Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h56IoqC14594; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 14:50:53 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 14:50:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3EE14C97@isis.cair.du.edu> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: ahill <ahill@du.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2618] Re: FW: Lessons for women in jail... X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: WebMail (Hydra) SMTP v3.61.08 Status: O Content-Length: 3171 Lines: 67 The inmate you’ve mentioned is Kathy Boudin at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. Although I don’t have the article title in front of me, but a list of her publications and research (including that article about critical thinking skills and female inmates) can be found at kathyboudin.com There is also a website about her case: www.kathyboudin.org and she contributed to a very informative report about incarcerated women and education that can be found at www.changingminds.ws. I am working on my dissertation on incarcerated women and literacy/GED education, so if Jennifer would like to email me, I would be happy to share what I’ve found so far, including an extensive list of resources from my bibliography. Ali Mageehon University of Denver ahill@du.edu >===== Original Message From nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov ===== >Jennifer, >Thanks for sharing this with us. I am wondering if anyone out there has worked in the jail system and would like to share with us your experiences. >Also, Jennifer asks a very important question:-she wants to know if anyone has ideas about materials to help women with their self esteem, self evaluation, and choices. I am wondering if anyone out there can help out with some ideas? >Jennifer-you mention fairy tales. Bettelheim (I hope that I have the spelling correct) wrote an interesting book on the analysis of fairytales-you may want to read it. Has anyone else in this listserv read it? >Finally, her name escapes me, but there is a woman who has been in jail for many years who got her GED while in jail, and currently, as an inmate, organizes and helps/teaches literacy groups in jail. While in jail she also got an article published about it! Does anyone know her name, and/or the article I am talking about? >Daphne >Daphne Greenberg >Associate Director >Center for the Study of Adult Literacy >MSC 6A0360 >Georgia State University >33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6 >Atlanta, GA 30303-3086 >phone: 404-651-0127 >fax:404-651-4901 >dgreenberg@gsu.edu >>> jmorrow@jcplin.org 06/03/03 11:54 AM >>> >All Listers, >I have been asked to look into teaching a women's life-skills class at my local jail. I have been over there before because I thought they might need a GED class. I was wrong. Their education level is very high but their soft skills usually need significant work. I have found a couple lessons I want to do already but I need many more. One that I found was for a Fairy Tale Project that helps women explore independence. I never realized that female characters in fairy tales usually exhibit certain traits that our society has taken to heart. Princess, pretty, weak = good. Ugly, independent, powerful = evil. I don't have the exact address of where I printed it off the Internet but if you want it, just do a search for The Fairy Tale Project Exploring Women's Independence and I'm sure it will pop up. Anyway, I need more things like this so that the women in the jail can evaluate their lives, self-esteem, and choices. If anyone has any suggestions, I would really appreci! >ate them. >Thanks! > >Jennifer Morrow >Johnson County Public Library >Adult Learning Center >(317) 738-4677 >jmorrow@jcplin.org
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