Women in the Field: Critical Feminist Methodologies and Theoretical PerspectivesFootnote∗

∗Earlier versions of the papers in this collection were presented in a GPOW session at the 1993 Association of American Geographers meeting in Atlanta, GA. The session was organized by Heidi Nast.

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• ∗∗I would like to thank Audrey Kobayashi, Linda Peake, Sarah Radcliffe, Sue Roberts, Angela Martin, Karen Falconer, Rich Schein, Karl Raitz, and Cindi Katz for suggestions in organizing the panel and/or for commenting on earlier drafts of these remarks. Thanks also to Stan Brunn and Dennis Lord for their interest in, and support of, the session.
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