Arvonne Fraser

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Fraser, Arvonne (1970). Government. Minneapolis: Dillon Press. ISBN   978-0-87518-023-6.
  • Fraser, Arvonne (1974). Office occupations. Minneapolis: Dillon Press. ISBN   978-0-87518-035-9.
  • Fraser, Arvonne; Huston, Perdita (1979). Third world women speak out: interviews in six countries on change, development, and basic needs. New York London etc: Praeger for the Overseas Development Council. ISBN   978-0-03-052116-4.
  • Fraser, Arvonne (1987). The U.N. Decade for Women: documents and dialogue. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. ISBN   978-0-8133-7249-5.
  • Fraser, Arvonne; Tinker, Irene (2004). Developing power: how women transformed international development . New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York. ISBN   978-1-55861-484-0. [13]
  • Fraser, Arvonne (2007). She's no lady: politics, family, and international feminism . Minneapolis, Minnesota: Nodin Press. ISBN   978-1-932472-64-6. [1]
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    Arvonne Fraser
    First Lady of Minneapolis
    In office
    January 1, 1980 December 31, 1993