U.S. Women's History Sin 1865.

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This course is a general survey of the history of women in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. 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 women and industrialization, the rise of Jim Crow through women's eyes, the complicated and troubled nature of the women's suffrage movement, evolving understandings of women's sexuality, the politics of reproduction, and women's experiences of and contributions to social justice movements.