HS 344 - American Women's History

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: One HS 100-level course. Surveys the history of American women and their relations with men from settlement to modern times. Two parallel questions run through the semester: How did gender differences mold the private worlds of women and men? How did gender affect the public roles of women and men? The issues are examined through four chronological periods: 1607-1790, 1790-1880, 1880-1945, and 1945-1990s. Explores the wide diversity of experiences according to race, class, ethnicity, and region within each period. IG/IU