Sixteenth and seventeenth century Mughal art consisted of secular paintings for the Mughal emperors and their courtiers. Even a cursory glance at them reveals that there are few depictions of women. This thesis focuses on female representation and the . . .

The Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program was active from July 1943 to December 1944. After eighteen months of service, the program was abruptly disbanded and classified until 1977. The pilots were sent home, receiving no veteran’s pay, benef . . .

This thesis explores the root causes of the Qarmatian revolution as one of the several anti-Caliphate uprisings during the ninth and the tenth centuries. The study compares the Qarmatian movement against two contemporary insurgencies. The Qarmatian mo . . .

In the mid 1800s, contemporary writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville contributed prodigiously to early American literature by creating works of profound insight and intellect. By creating their respective classics, The Scarlet Letter (1850) . . .

This paper examines the value and contribution of the poetry of Judy Grahn, a lesbian feminist activist whose work exemplifies the political issues of the second wave of feminism in mid-twentieth-century America. It is a historical overview of the ris . . .

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a uniquely American religion. As with other religions, Mormons have a history of creating sacred spaces; however, the Nauvoo Temple in Illinois is distinct. The architecture of the edifice held as man . . .

The hunger for the restoration of the Hawaiian Kingdom has been a widespread interest amongst the Native Hawaiians since the overthrow of the monarchy by an oligarchy of American plantation owners residing in the kingdom. For sovereignty activists, th . . .

Catherine the Great and Marie Antoinette were near contemporaries, and they faced many similar challenges in their respective positions. At first glance, one would expect Marie Antoinette to have been more successful: she was the daughter of Maria The . . .

Few historians have investigated women who contributed to the Civil War by fighting as soldiers. It is estimated that between 250-500 women served as soldiers in the war, although the exact number cannot be known. Women joined the fight for a variety . . .

This study analyzes the intellectual propositions of Abbé Augustin Barruel in his 1798 work Memoirs Illustrating the History of Jacobinism. Barruel’s investigative documentation of an eighteenth-century conspiracy reveals that the French Revolution wa . . .