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Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1992 • vol.9 no.4

Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)

Authors: Sharon Ferguson-Hood

This article is written by the mother of three children, single after leaving a twenty year marriage. In this article, she shares memories of abuse and neglect, from childhood to adult, and the event that helped her to finally break free from the cycle of abuse.

The author eventually entered university as a mature student, graduated with a B.A. in English and, at the time the article was published, was working on a Master of Divinity with the hopes of being ordained as a minister in the United Church.

The article is written in English with a summary in French.

Added: 2004-02-11

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Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1994 - Vol. 11, No. 2

Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)

Authors: Sharon Ferguson-Hood

Women who have been victims of violence, whether verbal, emotional, psychological, or physical, often have been deprived of some part of their education. Coping with violence at home, in society, or at school can make it impossible to find the energy and concentration required in the classroom.

This article describes a technique that can open the learning process to women who have been alienated from educational institutions, or that can reverse the effects of violence—life writing.

Added: 2004-07-30

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