GENDER AND POLITICAL ACTION

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Permission of Instructor required.This course provides students with an opportunity to study and critically examine advocacy and activism dedicated to expanding the rights of women and lesbians and gays in the United States. In addition to studying the history of the feminist and the gay and lesbian rights movements, students will learn the basic principles and skills involved in effectuating political and legal reform. Students will develop their own positions on contemporary issues of gender justice and craft strategies for enhancing public understanding of the issues and achieving political reform.Faculty: L. WHARTON