HIST653  - History of American Women

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This course is a study of the historical experience of women in America from the colonial period through modern times. Topics include the evolution of women's work, education, legal and political status, religious experience and sex roles as well as age, class, race, sexual preference and region as significant variables in women's experience.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

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Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
11/28/11 - 04/29/12 05/07/12 - 08/26/12 Spring 2012 Session K - 16 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: From Equal Suffrage to Equal Rights : Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party, 1910-1928
ISBN: 059500055X
Publication Info: toExcel
Author: Lunardini, Christine A.
Unit Cost: $15.95

Book Title: First Generations : Women in Colonial America, 1st Ed.
ISBN: 0809016060
Publication Info: Macmillan
Author: Berkin, Carol
Unit Cost: $16.00

Book Title: Cherokee Women : Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835
ISBN: 0803287607
Publication Info: Bison Books
Author: Perdue, Theda
Unit Cost: $17.95

Book Title: Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence - e-book available in the APUS Online Library for use while waiting for text
ISBN: 1400075327
Publication Info: Vintage Books
Author: Berkin, Carol
Unit Cost: $16.00

Book Title: Our Mother's War : American Women at Home and at the Front During World War II
ISBN: 0743245164
Publication Info: Free Press
Author: Yellin, Emily
Unit Cost: $16.00

 

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