Women\u27s Studies Comes to the Military: Reflections on a Pilot Project

The overseas U.S. military base presents movement women with a complex and essentially hostile environment. The needs of four very different categories of women must be addressed: (1) women in uniform; (2) wives and daughters of servicemen; (3) wives and daughters of civil service employees; and (4) career civil service women. Since the daughters form a psychologically distinct group, they perhaps deserve their own niche. The picture is further complicated (and enriched) by the presence of numerous host country women who hold down a variety of jobs on base. The dependent wife, whether from the second or third category, experiences most fully the debilitating effects of the system. The military wife is expected to further her husband\u27s career by bearing the children he needs to present a properly stable image; by living up to the standards of consumption and social propriety set by the base commander\u27s wife; by serving the community in various voluntary activities; and by learning the role of the beautiful one who waits which is presented to her from a thousand subliminal sources. But she cannot open her own account at the base banking facility, at least not without her sponsor\u27s signature. Her sexual conduct, drinking habits, personal appearance, and fitness as a mother are all scrutinized as part of the evaluations which determine his military promotion schedule. She must learn to speak as the wife of Captain So-and-So when requesting furniture or repairs. She is discriminated against in the use of athletic facilities. Her husband has the right to deprive her of her driver\u27s license. In theory, the dependent wife should thus be extraordinarily open to liberating forces. But since massive and expensive institutional structures depend on her willingness to internalize her role, comparable psychological pressures to conform are exerted on her. In sheer practical terms, feminist organizers face the discouraging facts of (1) the nearly absolute power of the base commander over buildings and grounds and (2) the incredible mobility of the military community. For a dependent wife to reach out to her sisters requires an extraordinary amount of courage

Golden Cables of Sympathy: The Transatlantic Sources of Nineteenth-Century Feminism

An intricate network of contacts developed among women in Europe and North America over the course of the nineteenth century. These women created virtual communities through communication, support, and a shared ideology. Forged across boundaries of nationality, language, ethnic origin, and even class, these connections laid the foundation for the 1888 International Council of Women and formed the beginnings of an international women\u27s movement. This matrix extended throughout England and the Continent and included Scandinavia and Finland. In a remarkable display of investigative research, Margaret McFadden describes the burgeoning avenues of communication in the nineteenth century that led to an explosion in the number of international contacts among women. This network blossomed because of increased travel opportunities; advances in women\u27s literacy and education; increased activity in the temperance, abolitionist, and peace reform movements; and the emergence of female evangelicals, political revolutionaries, and expatriates. Particular attention is paid to five women whose decades of work helped give birth to the women\u27s movement by century\u27s end. These “mothers of the matrix include Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton of the United States, Anna Doyle Wheeler of Ireland, Fredrika Bremer of Sweden, and Frances Power Cobbe of England. Despite their philosophic differences, these leaders recognized the value of friendship and advocacy among women and shared an affinity for bringing together people from different cultural settings. McFadden demonstrates without question that the traditions of transatlantic female communication are far older than most historians realize and that the women\u27s movement was inherently international. No other scholar has painted so complete a picture of the golden cables that linked the women who saw the Atlantic and the borders within Europe as bridges rather than barriers to improving their status. Margaret McFadden, professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and founder of the Women\u27s Studies Program at Appalachian State University, is the editor of NWSA journal. Students of women’s history will find an assemblage that illuminates the effect on women of a developing transatlantic context. —Contemporary Sociology What is so remarkable about the book is that it confirms what we know had to be—namely that there was a precondition for the women\u27s movement, and that it was global. McFadden has made that past come alive. —Dana Greene, St. Mary\u27s College of Maryland Demonstrates without a question that the tradition of transatlantic communication are far older than most historians realize and that the women’s movement was inherently international. —Educational Book Review Impressively researched and important. . . . Helps open the way to a whole further area of exploration in women’s history. —Historian Replete with notes and bibliography, this women’s studies book . . . plows new ground. —Journal of the West A pioneering, wide-ranging work. This study will pave the way to new discoveries about nineteenth-century feminist networks, as well as clarify the complexity of their linkages. —Karen Offen, Stanford University A highly original and interdisciplinary work. McFadden argues that a variety of connections among women throughout the nineteenth century underlay the emergence of the international women\u27s organizations at the end of the century. This is an important argument not made anywhere else. —Leila Rupp, Ohio State University An excellent introduction to a number of important women and the ways they communicated. —Library Journal What has previously been a gray area of assumptions about the precursors to the international women’s organizations of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has been made clear and explicit by McFadden’s work. —NWSA Journal Wide-ranging and engaging. . . . McFadden has recreated a nineteenth-century world of female association. —Ohio History McFadden’s thorough research, particularly on women who might not be familiar to an Anglo-American audience, is remarkable. —Victorian Studieshttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_gender_and_sexuality_studies/1001/thumbnail.jp

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Protective effect of small molecule analogues of the Acanthocheilonema viteae secreted product ES-62 on oxazolone-induced ear inflammation

ES-62 is the major secreted protein of the rodent filarial nematode Acanthocheilonema viteae. The molecule contains covalently attached phosphorylcholine (PC) residues, which confer anti-inflammatory properties on ES-62, underpinning the idea that drugs based on this active moiety may have therapeutic potential in human diseases associated with aberrant inflammation. Here we demonstrate that two synthetic small molecule analogues (SMAs) of ES-62 termed SMA 11a and SMA 12b are protective in the oxazolone-induced acute allergic contact dermatitis mouse model of skin inflammation, as measured by a significant reduction in ear inflammation following their administration before oxazolone sensitisation and before oxazolone challenge. Furthermore, it was found that when tested, 12b was effective at reducing ear swelling even when first administered before challenge. Histological analysis of the ears showed elevated cellular infiltration and collagen deposition in oxazolone-treated mice both of which were reduced by treatment with the two SMAs. Likewise, the oxazolone-induced increase in IFNγ mRNA in the ears was reduced but no effect on other cytokines investigated was observed. Finally, no influence on the mast cell populations in the ear was observed

Deweyan tools for inquiry and the epistemological context of critical pedagogy

This article develops the notion of resistance as articulated in the literature of critical pedagogy as being both culturally sponsored and cognitively manifested. To do so, the authors draw upon John Dewey\u27s conception of tools for inquiry. Dewey provides a way to conceptualize student resistance not as a form of willful disputation, but instead as a function of socialization into cultural models of thought that actively truncate inquiry. In other words, resistance can be construed as the cognitive and emotive dimensions of the ongoing failure of institutions to provide ideas that help individuals both recognize social problems and imagine possible solutions. Focusing on Dewey\u27s epistemological framework, specifically tools for inquiry, provides a way to grasp this problem. It also affords some innovative solutions; for instance, it helps conceive of possible links between the regular curriculum and the study of specific social justice issues, a relationship that is often under-examined. The aims of critical pedagogy depend upon students developing dexterity with the conceptual tools they use to make meaning of the evidence they confront; these are background skills that the regular curriculum can be made to serve even outside social justice-focused curricula. Furthermore, the article concludes that because such inquiry involves the exploration and potential revision of students\u27 world-ordering beliefs, developing flexibility in how one thinks may be better achieved within academic subjects and topics that are not so intimately connected to students\u27 current social lives, especially where students may be directly implicated

Observations of a Pc5 global (cavity/waveguide) mode outside the plasmasphere by THEMIS

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/95192/1/jgra21745.pd

Species and population specific gene expression in blood transcriptomes of marine turtles

Background: Transcriptomic data has demonstrated utility to advance the study of physiological diversity and organisms’ responses to environmental stressors. However, a lack of genomic resources and challenges associated with collecting high-quality RNA can limit its application for many wild populations. Minimally invasive blood sampling combined with de novo transcriptomic approaches has great potential to alleviate these barriers. Here, we advance these goals for marine turtles by generating high quality de novo blood transcriptome assemblies to characterize functional diversity and compare global transcriptional profiles between tissues, species, and foraging aggregations. Results: We generated high quality blood transcriptome assemblies for hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green (Chelonia mydas), and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) turtles. The functional diversity in assembled blood transcriptomes was comparable to those from more traditionally sampled tissues. A total of 31.3% of orthogroups identified were present in all four species, representing a core set of conserved genes expressed in blood and shared across marine turtle species. We observed strong species-specific expression of these genes, as well as distinct transcriptomic profiles between green turtle foraging aggregations that inhabit areas of greater or lesser anthropogenic disturbance. Conclusions: Obtaining global gene expression data through non-lethal, minimally invasive sampling can greatly expand the applications of RNA-sequencing in protected long-lived species such as marine turtles. The distinct differences in gene expression signatures between species and foraging aggregations provide insight into the functional genomics underlying the diversity in this ancient vertebrate lineage. The transcriptomic resources generated here can be used in further studies examining the evolutionary ecology and anthropogenic impacts on marine turtles

A roadmap for patient-public involvement and engagement (PPIE) : recounting the untold stories of breast cancer patient experiences

Introduction Breast cancer remains a prevalent disease in women worldwide. Though significant advancements in the standard of care for breast cancer have contributed to improved patient survival and quality of life, a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment interventions have a long-lasting impact on patients’ lived experiences. A high-quality healthcare system uses a patient-centred approach to healthcare, with patient engagement being a central pillar in the delivery of patient-centred care. However, the disconnect between patients and researchers can translate into research lacking real-world relevance to patient health needs. Here, we report a patient and stakeholder engagement workshop series that was conceptualized with the goal of promoting dialogue between patients with breast cancer, breast cancer researchers and the clinician involved in their care. We present the collaborative learning process and emerging opportunities from this patient engagement workshop series as a community-academic partnership. Method We report on a three-part storytelling workshop, with the scope of the workshops including topics related to raising awareness of the patient lived experience following a breast cancer diagnosis, breast cancer research activities undertaken by researchers, and the approach used by multidisciplinary healthcare teams in the management of breast cancer using storytelling as a tool. We used an iterative approach to cohort trust and relationship building, narrative development, and the use of multiple media formats to capture patient stories. This included the use of object memories, storytelling prompt cards and open-mic audio format to capture patient stories from diagnosis to treatment, and remission. Results 20 patients shared their stories with key themes emerging from the qualitative analysis of audio recordings. For many, this was the first time they had spoken about their breast cancer experience beyond family and friends. Emerging themes included common public misconceptions about a breast cancer diagnosis, the importance of self-advocacy in patient decision making about treatment, and the complex emotional journey experienced by patients diagnosed with breast cancer. The group-based storytelling approach provided collective empowerment to share personal experiences and connect meaningfully across the peer community. Conclusion While a breast cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming from a physical, social, emotional and cognitive perspective, storytelling as a patient engagement approach can build patient trust in researchers, ensuring that as key stakeholders they are involved in the process of research. Understanding the patient perspective of a breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent experiences can support healthcare professionals in developing an empathetic approach to sharing information, and involving patients in shared decision making about their healthcare