Women in American History

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This course traces the history of women's roles and women's lives from the colonial era to the present. Thematic areas focus on space, race, ethnicity, class, gender, region, work, politics, religion, sexuality, technology, consumerism, and beauty culture. Students will become familiar with the historiography of US Women?s history. Students will also analyze a broad spectrum of ideas about American women through primary and secondary source readings, discussions, screenings and formal written or digital content they produce.