Description
Drawing on the important scholarship of women's history this course
explores the history of American women from the colonial period to
the present and poses several questions, indlucing: How did women
experience and shape American history? How have women influenced
(both directly and indirectly) legal, political, social, and
economic developments in the United States? What were the periods of
greatest change for American women? Did (and do) American women have
anything in common? How does an understanding of women's history
influence our lives today? Prerequisite: sophomore standing.
Cross-listed with SOC303. (3
s.h.)