Women in American History

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This course emphasizes the average woman from the colonial period to the present -- her life's opportunities, values, and culture-and the changing idea of womanhood and the family as reflections of changing socioeconomic conditions in the U.S. The course examines the origins, development, and major ideas of the 19th- and 20th-century women's movements. It reviews the status of modern women in the workplace and family as well as major current women's issues.