Pro-choice rally

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Pro-choice rally in NYC following death of two women killed in an abortion clinic in Brookline (Boston)

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Pro-abortion rally on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Pro-abortion demonstrator is arrested on steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Pro-choice rally at NYC federal courthouse. Demonstrator holds hangers to hand out to women attending rally

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Bella Abzug attends pro-choice rally in NYC following death of two women killed in an abortion clinic in Brookline (Boston)

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Bella Abzug and President Carter attend pro-choice rally in Grand Central Station

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

"Pro-choice and nuns" press conference with (L-R): Gloria Steinem; Gloria Fitzgerald, nun; Rosemary Stango, former nun; Dawn Tenent, former nun; Karen Burstein, NY State Senator; Carol Bellamy, NY State Senator; Mim Kelber, assistant to Bella Abzug; Pat McQuillan, founder of "Catholics for a free choice."

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Pro-abortion demonstrator arrested on steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Pro-ERA Demonstration and Women '80 Demonstration.

Inscription: Verso: Women '80 demonstration, New York.

Women holding pro-choice signs at women's rights rally

Inscription: Verso: International women's day march, pro-abortion demonstrators women's march, New York.

Children's movement skills when playing active video games

Active video games (AVGs) may be useful for movement skill practice. This study examined children's skill execution while playing Xbox Kinect™ and during movement skill assessment. Nineteen children (10 boys, 9 girls; M age = 7.9 yr., SD = 1.4) had their skills assessed before AVG play and then were observed once a week for 6 wk. while playing AVGs for 50 min. While AVG play showed evidence of correct skill performance (at least 30-50% of the time when playing table tennis, tennis, and baseball), nearly all skills were more correctly performed during skill assessment (generally more than 50% of the time). This study may help researchers to better understand the role AVGs could play in enhancing real life movement skills.

The Authority of Influence : Women and Power in Burmese History

This book explores the relationship between gender and power in Burmese history from pre-colonial times to the present day and aims to identify the sources, nature and limitations of women’s power. The study takes as its starting point the apparent contradiction that, though Burmese women historically enjoyed relatively high social status and economic influence, for the most part they remained conspicuously absent from positions of authority in formal religious, social and political institutions. The book thus examines the concept of ‘family’ in Burmese political culture, and reveals how some women were able to gain political influence through their familial connections with powerful men, even while cultural models of ‘correct’ female behaviour prevented most women from attaining official positions of political authority. The study also considers how various influences – Buddhism, colonialism, nationalism, modernisation and militarism – shaped Burmese concepts of gender and power, with important implications for how women were able to exercise social, economic and political influence. The book explores how the effects of prolonged armed conflict, economic isolation and political oppression have constrained opportunities for women to attain power in contemporary Burma, and examines opportunities opened up by the pro-democracy movement and recent focus on women's issues and rights for women to exercise influence both inside Burma and in exile. Using an interdisciplinary approach that draws on feminist, anthropological and social science discourses, placing them within an historical framework, the author offers a broad understanding of how power is obtained and exercised in Burma in order to reassess historical representations of Burmese women and so provide a more comprehensive and inclusive understanding of power relations in historical and contemporary Burma.

The Cairns abortion trial: Language, deviance, and the ‘spoiled identity’

In 2009 a couple in Cairns were charged, and later found not guilty, of illegally obtaining a medical abortion through the use of medication imported from overseas. The court case reignited the discussions surrounding the illegality and social acceptance of abortion in Queensland, Australia. Based on a discourse analysis of 150 online news media articles covering the Cairns trial, this article critically examines the language and key words relied upon by media when covering the Cairns trial. It argues that, despite popular support for the decriminalisation of abortion, emotive language that aligns with a pro-life ideology is still being employed which has the power to shape perceptions of deviance and stigma surrounding abortion. This is useful to demonstrate how media discourse surrounding abortion needs to further align with a pro-choice ideology for women to be empowered for their choices.

National Council of Jewish Women, New York Section records, undated, 1895-2004.

These records document New York Section’s early history to the present, representing a significant portion of its work in community programming and advocacy, as well as its supporting administrative, fundraising, membership, and public relations activities. As a section of the National Council, its records also include a substantial amount of material regarding the National Organization’s programs, events, publications, and reports, dating from 1896 through 1999.