History of Women from 1750 to the Present

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This course will examine the role of women in the period 1750 to present from a cross-cultural perspective. Through the use of gender as a category of historical analysis and with particular reference to socio-economic differences, we will study the participation of women in the emergence of new national-states; the history of women's labor in the household and the work place, the contribution of women in intellectual life, and the participation of women in the social/political reform movements of the modern era. Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.