WMN, Politics & Amer. Pub Life.

Catalog description

Women actively contributed to American public life well before winning the vote. Along with the abolitionist, suffrage, civil rights, and other social justice movements, this course examines the ways women have exercised public influence in everyday life. Other topics may include boycotts, public protests, strikes, voluntary associations, and grass-roots organizing. Close attention will be paid to the varied ways race, class, legal status, and gender identity have interacted with women's experiences of public life.