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African-American Women
Slave letters offering firsthand glimpses into the lives of female slaves and their relationships with their owners, from Duke University Library’s Special Collections.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html
Top/Society/History/By_Topic/Social_History/Oppression_and_Intolerance/Slavery/North_America

Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920
Over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa
Top/Society/History/By_Topic/Social_History/Pop_Culture

Duke Students for Life
A campus organization opposed to abortion and euthanasia. Aims to promote awareness, education, support, and healing.
http://www.duke.edu/web/life/
Top/Society/Issues/Abortion/Pro-Life/Organizations/Student

Sweatshop Journal
Minnie Roe conducted an undercover, investigation to report a U.S. firm's sweatshop practices.
http://www.soc.duke.edu/courses/soc142/shop1.html
Top/Society/Issues/Business/Human_Rights/Sweatshops

The Child Well-Being Index
Produced by Duke University researchers, the Child Well-Being Index is an evidence-based measure of trends over time in the quality of life or well-being of America’s children and young people. Description of index, data, and press information.
http://www.soc.duke.edu/~cwi/
Top/Society/Issues/Children,_Youth_and_Family

Technology CyberTrends
Quotes from managers, professionals, consultants, journalists, futurists, and educators regarding the digital revolution, digital dawn, information highway, and Internet.
http://www.duke.edu/~mccann/q-tech.htm
Top/Society/Issues/Education/Literacy/Information_Literacy

Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life
Seeks to improve care at the end of life through interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, and outreach.
http://www.iceol.duke.edu
Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life

Duke Health Policy Cyberexchange
Portal site for health policy information on the Web.
http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange
Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy

Duke Center for Health Policy: Hospital Conversions
Hospital conversion in the marketplace and the policy world. The growing trend towards mergers and acquisitions in the hospital industry.
http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange/conversion/truecon.html
Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Hospitals

Concentration of Power
Section from report on the tobacco industry examines where power is concentrated in the tobacco industry.
http://www.soc.duke.edu/~s142tm12/ConcentrationofPower.html
Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Industry_Critiques