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Defending the “Woman’s Sphere”: The Ideology and Opposition of Anti-suffragists
No full textIn “Defending the ‘Woman’s Sphere’: The Ideology and Opposition of Anti-suffragists,” J. Stanley Lemons examines the cultural roots of the anti-woman suffrage movement that emerged in Rhode Island in the early twentieth century. When woman suffrage activists first organized in the state in 1868, Lemons notes, there was almost universal opposition among both genders to the idea of women gaining the franchise. He explains the prevalent “cult of true womanhood” that informed opposition to woman suffrage in the nineteenth century. In the first decades of the twentieth century, as woman suffrage activists gained ground, an organized anti-suffrage movement emerged in the state. Lemons examines the biographies of some of the women who were leaders and activists in the anti-suffrage cause in Rhode Island. J. Stanley Lemons is emeritus professor of history at Rhode Island College. He has published extensively on Rhode Island and Baptist history. Among his works are: The Woman Citizen: Social Feminism in the 1920s (University of Illinois Press), co-author of The Elect: Rhode Island’s Women Legislators 1922-1990 and co-author of the article, “The Independent Woman: Rhode Island’s First Woman Legislator [Isabelle Ahearn O’Neill] in Rhode Island History
Keepers of Rhode Island\u27s Heritage: Ann Olyphant, Thomas Hornsby, and Stephen Gould
Get PDFMystery often surrounds artifacts from the 17th century later found in a family\u27s attic. Historic preservation may be the result of caretakers holding onto the past without understanding the connections. The excitement is in finding the documents to put together the puzzle
Climate Change Impacts on Amazonian and Arctic Indigenous Tribes
Get PDFThis paper aims to touch upon the various climatic impacts on two differing indigenous tribes. The Amazon Rainforest and Arctic is home to a variety of native tribes. As climate change intensifies, these different groups are faced with differing impacts that has had a major impacts on their daily lives.https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/chp218/1002/thumbnail.jp
Transgender: Science, Nature, and Virtue
No full textThis dissertation proposes a Thomistic heuristic for transgender individuals based on medical science and Sacra Doctrina.Throughout the previous century, medical professionals aimed to ease the inner tensions found within transgender individuals by conforming their outer appearances to their gender identities. Although well-intentioned, these efforts were on their own insufficient for relieving the underlying distress caused by gender dysphoria. Repeated studies have found a reduction of gender dysphoria through sex reassignment surgeries and hormone therapies; yet, transgender individuals, even after sex reassignment procedures, have higher risks for mortality, neoplasms, suicidal behavior, and psychiatric morbidity than the general population.Faith-based conversion therapies double the morbidity rates of transgender individuals, making it clear that a religious approach not based on medical science pro-duces worse outcomes than providing no support at all. A lack of family and communal support of transgender youth leads to increased homelessness, prostitution, and substance abuse. The uncompromising “tough love” approach does not lead to positive outcomes for many transgender youths.Medical evidence from the previous decade suggests a neurodevelopmental cause for transgender identities; however, studies on Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria point to social causes for the spike of adolescents identifying as transgender. While high rates of pre-adolescent children who are diagnosed as transgender desist in their dysphoria, some studies have shown that adolescents who take hormone blockers do not desist into their early twenties. Longer-term follow-up studies are needed to know the effects hormone blockers have on desisting when prescribed at an early age. Non-cognitivist gender theorists have integrated transgender identities into their ideology whereby the body, mind, and spirit are not essentially united. Although these ideologies attempt to liberate individuals from restrictions of biological realism, this ideology has not offered transgender people an inner sense of peace. According to a 2018 Hu-man Rights Campaign study, individuals who identify as non-binary and other newly named gender identities suffer from the highest levels of depression, anxiety, and suicide attempts.Thomistic realism offers additional resources for transgender individuals, which secular science cannot offer on its own. Thomism embraces all disciplines of science and the humanities to present a holistic expression of the truth. The Thomistic heuristic utilizes medical science and then seeks to restore nature by the least invasive means while depending on virtues and grace to provide wisdom and character to over-come obstacles. This dissertation argues that using a Thomistic heuristic in line with church teaching is a better approach than medical therapies alone, a faith-based conversion therapy, or adopting non-cognitivist-based gender theory ideology
Larix decidua (Weeping Larch)
Get PDFLocation: on pathway to McKillop Library from the front parking lot
Height: 1.5 m
Diameter at breast height: 7.6 cm
Radius of crown: 0.4 m
Age: younghttps://digitalcommons.salve.edu/bio140_arboretum/1021/thumbnail.jp
Salve Regina Oral History Project: Vincent Petrarca [audio]
Get PDFOral history interview with Vincent Petrarca, a professor in the Administration of Justice department since 1981. The interview was conducted on January 29, 2020
Finding the Women in the Words: Examining the Framing of Female Victims in Homicide Reporting
Get PDFThis study examines the print media coverage of two similar 2019 murders, one of a White woman and one of a Black woman, to research the framing of female victims in homicide reporting. Previous research identified how components from the overall structure of details down to the specifics of word choice impact how readers depict and remember victims. Through a discourse analysis, the Alexandria Kostial-Aniah Blanchard case study found how the coverage downplayed each victim, mainly through the placement of details, word choice and the effects of various journalistic standards, including the inverted pyramid structure and delayed identification. By understanding how victims are depicted in the discourse, scholars can work towards more balanced reporting of homicide victims
Visual and Literary Representations of Memory and Meaning of the Atomic Bomb at Hiroshima-Nagasaki
No full textThe atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August 1945, respectively, marked an inflection point in humanity’s collective psyche. The effect of this nuclear inflection point on humanity is broad, and memories of the events and their aftereffects are myriad. As such, a chronological approach to memory and meaning of the bomb gives a practical organizing principle—evaluating the history leading up to the bombings, accounts of the bombings and aftereffects, and visual and literary representations of events rippling out from the nuclear inflection point. Memory and meaning of the bomb are examined through two key representations: at Nagasaki through the visual representation of the Urakami Cathedral Atomic Relic and at Hiroshima through the visual and narrative representations of a series of painted murals, the fifteen Hiroshima Panels created by artists Iri and Toshi Maruki from 1950 to 1982. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are technically two separate events, but for purposes of this framework and analysis, they are considered simultaneously to comprise a single dual-event and inflection point marking the start of a new modern nuclear era. This transdisciplinary study examines human experience, condition, remembrance, and meaning-making as illustrated in the context of this single event, with the goal of forwarding a matrix of visual, literary, and new media representations that may be used as a framework for study of the nuclear era that lends context and meaning for current and future understanding and analysis
Mindful Balance (Breathe Act Learn about ‘Now’ Care Every Day): A Pilot Project for Depressed Female Adolescents
No full textProblem Statement: Major depression in adolescent females increased 65% in the past decade (Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, The Health of America, 2018). Clinically depressed individuals are classified as 30% less healthy requiring more medical care and utilizing more medical resources (Wu, Kirk, Ohinmaa & Veugelers, 2017). Stressors of school transitions, higher academic expectations and peer approval merge during an influential period of brain development for the adolescent female (Ahmed, Bittencourt-Hewitt & Sebastion, 2015). Strong correlations have been found between experiencing depression as a young female adolescent and engaging in unhealthy lifestyle behaviors (Nemiary, Shim, Mattox & Holden, 2012). Young depressed women are at a heightened risk for experiencing unsafe thoughts, suicidal ideation and engaging in lethal actions (Swahn, et al., 2009; Canady, 2015; Avenevoli, Swendsen, He, Burstein & Merikangas, 2015; SAMHSA.gov/2016; Hoying & Melnyk, 2016). Intervening with an innovative group intervention paired with mindfulness may mitigate poor health outcomes. Methods: An intervention pilot-study, Mindful BALANCE (Breathe Act Learn About ‘Now’ Care Every Day), a two-hour group therapy program for 7 weekly sessions in an outpatient department of a children’s psychiatric hospital. Inclusion criteria included healthy English-speaking females ages 12–16 with diagnosed clinical depression. The BDI-2 was used to screen for potential subjects (Beck Depression Inventory, (BDI)., n.d.). Exclusion criteria included actively practicing mindfulness or endorsing suicide. Watson’s (2002; 2008) Transpersonal Caring Healing Theory supported Mindful BALANCE by focusing on the transformative power of connections, healing relationships and self-compassion (Gouveia, Canavarro & Moreira, 2019). A standardized, clinically studied intervention, Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment (COPE) (https://www.cope2thriveonline.com/), a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Skills Building (CBSB) group program incorporating healthy lifestyle behavior, was followed by an innovative introduction to group mindfulness activities (Zoogman, Goldberg, Hoyt & Miller, 2015). Pre- and post- measures included PQH-9 (PRIME-MD, 2005), GAD-7 (Spitzer, et al., 2006), anthropometric metrics and a post treatment Mindfulness Survey. Analysis: PQH-9 and GAD-7, through the Wilcoxin Signed Ranks Test evaluating depressive and anxiety variations, revealed a trend toward improvement in symptomatology. Mindfulness practice was identified as a helpful vehicle to manage stress. During group, snacks were provided, and healthy choices were preferred over less nutrient rich foods. Significance: A standardized CBSB program for adolescents with a mindfulness component enhances mood, decreases perceived depression and anxiety while potentially impacting healthy behaviors and choices. Engaging adolescents in mindfulness and mental health interventions may lead to improved global well-being and may prevent potential future morbid health issues and death
Coming Back to Ourselves: Teacher Identity in a Digital Age
No full textThis dissertation argues that digital technology has profoundly and irrevocably shaped teacher identity in contemporary American culture. It is postulated that the narrative which educators tell about themselves plays a critical role in the art and science of current teaching praxis, in preparing students to be responsible digital citizens of a democratic society, as well as in the preservation of the value held for human dignity. Educators, as beings in time, experience a modernity that is a dynamic interplay of both the past and the future. Teacher identity is relayed through language and a telling of story, both to oneself and to the world at large. Stories are not told in isolation. A sense of identity is also held in the stories that others tell about who we are. Through such narratives, one creates a sense of understanding, allowing for the creation of meaning and purpose. It is argued that a world that is saturated with digital technology significantly shapes individual and cultural stories, and the meaning of one’s personal and professional identity. This dissertation seeks to answer the question: In what ways are digital technology and the digital culture which surrounds the educational process, reshaping teacher identity in twenty-first century American culture and forcing a profound reshaping of the traditional paradigm of praxis?Through both research and interviews the influence of consumer culture and postmodern values are found critical. A wider picture is drawn of the stakeholders in American education, to include the military, business interests, politicians, and policy makers. The benefits and drawbacks of screen technology and their impact on classroom praxis are considered, as are structures for best practices. The human need for metaphor and human flourishing in a culture saturated with informational and digital technology is emphasized. Visions for the future of teacher identity are advanced