2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

HIST 310 - Women in American History


Credits: Three (3)
This course explores the impact of historical events on the lives of American women and, in turn, the many roles women played in shaping American history. Topics include native American womens lives; gender and family life under slavery; the impact of industrialization on women of different classes; the ideology of separate spheres; womens political activities including the anti-slavery movement, the suffrage movement, the 19th Amendment, and the resurgence of feminism in the 1960s; and transformations in the lives of modern women including work, politics, sexuality, consumption patterns, and leisure activities.
Cross-listed: HIST-110, WS-110, WS-310