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--- breaking the silence ---

Toward a Theory of Women's Doctoral Persistence

by

Roberta-Anne Kerlin

B. Sc. Ed., State University of New York at Buffalo
M. Ed., Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto


A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree of

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

in the Faculty of Education


We accept this dissertation as conforming to the required standard



Dr. S. Allen, Supervisor
(Communication and Social Foundations)


Dr. T. Johnson, Co-Supervisor
(Communication and Social Foundations)


Dr. A. Preece, Department Member
(Communication and Social Foundations)


Dr. M. Best, Outside Member
(Department of English)


Dr. J. Gaskell, External Examiner
(Educational Studies, University of British Columbia)


© Roberta-Anne Kerlin, 1997
University of Victoria

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