Copyright (c) 2013 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky Recent documents in Lynn Lubamersky en-us Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:48:49 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/18 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/18 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:42:27 PST Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/17 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/17 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 08:44:07 PDT Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/16 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/16 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:08:45 PDT Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/15 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/15 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:23:46 PDT Women throughout history have made groundbreaking contributions to the advancement of science and technology, yet many of their stories remain unknown outside of some academic circles. This session comprises a reading of a work-in-progress and subsequent panel discussion as part of an innovative project to bring some of these amazing stories to the stage. We will present dramatic readings of selected draft monologues which will be followed by a panel discussion spurred by questions from audience members. This will allow for a true give and take between the readers and the audience, will inform monologue development and effectiveness, and will address questions arising from participation in this experience. Our ultimate goal is to write a play featuring monologues about individual women scientists that may be performed in various venues by independent groups and that would be developed as part of a larger funded research project. By presenting stories about these women's accomplishments in a dramatic and accessible form, we hope to educate, enlighten and inspire.

]]> Cheryl B. Schrader et al. http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/14 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/14 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:15:20 PDT This study investigated college students' perceptions about the contributions of women to the history of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) (N = 1,147). Students were asked to write down as many famous or historically important scientists, inventors or engineers they could think of. After one minute, they were instructed to write down as many famous or historically important women scientists, inventors or engineers they could think of. For the first question, 95% of the responses referred to male scientists, inventors or engineers. For the second question, respondents named on average less than one woman (M=.86), and those named were more often from non-STEM fields (e.g., Rosa Parks) than actual scientists, inventors or engineers. Additionally, while respondents named a total of 279 distinct men, they named only 35 distinct women. Students in STEM fields could name significantly more male scientists, inventors or engineers than non-STEM students, but could not name significantly more women. The implications of these results are discussed, along with suggestions for educators on how to integrate the contributions of women in STEM into the classroom.

]]> Heidi Reeder et al. http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/13 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/13 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:15 PDT The most famous poem in the Polish language, Pan Tadeusz by Mickiewicz tells of the foray - an institution where "the gentry, as the way of rebels is, were wild and quick to hang their enemies." If the szlachta felt that justice was not being done within the courts, they would seek vengeance through violent collective action. Due to the fact of a weak central government, this was one method of law enforcement in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In many cases, the reason why estates were being raided and their inhabitants attacked was that the szlachta claimed to be defending a lady's honor. They might say that a woman's honor had been insulted if she were jilted at the altar or if she had been seduced into sexual activity when she was betrothed. The nobles might, on the other hand, feel that a widow who had freely chosen her new husband out of love had contracted a misalliance and that they - whether they were fathers, brothers or other relatives or interested parties - were determined to imprison the widow, to coerce her, and even to torture her to enforce their judgment on her. The foray or zajazd is a prism through which to glimpse conflict over women's freedom of choice in marriage and love.

]]> Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/12 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/12 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:14 PDT The most famous poem in the Polish language, Pan Tadeusz by Mickiewicz tells of the foray - an institution where "the gentry, as the way of rebels is, were wild and quick to hang their enemies." If the szlachta felt that justice was not being done within the courts, they would seek vengeance through violent collective action. Due to the fact of a weak central government, this was one method of law enforcement in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In many cases, the reason why estates were being raided and their inhabitants attacked was that the szlachta claimed to be defending a lady's honor. They might say that a woman's honor had been insulted if she were jilted at the altar or if she had been seduced into sexual activity when she was betrothed. The nobles might, on the other hand, feel that a widow who had freely chosen her new husband out of love had contracted a misalliance and that they - whether they were fathers, brothers or other relatives or interested parties - were determined to imprison the widow, to coerce her, and even to torture her to enforce their judgment on her. The foray or zajazd is a prism through which to glimpse conflict over women's freedom of choice in marriage and love.

]]> Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/11 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/11 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:12 PDT Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/10 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/10 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:11 PDT Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/9 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/9 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:10 PDT Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/8 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/8 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:09 PDT Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/7 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/7 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:07 PDT Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/6 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/6 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:06 PDT This article examines the question of the “polonization” of the Lithuanian nobility. The author refutes the notion that Lithuanian nobles lacked a perception of themselves as a separate nation; instead asserting that they identified the state interests of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the interests of their own noble house. She employs a dual focus: first analyzing the myth of Roman descent of the Lithuanian nobility and second engaging in content analysis of Radziwiłł family writings. Sources for this study are published articles as well as manuscript sources from the Main Archive of Ancient Documents in Warsaw, Poland.

]]> Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/5 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/5 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:05 PDT Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/4 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/4 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:03 PDT Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/3 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/3 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:02 PDT This is a summary of research presented at the ISB Annual Meeting on July 18, 2007 in "Beyond the First 50: The Status and Impact of IdahoWomen Lawyers Today." This article covers half of the research presented, but it does not include discussion of the survey of Idaho Women Lawyers conducted by Dr. Will Rainford nor the insights provided by attorney Betty Richardson and Bar Commissioner Newal Squyres. The article provides a marker for the progress of women lawyers in Idaho when compared with colleagues in the U.S.A. as a whole.

]]> Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/2 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/2 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:39:00 PDT The image of the wild woman was constructed in Polish culture from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries to provide a model of heroic, noble womanhood that would help perpetuate the power of the nobility to control the social, cultural, and economic life of the Commonwealth. The wild woman archetype situated noblewomen as Amazons: women warriors, hunters, and political strong women who possessed exceptional powers enabling them to hunt wild animals, lead armies in uprisings, and act heroically. Analyzing the memoirs, diaries, songs, and poetry of this period, the author concludes that the noblemen of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth promoted the wild woman archetype as a cultural site of the unifying myth of the "Sarmatian" origin of nobility. The archetype was rooted in a specific, visible reality -- women were sighted hunting, commanding, and displaying heroism -- though their achievements were framed by men. The author characterizes the wild woman archetype not as a misogynistic discourse meant to marginalize strong women who might challenge patriarchal authority, but rather as one aspect of as ideology underlining the bravery, exceptional nature, and strength of the nobility of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

]]> Lynn Lubamersky http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/1 http://works.bepress.com/lynn_lubamersky/1 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:38:58 PDT Irish step dance is an ancient art form revived in its modern incarnation by the Gaelic League in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many of the features of Irish dancing as it is done today are characteristics shared by "Gaelic dancing," as it was called in San Fransisco in the period from 1900-1935.

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