Gender and Rights in the United States

3 credits · Graduate School

Women's struggle for rights and inclusion in early America and the United States. Law as a gendered system. Meanings of citizenship and belonging through the pursuit of economic, social, and political rights. Legal categories of gender and sexuality shaping household (including marriage, divorce, and custody), economy (including employment, property, and credit), and the political sphere (including voting, jury duty, and military service). [3]