HIST 2065 - Women in America to 1890

1. Culture Clash: Native American and European gender roles
2. Slaves and Servants: African women, poor white women, racism and class hostility
3. Revolution and Gender: Housewives and patriots; Native Americans and slaves
4. Politics and Gender: Republican Motherhood
5. Families and Responsibilities: Domestic ideals and realities
6. Western Frontier: Native American removals, African Americans slave and free
7. The Spanish territories: Mexican, indigenous, and Hispanic women
8. Industrialization: Mill girls and shop girls
9. Womens Rights Movement: Class, race, and gender
10. Civil War and Gender: Women on the home front and battlefield
11. Reconstruction: African American women in the south and north
12. Trans-American West: Diversity and controversy
13. The New Women: New jobs, new professions, new immigrants

1. explain, in a clear and comprehensive manner, the story of the American women, accounting for diverse individuals, groups, ideas and events.
2. analyze primary and secondary sources using historical methods of evidence.
3. synthesize historical material from diverse sources and points of view.
4. demonstrate advanced progress in their reading, writing, discussing and/or other critical thinking skills.
5. evaluate the relevance of Womens History to their own lives.

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