GSWS 221 - U.S. Women’s History, 1600 to the Present

Credits: (3)
This course is designed to introduce students to some of the main themes and issues of the field as it has developed in the past two decades. Primary themes throughout this course include: work, sexual/ gender norms and values, women’s networks and politics, and how each of these has changed over time and differed for women from diverse cultures/communities. The course divides at 1870. Fulfills the Social Science requirement for the Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies major/minor.
Cross-listed with: HIST 221