Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 211-221).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Freiburg (Breisgau), 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-397).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 211-221).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 211-221).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 211-221).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003. / Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 236 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-236). Abstract available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2006 June 20.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2008 May 19.

Estonian society, as a short history of gender studies, and the introduction of the termsfeminism or feminist, only started to appear in media during the second half of the 1990s.Nevertheless, the public opinion and attitudes about feminism among Estonian society arenot clear, while sexual discrimination is still a frequent occurrence (Estonia, 2013). Thearchive of the biggest Estonian daily newspaper Eesti Paevaleht includes articles aboutfeminism written in the last 15 years that will be analysed in this thesis. The main goal is toanalyse how feminism and feminists are portrayed by the media that may lead to certaingained image and attitudes against its overall theme in Estonia and discuss the results ofthe study in relation to Estonian society as a post-soviet, young democracy and recentmember of the EU. The findings from the textual analysis will be discussed in a wider socialcontext. The results show the overall negative portrayal of feminism along with privatemedia reflection on popularity and sell that may leave its readers to stagnant sexist viewsand myths about gender.

This thesis challenges a historiography of British feminism of the 1970s which outlines a simplistic progression from unity towards fragmentation and disintegration. I argue that the divisions within feminism were much more complex than is assumed and that they were present from the very beginnings of the movement. Activities at grassroots level were as critical in the production of feminist theory as the major theorists, such as Kate Millett and Shulamith Firestone, who are most often cited. The project focuses largely on the internal structures and organisation of the women's movement as they developed over the 1970s, particularly in the London Women's Liberation Workshop. My principal concern is with written grassroots sources, such as the newsletter of the London Women's Liberation Workshop, national and sectarian conference papers, journals and pamphlets, all now located in various women's archives around Britain. The central section of the thesis discusses feminist fictional writing, poetry and art to show how a concern to develop theories about the position of women and the movement itself, was not limited to 'political' writings. Women's creative work did not simply display movement theory but was a part of its construction and development. The final section of the thesis takes these ideas into two specific areas of debate; domestic labour and violence against women. As in earlier sections, the concern is to look at the grassroots materials produced out of women's experiences.

The research focuses on two generations of women on Kibbutz Ein-Harod (in Israel): the founding generation of women who came from Russia and Poland and established the kibbutz in 1921, and the third generation - the granddaughters of the founders who were born and still live on the kibbutz. About eighty years separate these two groups. The research compares how the two generations view their status and their place in kibbutz society. The place of the women is examined in various areas of life: work and profession; public activity; guarding and defending the kibbutz; femininity, mothering and family. The research on the first generation relied largely on archival material, while the third generation was researched through discussions in a research group setting and in personal interviews. The research is divided as follows: Chapter 1 is a general introduction to the subject and the perspective adopted by the researcher. Chapter 2 reviews the research literature in this field in the order in which the issues are dealt with in the research. Chapter 3, the methodology, deals with the theoretical frame of the research, especially the feminist-gender aspects. Chapter 4 is devoted to the first generation, including a historical review leading up to the establishment of the kibbutz, and the women's stories over two decades. Chapter 5 reviews the situation of the kibbutz today and presents the granddaughters' stories. Chapter 6 is devoted to analysing, comparing and discussing the findings. Chapter 7 present the conclusions and proposals for further research