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Showing 1 to 20 of 158 for “"Black Female"”.
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Suffering and the Black Female Narrative in the Twentieth Century
… and happiness are not large parts of the stories Black women tell. If we had to name ten mainstream literary novels released in the last 50 years that featured Black women central to the plot — and included the aforementioned themes — we would be hard-pressed to find them. Though there are real …
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Black female attitudes toward career choices at Sam Houston State University
… (1) to develop an attitudinal profile of black females on the campus of Sam Houston State University regarding their career choices as they relate to occupational preparations fostered by the Institute of Contemporary Corrections and the Behavioral Sciences (the INSTITUTE) a the …
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Academic resilience: narratives of high-achieving Black female middle school adolescents
… experiences of four grade 6, high-achieving Black females in an urban middle school. Using the interpretive lenses of Feminism, Critical Race Theory, Critical Race Feminism, Intersectionality and Identity Formation, roles and identities were explored with word choice and language analysis. …
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The founding of an all Black female seminary: Spelman, 1881-1927
… the growth and development of this all black female institution developed by Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles, two white women northern missionaries. Educated in a seminary themselves Packard and Giles relied heavily on their religious education to build one of the most prestigious …
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The Resilience Of Black Female Leaders In Higher Education And Racial Microaggression
<p>This study explored the experiences of Black female leaders in higher education and their encounters with racial microaggression. Additionally, the opportunity to understand the effects of racial slights within the workplace as either a mid to senior level leadership was also explored. …
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A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF BLACK FEMALE OFFENDERS' RECIDIVISM AND THEIR CONTEXTUAL NEEDS
… TITLE: A QUALITATIVE INVESTIGATION OF BLACK FEMALE OFFENDERS' RECIDIVISM AND THEIR CONTEXTUAL NEEDS MAJOR PROFESSOR: DR. KATHLEEN CHWALISZ The United States Department of Justice (2009) estimated that one out of every 15 persons within the U.S. population will be confined to jail or …
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Reclaiming voice through epistemic disobedience: a Black female anti-racist consultant perspective
… to interrogate the persistence of systemic anti-Black racism in workplace environments. Through these works, the research explores how personal experience, organisational critique, and professional praxis converge to generate new knowledge and innovative methodologies for addressing entrenched …
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The Hidden Opponent: Developing & Validating the Black Female Athlete Anxiety Scale
Black Female Collegiate Athletes (BFCAs) navigate a unique set of stressors at the intersection of race, gender, and athletics, that lead to heightened levels of anxiety. While awareness of anxiety in college athletics has grown, existing assessment tools fail to account for the intersectional …
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Intersectionality in corporate South Africa: the experiences of African black female leaders
… gender and race, do not completely represent Black women, however, because gender intersections introduce simultaneous processes for identity and interdependent systems of disadvantage. These theories also do not elaborate on the lived experiences of South African Black women in corporate …
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Narratives of Black Female Elementary School Teachers: Navigating the Normative Discourse of Whiteness
… research study illuminates the experiences of Black elementary school teachers as they navigate through whiteness on their identity journey. The purpose of this study was to examine the counter-narratives of identity by Black female elementary school teachers within the discourse of Whiteness …
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The High Maintenance Black Girl: Black Female College Students’ Experiences with Intraracial Stereotypes
… documented interracial stereotypes faced by Black individuals, this study delved into the lesser-explored realm of stereotypes emanating from within the Black community itself. This dissertation explored the experiences of Black female college students in predominantly white educational …
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To Be Excellent: The Stories of Black Female Elementary Chicago Public School Teachers
Black female elementary Chicago public school teachers' discuss their commitment, drive, dedication, discouragement and fears about teaching in the school district. Through the retelling and sometimes reliving of their stories and experiences, these women discover that their lives and careers have …
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Unlearning the hush: Oral histories of Black female educators in Mississippi 1954-1971
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-12-01
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Patterns in the Parables: Black Female Agency and Octavia Butler's Construction of Black Womanhood
… that Octavia's Butler's construction of the black woman characters is unique within the pantheon of late eighties African-American writers primarily through Butler's celebration of black female physicality and the agency the black body provides. The project is divided into five sections …
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Vocational orientation of a Black female adolescent in Natal and KwaZulu : a psychopedagogic perspective
… study was to determine the extent to which a Black female adolescent in KwaZulu and Natal is orientated with respect to the vocational world. The study was approached from a psychopedagogic perspective. Existing literature was studied. When the problem was stated it became apparent that …
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A Qualitative Analysis of Successful Management Behaviors of Black Female Administrators in Higher Education
Little has been written about the topic of Black women administrators in higher education academia and therefore little is actually known. This study examines the strategies and behaviors used by Black women to successfully acquire and maintain their positions. None of the studies reviewed …
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Locating Albanian otherness via the black female body : an ethnographic inquiry of (non)belonging
… this report I address how my identification as a Black American female shapes my day-to-day interactions with Albanian informants, and how these encounters can be used to probe representations of what I term “Albanianess”. In doing so, I reveal the ways in which the ethnographic encounter allows …
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Relationships Between Black Female College Students' Relationships with Their Fathers and Adult Romantic Attachment
… the quality and quantity of time that young Black female college students spent with their fathers during high school as related to romantic attachment and fear of intimacy. Although researchers have investigated the impact that early attachment bonds to mothers have for later psychosocial …
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Barriers Faced by Nontraditional Black Female Students at a Historically Black College or University
… to explore the barriers faced by nontraditional Black female students at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). There was an extensive amount of literature regarding barriers faced by nontraditional students; however, there was a limited amount of research and literature on the …
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A sturdy Black bridge : a symbolic connection among three generations of Black female poets.
… subordinating one to the other. In The Souls of Black Folks, W. E. B. Du Bois discusses this issue at length. Although he voiced this concern many years ago, the sentiment seems no less true today. In fact, many African-Americans have pointedly articulated their desires to complete the process …
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