Spring 2027

Women and Health in American History

Examines women as patients and health professionals in America from the colonial period to the present, analyzing how their experiences of health and illness have evolved.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Judith Houck3.8/5

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2015: 3.42 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2019: 3.54 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.40 GPA, 64.7% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Summarize how and why women's experiences of health and illness have changed over time.

  • Recognize how and why experiences of health and illness vary among women.

  • Interrogate how historical, social, cultural, and political forces shape the experience of health and illness.

  • Determine the varied ways women have shaped the experience of health and illness as patients, activists, advocates, and health care workers.

  • Integrate historical research skills and learn to craft and develop arguments from primary sources.

  • Recognize and describe general trends in the history and the historiography of women's health.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2 UW Guide 3

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing

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GEN&WS/HISTSCI/MEDHIST 531

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Raw average: 4.22/5 from 9 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2015: 3.42 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2019: 3.54 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.40 GPA, 64.7% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JUDITH HOUCK is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Spring 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2019, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2015: 3.42 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2019: 3.54 GPA, 76.9% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.40 GPA, 64.7% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Women as patients and health professionals in America from the colonial period to the present.
  • Historical, social, cultural, and political forces shaping the experience of health and illness.
  • Women's roles as patients, activists, advocates, and health care workers in shaping health and illness.
  • General trends in the history and historiography of women's health.

Skills

  • Analyze how and why women's experiences of health and illness change over time and vary among women due to historical, social, cultural, and political forces.
  • Evaluate the roles women have played as patients, activists, advocates, and health care workers in shaping health and illness experiences.
  • Apply historical research skills to craft and develop arguments using primary sources.
  • Identify and describe general trends in the history and historiography of women's health.

Grades

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Sources & history

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GEN&WS/HISTSCI/MEDHIST 531 · Spring 2027

Women and Health in American History

Recorded 2026-10-14
GEN&WS/HISTSCI/MEDHIST 531 · Spring 2027

Women and Health in American History

Recorded 2026-10-14
GEN&WS/HISTSCI/MEDHIST 531 · Spring 2027

Women and Health in American History

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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