HIST 351 - History of Women in America to 1870

3 Credit(s)

Explores the lives of women in America from the beginning of the colonial era to 1870, with a special emphasis on how race, class, region, and gender have affected women’s identities, relationships, and daily lives. Topics include religion, paid and unpaid labor, life cycles, friendships, family life, community, health and sexuality, the women’s rights movements, and the impact of the American Revolution and the Civil War.
This course fulfills requirements for the GWS major and minor.