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How do women's studies classes affect adult students?(In Her Own Words)
For the last eight years, I have steeped myself in the meanings of Women's Studies in Hawaii. I undertook a research project to trace the impact of Women's Studies classes on adult women learners over the age of 25, considering their feminist consciousness, voice, empowerment and identity.
I initially focused on these indicators of Women's Studies' impact not only because they were grounded in the relevant education and feminist literature, but also because they had greatly changed for me as an undergraduate student taking Women's Studies classes.
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Even as a graduate student, my feminist consciousness, voice, empowerment ...
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