the course of higher education by changing ...
A WOMAN'S PLACE IS IN THE [WHITE HOUSE]: HOW THE SMITHSONIAN'S THE FIRST LADIES EXHIBIT MISREPRESENTS AMERICA'S WOMAN
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-19)
In this thesis I explore the Smithsonian Institution’s (SI) changing first lady narratives through two exhibits and their catalogs. First, I examine the First Ladies Hall exhibit (1965) at the Museum of History and Technology ...
WE'VE BEEN IN FORMATION: BEYONCÉ'S POLITICAL VOICE THROUGH BLACK MUSICAL RESISTANCE
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-19)
You may have known her as a member of Destiny’s Child. You make have known her as the singer behind “Halo” and “Single Ladies.” You may know her as the wife of rapper Jay-Z. However, this senior thesis illuminates Beyoncé ...
LET 'ER BUCK: COWGIRLS AND GENDER (IN)EQUALITY AT THE RODEO
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-25)
Cowgirls have competed against their cowboy counterparts since the inception of rodeo. Modern-day rodeo cowgirls, however, now largely compete only in barrel racing against other women. At odds with her historical ...
SERIAL SENTENCING OF AMERICA'S MENTAL MONSTER: THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM'S CAPITAL PUNISHMENT OF THE 'FIRST' FEMALE SERIAL KILLER
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-25)
This senior thesis explores the issues underlying the relationship between mental health policy and the criminal justice system in a study of the capital case of America’s “first” female serial killer—Aileen Wuornos, who ...
BREAKING THE FORGOTTEN GLASS CEILING: HOW GERALDINE FERRARO BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
(Georgetown University, 2018-04-19)
Geraldine Ferraro broke a formerly impenetrable glass ceiling when she became the first woman on a major party ticket in U.S. history as Walter Mondale’s running mate in 1984. However, scant attention has been paid to the ...