HISU 2410 Women and Gender in U.S. History

HISU 2410 Women and Gender in U.S. History
Women and Gender in U.S. History
This course is a survey of women and gender in the United States from 1830 through the present. The class will examine the political and social history of women and girls, as well as the role played by ideologies of gender, both masculinity and femininity, in shaping historical events. Topics will include the transformation of women's identities over time; slavery and the family; suffrage; intersections between gender and race; the resurgent feminist movement of the 1970s; and sexuality and popular culture.
credit hours: 3