HIS 5052 History of Women in U.S.
This course views U.S. History from the days of the colonists to the present from the perspective of women. It examines the political, social and economic constraints imposed on women throughout the period. Topics include not only the impact of settlement, colonization, revolution and independence, industrialization, urbanization, slavery, the Civil War, westward expansion, education and immigration on women, but also "women's topics" such as the origins and development of the feminism and women's right, the campaign suffrage, use of gender stereotypes in media, literature, and the music and evaluate how they impact society, work and family life, the legal status of women. Readings will be drawn from journals, diary excerpts, short stories, novels and letters fand from the scholarly essays and monographs by historians and other social scientists. Class, race and ethnic differences will be examined throughout the course.