U.S. Women's History to 1865.

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This course is a general survey of the history of women in the United States from the pre-colonial era to the mid-nineteenth century. The course will take a mainly narrative approach, but will also introduce students to important concepts, such as the intersection of race, class, and gender in women's lives and its impact on the evolution of sex and gender norms. Major topics may include the importance of women's work and community networks, the gendered underpinnings of American slavery and racist ideologies, changing ideas about women and citizenship, the transformative impacts of colonization, industrialization, and westward expansion.