- Women in World History

Catalog description

This course examines the political, legal, economic, religious, philosophic, racial, and social/cultural dimensions of the female experience in the prehistoric and historic era. The creation of patriarchy and female subordination is central to this investigation. Patriarchal belief systems themselves influenced historians to overlook the female experience. The course aims to rectify this omission and aims to uncover female agency in shaping and responding to historic events. The course concludes with an assessment of women in contemporary society.