HIST 2066 - Women in America Since 1890

1. The New Women: New jobs, new profession, new immigrants
2. Fight for Suffrage: Support, opposition, and racism
3. Progressive Era: Settlement houses, womens trades unions
4. Diaspora: African American women in the urban north
5. Great War: Home and factory, international peace movement
6. Jazz Age: Flappers, feminists, anti-lynching campaign
7. Depression Decade: Gender and race in the New Deal
8. World War: Home front and battlefield, segregation and internment camps
9. Feminine Mystique: Cold War and the family, women and work
10. Civil Rights: African American women challenge segregation
11. Modern Feminism: Womens Liberation, diversity and activism
12. Gender and Sexuality: Sexual politics, reproductive rights
13. Public Policy: Campaign for the ERA; Latina, Asian, and Black womens activism
14. Modern America and the World: Transnational womens movements

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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