HIUS 157. American Women, American Womanhood 1870 to Present (4 units)
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Description
This course explores the making of the ideology of womanhood in modern America and the diversity of American women’s experience from 1870 to the present. Topics include the suffrage movement, the struggle for reproductive rights and the ERA; immigrant and working-class women, women’s work, and labor organization; education, the modern feminist movement and the contemporary politics of reproduction, including abortion and surrogate motherhood.
Prerequisite courses
HIUS 157 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have HIUS 157 as a prerequisite.