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she's a beloved figure in Mormon feminism and a role model to young Mormon feminists
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Barbara Porter Hegsted Rasmussen died Thursday, September 25, 2008 in Orem, Utah of complications from a fall at the age of 91. Her two living daughters, Elisa Arrington Radulovich of Orem and Judith Dushku of Boston, were at her side.
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... Exponent II in 1974 and remained involved .. until recently ... Board of Exponent II twice as President. She edited the "Sisters Speak" column. ... Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts for forty-seven years, where she taught comparative politics, African politics, women and politics, international law, and American government. She participated in the United Nations Conferences on Women in Nairobi .. and Beijing ...
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The two-year Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (MALD) is Fletcher's flagship international affairs degree.
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Class of 1965: ... Judith R. Dushku
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Her writing and teaching focus on comparative politics, particularly in the Global South and in nations in a state of transition. She has also focused on ... breakup of Yugoslavia. ... particularly interested ... policy and international economic trends affect the lives of women,
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special interests are comparative politics and international law ... involved in issues and organization on third world politics ... involved in her community in school, day care, and women's issues.
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The award is given each year to a "woman of courage and vision who has made a significant contribution to Mormon women
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...father of Aaron and his wife Arlenin (Perez).., Benjamin.., Nathaniel.. and his husband Amnon (Ami) Lourie, and Eliza Dushku and her fiance...
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- ↑ "Obituary: James Robert (Jim) Coleman". Boston Globe (via Legacy.com). November 10, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
MA in English... lifelong educator, teaching.. English and Humanities in New York, North Carolina and Rhode Island. ... MS in Library Sciences ... 1995, retiring from Suffolk University, Boston, ... associate director of the library.
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