WOMEN AND GENDER IN THE U.S. TO 1870

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities or Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe historical constructions of gender amidst multiple, intersecting social hierarchies. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Interpret primary and secondary sources about women in colonial North America and the early United States. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze power dynamics among women and between the genders. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Articulate a theory of diverse women's relationships to a significant idea or process, based on historical evidence. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Evaluate the impact of women's personal agency and collective movements before 1870. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Identify and critique the methods historians have used to create knowledge about women and gender Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Propose a new direction for future scholarship and/or public engagement with women's history, based on your informed critique. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Design an original research project based on your historiographical proposition. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe historical constructions of gender amidst multiple, intersecting social hierarchies. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Interpret primary and secondary sources about women in colonial North America and the early United States. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze power dynamics among women and between the genders. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Articulate a theory of diverse women's relationships to a significant idea or process, based on historical evidence. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Evaluate the impact of women's personal agency and collective movements before 1870. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Identify and critique the methods historians have used to create knowledge about women and gender Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Propose a new direction for future scholarship and/or public engagement with women's history, based on your informed critique. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 8. Design an original research project based on your historiographical proposition. Audience: Graduate