2021-2022 Catalog

HST-372 U.S. Women's History: 1865-present

Examines the social and cultural history of women in the United States from the close of the Civil War to the present. Using not only gender but also race, ethnicity, class, age, disability, region of residence, and sexual orientation as important categories of analysis, this course focuses on women's private and public lives. Topics include the family, work, religion, education, health care, private lives, motherhood, sexuality, social and political activism, legal status, labor activism, and popular culture.

Credits

4

Core Curriculum

  • Perspectives

Offered

Spring