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To Serve All Mankind: How Women in Graduate Chapters of a Black Greek Letter Organization Sorority Balance Work, Family, and Civic Engagement

Upton, Aisha A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1343852183

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Sociology (Arts and Sciences).
Members of Black Greek Letter Organization (BGLO) Sororities have stood in opposition to institutional racism and sexism through intentionally creating a sisterhood committed to uplifting the Black community (Phillips, 2005; Gray White, 1999; Jones, 2009). These women commit themselves to their community through these organizations, are obligated to their families, and act as professionals.Existing literature posits that the experiences of working Black women vary from the experiences of white women in that black women, until recently, have worked in proportionately greater numbers, and in different jobs than white women (Gray White, 1999; Jones, 2009). This qualitative study explores how women in these organizations balance work, family, and civic engagement. Through the use of in -depth single person life-history approached interviews with graduate members of a BGLO sorority, the research finds that the ability to partake in double duty fluctuates throughout these women's lives and that they rely on the organization to balance.
Christine Mattley (Committee Chair)
African American Studies; Sociology; Womens Studies
BGLO; Sororities; Black Women; Community Work

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  • Upton, A. A. (2012). To Serve All Mankind: How Women in Graduate Chapters of a Black Greek Letter Organization Sorority Balance Work, Family, and Civic Engagement [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1343852183

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Upton, Aisha. To Serve All Mankind: How Women in Graduate Chapters of a Black Greek Letter Organization Sorority Balance Work, Family, and Civic Engagement. 2012. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1343852183.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Upton, Aisha. "To Serve All Mankind: How Women in Graduate Chapters of a Black Greek Letter Organization Sorority Balance Work, Family, and Civic Engagement." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1343852183

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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