WGST2242 — History of Women in Modern America
WGST 2242 - History of Women in Modern America WGST 2242 - History of Women in Modern America Catalog Description This course examines women’s experiences in America from 1900 to the present. We will consider the relationship between race, class, gender, and sexuality as we learn about women’s roles as reformers, consumers, activists, students, mothers, workers, immigrants, etc. Topics covered include African-American women and the “Jim Crow” south, women’s participation in reform movements, the achievement of the right to vote and the debate about the Equal Rights Amendment, women in the “Roaring Twenties” and Great Depression, the “Feminine Mystique” and Cold War America, women’s participation in major social movements such as the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the Black Power movement, and the Women’s Rights Movement. We will read extensively from original documents (“primary sources”) for class discussion and to develop critical-thinking skills about historical methods. Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) Goal Area(s) fulfilled: Goal 05C: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Goal 07B: Human Diversity, Race, Power, and Justice in the United States Cross-Listed Course(s): HIST 2242