HIST 141 - The History of Women in the U.S. to 1865

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4SS

The History of Women in the U.S. to 1865 is designed introduce students to the experiences of women across ethnicity, race, and class from the pre-colonial era to the American Civil War. Through a survey of historical scholarship, as well as primary documents and objects, students will be positioned to contextualize the development of ideas about gender. Students will examine the role of gender in American law, sexuality, aesthetics, ideas about womanhood, the private lives of individual women as well as the coalitions that took shape in women’s organizing to critically evaluate how women shaped US history.
Enrollment Limit: 30
Instructor: T. Nunley
Consent of the Instructor Required: No
Prerequisites & Notes
HIST 103