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Women’s Life Histories and Feminist Process

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Challenges and Negotiations for Women in Higher Education

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    Val Walsh

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  1. Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom

    Pamela Cotterill

  2. Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom

    Sue Jackson

  3. University of Plymouth, United Kingdom

    Gayle Letherby

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Walsh, V. (2007). From Tangle to Web. In: Cotterill, P., Jackson, S., Letherby, G. (eds) Challenges and Negotiations for Women in Higher Education. Lifelong Learning Book Series, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6110-3_4

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