Women and Gender in the U.s. to 1870
Advanced comparative study of gender, class, and race in American history and historiography through 1870, emphasizing women as agents of social change and community builders.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2015: 2.91 GPA, 36.4% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2016: 3.37 GPA, 63.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2018: 3.23 GPA, 46.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Describe historical constructions of gender amidst multiple, intersecting social hierarchies.
Interpret primary and secondary sources about women in colonial North America and the early United States.
Analyze power dynamics among women and between the genders.
Articulate a theory of diverse women's relationships to a significant idea or process, based on historical evidence.
Evaluate the impact of women's personal agency and collective movements before 1870.
Identify and critique the methods historians have used to create knowledge about women and gender
Propose a new direction for future scholarship and/or public engagement with women's history, based on your informed critique.
Design an original research project based on your historiographical proposition.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
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the class
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2015: 2.91 GPA, 36.4% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Fall 2016: 3.37 GPA, 63.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Spring 2018: 3.23 GPA, 46.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).
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Topics
- Gender, class, and race in American history and historiography.
- Women as agents of social change and builders of community.
- Women's agency and collective movements before 1870.
- Historiographical methods for studying women and gender.
Skills
- Interpreting primary and secondary sources about women in colonial North America and the early United States.
- Analyzing power dynamics among women and between the genders.
- Critiquing historiographical methods used to create knowledge about women and gender.
- Designing an original research project based on a historiographical proposition.
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