From the Ballroom to Hell
From the Ballroom to Hell

Author: Elizabeth Aldrich

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780810109131

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During the 1800s, dance and etiquette manuals provided ordinary men and women with the keys to becoming gentlemen and ladies--and thus advancing in society. Why dance? To the insecure and status-oriented upper middle class, the ballroom embodied the perfect setting in which to demonstrate one's fitness for membership in genteel society. From the Ballroom to Hell collects over 100 little-known excerpts from dance, etiquette, beauty, and fashion manuals from the nineteenth century. Included are instructions for performing various dances, as well as musical scores, costume patterns, and the proper way to hold one's posture, fork, gloves, and fan. While of particular interest to dancers, dance historians, and choreographers, anyone fascinated by the ways and mores of the period will find From the Ballroom to Hell an endearing and informative glimpse of America's past.

Women Rock Science
Women Rock Science

Author: Megan A. Moreno

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-03-25

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 3030104982

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There has never been a better time to for a handbook focused on women in science. In May 2016, the American Association for the Advancement of Science posted an article titled “We need to do more for women in science.” This book describes the importance of carving out spaces for women in science and includes the unique strengths of women scientists as well as challenges they tend to face. Studies of women leadership consistently illustrate that women demonstrate strengths in leadership across communities and have skills in bringing together groups towards a common goal. The role of women in context is an important one in science, but has not been the focus of previous texts about careers in science or medicine. This first of its kind book develops an understanding of research careers occurring within a greater community of colleagues and academicians as well as the fact that women themselves lead within a group, a community, and a context. The book focuses on women who are pursuing research careers in academic medicine with specific emphasis on women in science and research as well as lessons learned from fellow female scientists. It also provides key strategies and skills centered on the social ecological model as well as a sense of community with other women scientists. The book is organized thematically using the social ecological model as a framework in which we all live and complete our work. Women Rock Science is a valuable resource that can be used in a variety of settings. It is beneficial for University classes as well as lab group meetings. It also places an emphasis on community and can be shared with one’s community of mentors, mentees and colleagues.

Women in science
Women in science

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2024-09-27

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 9240100032

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For 50 years, TDR has been fighting infectious diseases of poverty, engaging researchers and experts from all over the world in its efforts. Each individual brings unique knowledge, and together they make up a vibrant scientific community called TDR Global. TDR Global is committed to driving and encouraging mentoring of young scientists and fostering research collaborations. We created a collection of inspiring stories to showcase the incredible work of a range of women scientists. The vision of this TDR Global compendium is to motivate those working in the field by sharing success stories of these women in research. These scientists come from across the globe—Algeria, Cameroon, Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Congo, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland (Eswatini), Thailand, Uganda, and the United Kingdom. Each woman featured in the compendium has her own unique story to tell. None of their paths were without its challenges, but it is how they reacted, embraced, and overcame these pressures that impressed us. This second edition adds new profiles of four additional scientists.

Bowing to Necessities
Bowing to Necessities

Author: C. Dallett Hemphill

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1999-09-23

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0195352246

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Anglo-Americans wrestled with some profound cultural contradictions as they shifted from the hierarchical and patriarchal society of the seventeenth-century frontier to the modern and fluid class democracy of the mid-nineteenth century. How could traditional inequality be maintained in the socially leveling environment of the early colonial wilderness? And how could nineteenth-century Americans pretend to be equal in an increasingly unequal society? Bowing to Necessities argues that manners provided ritual solutions to these central cultural problems by allowing Americans to act out--and thus reinforce--power relations just as these relations underwent challenges. Analyzing the many sermons, child-rearing guides, advice books, and etiquette manuals that taught Americans how to behave, this book connects these instructions to individual practices and personal concerns found in contemporary diaries and letters. It also illuminates crucial connections between evolving class, age, and gender relations. A social and cultural history with a unique and fascinating perspective, Hemphill's wide-ranging study offers readers a panorama of America's social customs from colonial times to the Civil War.

First Philosophy - Second Edition
First Philosophy - Second Edition

Author: Andrew Bailey

Publisher: Broadview Press

Published: 2011-04-05

Total Pages: 986

ISBN-13: 1551119714

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First Philosophy brings together fifty-four classic and contemporary readings on seven central philosophical topics. Mindful of the intrinsic difficulty of the material, the editors provide comprehensive introductions both to each topic and to each individual selection. By presenting a detailed discussion of the historical and intellectual background to each piece, the editors enable readers to approach the material without unnecessary barriers to understanding. A brief introduction to arguments is included, as are appendices on terminology and philosophical puzzles and paradoxes.