HIST 113Women in American History

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A historical survey of women in the United States from colonialism to the present. Focus will include the evolution and growth of women, economically, socially and politically. Prominent figures will be discussed as well as the development of the women's rights movement over the last two centuries. An analysis will be made between women of the past three decades and those of the twenty-first century. Issues of racism and sexism will be explicitly covered. (UC, CSU, AVC)