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It Is Difficult To Be A Woman With A Dream Of An Education: Challenging U.S. Adult Basic Education Policies to Support Women Immigrants’ Self-Determination

Sondra Cuban and Nelly Stromquist

Lancaster University, UK and University of Maryland, USA

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URL: <http://www.jceps.com/?pageID=article&articleID=165>
author:Sondra Cuban and Nelly Stromquist Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies
Volume 7, Number 2 (November 2009)
ISSN 1740-2743

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Prof Dave Hill
Visiting Professor of Education at the University of Athens, Greece
Middlesex University, London, UK
Visiting Professor of Critical Education Policy and Equality Studies, University of Limerick, Ireland
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University of California, Los Angeles, USA (Editor, North America)
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Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Editor, Latin America)

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