Boosting the Mythic American West and U.S. Woman Suffrage: Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain Women's Public Discourse at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

This project examines how white women negotiated the mythic and gendered meanings of the American West between 1885 and 1935. Focusing on arguments made by women who were active in the public life of the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain States, these analyses illustrate the ways the mythic West shaped the U.S. woman suffrage movement and how Western women simultaneously contributed to the meaning of the American West. Through four case studies, I examine the ways women drew on Western myths as they advocated for woman suffrage, participated in place-making the West, and navigated the gender ideals of their time. The first two case studies attend to the advocacy discourse of woman suffragists in the Pacific Northwest. Suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway of Oregon championed woman suffrage by appropriating the frontier myth to show that by surviving the mythic trek West, Western women had proven their status as frontier heroines and earned their right to vote. Mountaineer suffragists in Washington climbed Mount Rainier for woman suffrage in 1909. By taking a "Votes for Women" pennant to the mountain summit, they made a political pilgrimage that appropriated the frontier myth and the turn-of-the-century meanings of mountain climbing and the wilderness for woman suffrage. The last two case studies examine the place-making discourse of women who lived in Rocky Mountain states that had already adopted woman suffrage. Grace Raymond Hebard, a Wyoming historian and community leader, participated in the pioneer reminiscing practices of marking historic sites. Hebard's commemorations drew on the agrarian myth and Wyoming woman suffrage to domesticate Wyoming's "Wild West" image and place-make Wyoming as settled, civilized, and progressive. When Jeannette Rankin was elected as Montana's U.S. Representative in 1916, she introduced herself to the nation by enacting her femininity, boosting Montana's exceptionalism, and drawing on the frontier myth to explain Western woman suffrage. As I conclude with an analysis of Henry Mayer's "Awakening" cartoon, I illustrate the ways place-based arguments for woman suffrage and the boosting of Western woman suffrage worked together to construct the meaning of the West as a place of gender equality in the early twentieth century

A Research Study on the Reasons for High Employee Turnover Rates in a Manufacturing Facility

This research study was designed to determine the causes and possible solutions to the problem of high employee turnover rates within a particular manufacturing organization located in central Georgia. The in-depth research was completed in an ongoing effort to retain valuable employees in manufacturing organizations before these employees have reached the decision to depart the organization. The research outcome or the turnover analysis process may be useful to other companies and may add to the present academic research addressing employee turnover. The researcher incorporated qualitative research methods for cause determination. The objectives of the research were to identify work-related and external economic opportunity factors that caused turnover within the company, identify possible employee turnover solutions derived from analyzed data, and recommend solutions for the reduction in turnover rates. This turnover evaluation process provided an instrument for management to use in analyzing the turnover phenomenological approach in the organization. Data-collection methods included a combination of observations, open-ended interviews, surveys, and documents that provided preliminary background information

Medical evidence in child sexual assault cases

Purpose &ndash; Previous studies suggest that the presence of medical evidence is rare in child sexual assault (CSA) cases, and if present at all, such evidence is unlikely to identify a specific assailant. This study aims to examine the role medical evidence plays in criminal cases of CSA. Specifically, the prevalence of medical evidence in CSA cases, its impact on decisions to prosecute CSA cases, as well as its effect on conviction rates are examined. Design/methodology/approach &ndash; A systematic literature review was conducted on the impact of medical evidence in criminal child sexual abuse (CSA) cases. Findings &ndash; The results of the review suggest medical evidence increases the likelihood of prosecution; however the impact of medical evidence on conviction rate is equivocal. Research limitations/implications &ndash; The implications of these findings for legal and psychological practice, government policy and future areas for academic research are discussed. Originality/value &ndash; To the authors\u27 knowledge, no other review has systematically examined the role of medical evidence on the prosecution and conviction of CSA cases.<br /

International Bibliography of Carillon Music by Women, Transgender, and Nonbinary Composers

This open-access international bibliography lists published and unpublished original carillon works by over a hundred women, transgender, and nonbinary composers. The composers’ birth years range from 1858 to the twenty-first century, the musical styles range from lyrical to avant-garde, and the formats range from solo to ensemble to electroacoustic. The listings are followed by two appendices. Appendix A lists arrangements and transcriptions, written for carillon, of music by women composed for other instruments or voice. Appendix B comprises an online streaming playlist of music by women carillon composers, with links to free audio and video across the web. We outline our research findings in the introduction, supplemented by charts and tables for ease of visualizing the data we gathered on gender inequity at the national and international carillon conference level

High Tunnel Cut Flower Peonies in Utah

This fact sheet presents general peony production information, basic high tunnel management guidelines for peonies, and preliminary data comparing peonies produced in a high tunnel to the open field

Zinnia Cut Flower Production in Utah

Zinnias are a warm-season annual and a staple for local cut flower markets and gardens alike. Zinnias require fewer inputs than other cut flowers, but site selection and management, trellising, harvest techniques, and cultivar traits are important considerations for success. This fact sheet provides a guide for producing zinnias in the Intermountain West and presents results from USU trials

My Favorite Things: A Photographic Journey

Tiffany Lewis states that photography helps me to portray to others how I see the world. I especially like to get really close to my subjects and view them from all angles. I guess I’ve always been that way. I saw this show as the perfect chance to showcase my favorite photos of some of my favorite things