Anonymous crusader: the life and work of Josephine Goldmark

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Josephine Goldmark, a social activist, is noted for her work affecting labor refrom laws. Her work influenced laws regarding the working hours of children and women, the regulation of overtime and the training of nurses. As early as 1913, she was supporting the idea of an 8-hour work day. Her work via years of observation and experience, resulted in a report published in 1912, 'Fatigue and Efficiency.' She kept herself abreast of legal developments throughout the US, monitoring which laws were to be applauded and which laws were to be condemned.

Women, History, Social policy, Labor law, Social service volunteers, Women volunteers in social service, Goldmark, Josephine

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Mary Jane Rathbun

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Mary Jane Rathbun campaigned for the medical usage of marijuana, and she put her beliefs into practice by taking hash cookies to sick people in hospital, where they were they were popular, especially amoing AIDs patients. She had been a hospital visitor over a long period and her brownies were initially of the conventional type. She was arrested and was given nominal sentences, carrying out community service orders at the hospital where she had previously been a volunteer.

Obituary, Social workers, Civil rights workers, Civil rights activists, Rathbun, Mary

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Improvisation upon the Scroll of Esther: symbolic inversion in an adult day-care center

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The Scroll of Esther, a holy scripture about the story of the salvation of the Jews from Haman, does not evoke spirituality. God is never mentioned but a feast is described. Among the themes are folly, wine, food, women, and role reversal. The main reversal is one that takes place between the Persian oppressors and the Jewish oppressed.

Social aspects, Symbolism, Symbolism in literature, Purim, Bible. O.T. Esther (Sacred work)

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