Ghazala Noor Hist 117A U.S. History: 1600-1877 Monday 6:00 – 9:10 Was the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria a Product of Women's Search for Power? The two articles in this Issue seek to answer whether the witchcraft hysteria was a product which helped women get power or not. Lyle Koehler is the more persuasive author arguing: yes it was a product of women search for power. In the past, at sixteen to seventeenth century, women had no rights like men, they fought for their rights; however, they didn't get freedoms till the nineteenth century. The most plausible reasoning for the Salem witch trials was that the women were trying to show social equality and they wanted to seek attention.
Rosie the Riveter Revisited Women, The War, and Social Change Gluck, Sherna Berger. Rosie the Riveter Revisited: Women, the War, and Social Change. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1987 Author Sherna Berger Gluck is Director Emeriti of the Oral History Program at California State University, Long Beach. She has concentrated most of her academic career developing and endorsing what is now officially recognized as an individual discipline (Women’s Oral History). Gluck completed her undergraduate work at Shimer College (the Great Books College of Chicago) in Illinois and completed advanced degree work at UCLA and University of California, Berkeley.
Violent Partners: A Breakthrough plan for ending the Cycle of abuse is the name given to this book. Linda G. Mills wrote and copyright the book in the year 2008. This non fictional book based its research and findings on the disturbing topic of violent partners. The voices of abusers and their experiences are vivid in the book as their stories are been told. Statistics and other references are been used to give illustration and reliable information on the topic discussed in the book.
Book Review References The Courage to heal Bass, E. & Davis, L. (1988) Harper & Row, Publishers: New York In this book, Ellen Bass and Laura Davis directly address this growing problem of each survivor in a careful and personal way. They seek to find out where these abused women are in their healing stage or if they have reached the first step in the healing process. This book focuses on the ability and efforts from the beginning to the ending of survival strategy of child sexual abuse. Each stage is explored from deciding to heal to finding a resolution and starting over. Ellen Bass states that when the women felt that she could understand their stories, more women opened up to her.
(2005). Plan Points Physicians Toward Best Practices in Prescribing. Psychiatric News, Vol. 40 (5). Retrieved June 13, 2008 from http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/ful/40/5/22?maxtoshow=40&hits=40 |Mental health practitioners and advocates |Suggest guidelines and algorithms |Michigan |March 4, 2005 |Prescription and monitoring of drugs for clients with major depression |Project called Michigan Mental Health Evidence-Based Practice Initiative |Guidelines and algorithms recommendation to adopt Texas Implementation of Medication Algorithms |No follow-up of the presented proposal | |U.S.
Moreover, Hodges (2005) contended that 43 percent of all mental health clients rely on their religious deity for healing. According to Hodges (2005), these five assessment tools should be used according to the patient’s background and personality. First, conducting a spiritual history is similar to taking a family history assessment. The social worker asks the patient to take a two part questionnaire, an Initial Narrative Framework and Interpretive Anthropology Framework, in which the client will discuss their upbringing and spiritual background. The author believes that patients who are very talkative will benefit from this type of evaluation.
Tanya The person I researched was Mary Whiton Calkins she was one of the 1st generation of women to enter into the study of pyschology. She was denied her PHD because of her gender although she was a highly respected Doctorial student. Her numerous contributions to society included the invention of the paired-associate technique for studying memory, groundbreaking research on dreams, and the development of a form of self-psychology. "Furthermore, she became the first female president of both the American Psychological Association and the American Philosophical Association. In her later years, Calkins was a supporter of the Consumers1 League and the Civil Liberties Union."
Crucible: Test of Pride Honesty and Love A crucible is a word that symbolizes a test or trial. The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, deals with a witch hunt that took place in 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts. In this witch hunt, Miller found parallels to the “Red Hunt” that was being conducted in the 1950’s in Washington D.C., by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Arthur Miller is often considered to be one of the greatest play writers of the late 20th century. In the play entitled, The Crucible, four characters including John Proctor, Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Proctor, and Giles Cory, all endure a test of which all pass except for Abigail Williams who fails.
Stalking and Victimization 1 Running Head: Stalking and Victimization The Empirical Study of Stalking Victimization Submitted to : Susie Girling March 13, 2009 Statement of Understanding The Empirical Study of Stalking Victimization, by Beth Bjerregaard is an empirical, peer reviewed study because of the following distinguishing characteristics: the title of the study clearly states that this is an empirical study, also this study shows that its peer reviewed by using various other studies and quotes from experts in this particular field. Also the most visible characteristic was the format of this study shows us that it is indeed a empirical study ( Methods, findings, and discussion/conclusion).
Reid Cannon V00760888 Fallen Women and Rescued Girls: Social Stigma and Media Narratives of the Sex Industry in Victoria, B.C., from 1980 to 2005 1) Describe in a paragraph the various methods or ways of gathering data that the authors used in this study. For gathering data for this study, the authors used two methods. One of the main methods being print media from the Times Colonist, the years of analysis being 1980 to 2004. The other crucial way of gathering information was through face-to-face interviews with the sex workers. These self-reported experiences were the only real way to get the truth on this trade.