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In the era of the First World War and its aftermath, the quest to identify, restrict, and punish internal enemy "others," combined with eugenic thinking, severely curtailed civil liberties for many people in Oregon and the nation. Professor Kimberly Jensen will share research from her new book ππππππ'π ππ‘βπππ : πΊπππππ, πΆππ£ππ πΏπππππ‘πππ , πππ π‘βπ ππ’ππ£ππππππππ ππ‘ππ‘π ππ π‘βπ πΈππππ¦ ππ€πππ‘πππ‘β πΆπππ‘π’ππ¦ through the lens of gender, gender identity and presentation, ability, race, ethnicity, and class. Exclusionary and invasive practices ranged from forced wartime registration of women and "enemy aliens" to the incarceration of women with sexually transmitted diseases, the use of deportations, forced sterilization at the Oregon State Hospital, and restrictive licensing laws directed at Japanese Americans. But some Oregonians, including women and gender nonconforming people, resisted the restrictions and challenges to their civil liberties. Their determination to maintain their rights and freedoms fueled movements for human rights, social justice, and dissent that still reverberate today.
Kimberly Jensen is professor of history and gender studies at Western Oregon University and a member of the executive and editorial boards of the Oregon Encyclopedia of History and Culture. She is the author of πππππππ§πππ ππππππ£π: π΄πππππππ πππππ ππ π‘βπ πΉπππ π‘ πππππ πππ and ππππππ'π π·πππ‘ππ π‘π π‘βπ πππππ: πΈπ π‘βππ ππβπ πΏππ£ππππ¦ πππ π πΏπππ ππ π΄ππ‘ππ£ππ π.
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McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 SW Halsey St, Troutdale, OR 97060-1026, United States,Troutdale, Oregon
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