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Item The sexual psychopath: Masculinity, gender variance, and paranoia in the twentieth century(Wichita State University, 2024-07) Brouillette, Christen H.; Henry, RobinThis thesis investigates the creation of the sexual psychopath, its very specific definition, and the laws which were created to restrain them. Newspaper articles and primary and secondary sources regarding the evolution of psychology, childhood, masculinity, and sexuality were used, as well as crime statistics from the 1930s to form and support the argument. The sexual psychopath included homosexuals, pedophiles, and elderly men who attacked young women but excluded men of color and adult men who attacked adult women. This normalized sex crimes committed against women and targeted homosexuals under the guise of protecting women. Despite public outcry to protect children from sex criminals in the mid-1930s, court officials underutilized sexual psychopath laws and even sought to narrow the definition of statutory rape. This made it clear that despite legislators claiming to have children’s best interest at heart, the laws created to protect them were instead used to target ‘aberrant’ populations such as homosexuals and punish them. This thesis also examines the rhetoric used to demonize homosexuals and finds that since the panic of the 1930s, very little has changed. This is explored through the founding of the Save Our Children organization and Anita Bryant’s efforts to roll back protections for homosexuals in the late 1970. Therefore, I suggest that fears about the sexual psychopath stemmed from cultural anxieties about fluctuating definitions of masculinity and homosexuality. These groups identified children as a population that needed protection from the sexual psychopath and limited their definitions of sexual psychopath to particular groups, specifically single and gay men. This effort to stabilize healthy expressions of masculinity and assuage those fears ended up stunting sexual expression and contributing to socialized homophobia and fear of single, gay men, fears that continue into the present day.Item Abolition vs. pacifism: The horns of the Quaker dilemma(Wichita State University, 1961-08) Amick, Charles W.Quaker attitudes toward the war originated in events of the two hundred years since the founding of the Society of Friends. The problem facing Friends at the outbreak of the war was not completely new, as a brief study of the history of the development of Quaker pacifism and opposition to slavery will show. The War Between the States, then, carried this American Quaker dilemma to its final climax.Item Dr. John R. Brinkley, candidate: for governor.(Wichita State University, 1953-07) Schruben, Francis W.Item French trade and diplomacy in Kansas 1682- 1832(Wichita State University, 1959-06) Gustafson, Helen Maurine; Rydjord, John, 1893-1994Shortly after La Salle claimed the Louisiana Territory for France in 1682, French fur-traders entered Kansas and, with their skill in diplomacy, their vigor, and their cheerful, indomitable spirit, they succeeded in remaining in Kansas for the next one hundred and fifty years or more, during which time they took large fortunes in furs out of the region. Kansas passed from the French to the Spanish and later to the Americans but the changes in administration in no way affected the French traders, whose one objective, whether they were coureurs du bois, voyageurs, or leaders of highly organized expeditions, was to win the confidence and allegiance of the Indians. Although the French seem to have left little impress on Kansas history, _other than the beautiful names they gave to rivers and localities, many of which have been Anglicized, they recognized Kansas as an important region, rich in trade potential, and, as long as they conducted trade in Kansas, their influence on, the region was great.Item Butler county at a crossroads: What was lost is remembered(Wichita State University, 2023-12) Walenta, Suzanne; Price, Jay M., 1969-At some point in all communities, large or small, a challenge emerges of how to sustain and grow overtime. This crossroads can manifest itself when faced with a choice or challenge of honoring its past and identity with a perception of rural life that is ever changing. A crossroads can often apply to memory and the moments that we choose to reflect on. However, the nostalgia of memory doesn’t always reflect the complex reality. In Butler County, an observer can witness a microcosm of the national experience - similar events that were tucked away, glossed over or hidden from view. The objective for Kansas Crossroads of Butler County was to move beyond the founder story narrative and unveil the complexities and richness of a rural community. The Butler County Historical Society’s Rural Crossroads/Kansas Crossroads project started out as a “quick” history retelling of selected towns which grew into a longer episodic series named, Kansas Crossroads of Butler County. The foundation was to use the community representative perspective through recorded interviews; use historical photos and documents, newspapers, and books to explore each community and to share stories that people may not be aware of, negative and positive. The result of this series was a version of rural communities that nostalgia often forgets. There are commonalities in each of the fifteen communities explored – farming, ranching, and oil discovery. However, there are many stories that have been hidden away and forgotten. Nostalgia often forgets community struggles with the Klu Klux Klan; white mob violence trigged in the oil boom days; 19th century physical fights and guns at the ready as two towns fight over the county seat; lawlessness and horse thieves. There are also hidden triumphs such as the first all-women jury. Looking back there are lessons revealed not only in lived experience but in how stories are presented.