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BL
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875317
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O'Neal, Eugenia,1965-
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From the field to the legislature : : a history of women in the Virgin Islands /\ Eugenia O'Neal.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Greenwood Press,, ©2001.
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| Series Statement
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Contributions in women's studies,; no. 187
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1 online resource (xiii, 150 pages)
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| ISBN
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0313000735
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: 9780313000737
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0313317569
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9780313317569
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and index.
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| Contents
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Ch. 1. Slavery -- Birth of a Colony -- Constructing Versions of Womanhood: Plantation Society, 1700-1834 -- Finding Freedom and Resisting Definition -- Women of Respect: Exerting Influence and Exercising Power -- Ch. 2. Amelioration -- Abolitionists and Patriarchy -- Shaping the New Woman -- Ch. 3. Post-Abolition Virgin Islands Society -- Emancipation and Its Immediate Aftermath -- Post-Abolition Government -- Missionaries in Post-Abolition Virgin Islands -- Ch. 4. New Challenges -- Women in Post-Abolition Society and Economy -- Education and Women -- Ch. 5. Constructing Self -- Twentieth-Century Government -- Women in the Society and in the Family -- Ch. 6. Public Lives -- Women and Welfare -- Women in the Economy -- Women in Education: Leading the Way -- Women in Health -- Ch. 7. The Boom Years, 1970-1995 -- Progress and Change -- Women in the Economy: Gaining Ground -- Women and the Family -- Women and Social Policy -- Ch. 8. Political Women -- Political Gains since 1970 -- Factors Affecting Women's Political Participation.
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Annotation
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Women-- British Virgin Islands-- History.
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Femmes-- Îles Vierges britanniques.
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Geschichte
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Women's Studies.
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Women.
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Frau.
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British Virgin Islands.
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Jungferninseln
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| Dewey Classification
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305.4/097297/25
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HQ1525.4.O53 2001eb
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