Modernizing Women: Twentieth-Century Canada

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Focusing on Canadian women in the twentieth century, this course studies women's political organizing; feminism; women's experience of war; paid and unpaid work; immigrant experiences; sexuality; and modern colonialism. Emphasizes how class, race, language and culture create a diversity of women's histories that were both distinct, but always closely interrelated. Prerequisite: 1.0 GESO and/or HIST credit with a minimum 60% grade, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for GESO-HIST-CAST 3160Y or 4160Y.