Welcome to Go! Women's History Spring 2010

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4/29

1-Please Check in by emailing me at nan.yamane@canyons.edu to let me know you plan to take the course; please send phone number where I can reach you if necessary (rarely necesary, just in case) and your address (alternative email: yamanan@gmail.com)

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2-Post Your Introduction on Blackboard's Discussion Board, and please follow directions (Introduce self and Answer the Question Posted)

3-Begin the first Week's Reading

Please Note: This is a five week class, and the reading is at the core of your work. You will likely need to read ahead, as in the last week there are four chapters to cover and the last of your work must be turned in by midnight of the 22 April, Thursday. Plan your reading so you can have all your work done by this time.

       

#1

3/15

Introduction

Indian Women

European American Women

African American Women

CHAPTERS 1-4

CHAPTER 1:

Gisela Bock, "Challenging Dichotomies in Women's History," pp. 8-14.

CHAPTER 2:

Chapter 2 Documents, pp. 24-35: Samuel de Champlain; Mary Musgrove 1734 & 1747; John Heckewelder Observations; John Tanner

Bruce M. White, "Gender Roles in the Ojibwa Fur Trade," pp. 43-49;

CHAPTER 3:

John Putnam Demos, "Characteristics of Accused Witches," pp. 60-70

Mary Beth Norton, "Accusers of George Burroughs," pp. 70-78

CHAPTER 4:

Documents: Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker; Landon Carter; George Washington (Slaves & Assigned Work); Eulalia Perez

Carole Shammas, "Work of Enslaved Women," pp. 91-96

Karin Wulf, "Women's Work in Colonial Philadelphia," pp. 97-103

Virginia Marie Bouvier, "Women's Work in California's Spanish Missions," pp. 103-109

Discussion Questions #1-4 (Due by 3/20 Saturday Midnight latest)

Practice Quiz - Syllabus & Bock

Quiz #1 (Chpts. 2 & 3 Reading)

Quiz #2 (Chpts. 3 & 4 Reading)

#2

3/22

Revolution

Early Republic

Slavery

CHAPTERS 5-7

CHAPTER 5:

Documents: Abigail & John Adams; Molly Brant; Esther De Berdt Reed; Thomas Jefferson; Sarah Osborn

Mary Beth Norton, "Positive Impact of American Revolution on White Women," pp. 120-129

Jacqueline Jones, "Mixed Legacy of the American Revolution on Black Women," pp. 129-133

CHAPTER 6:

Documents: Isabella Graham; Anti-Slavery Convention; American Female Moral Reform Society; Seneca Falls; Elizabeth McClintock; Sarah Josepha Hale

Julie Roy Jeffrey, "Ordinary Women in the Antislavery Movements," pp. 152-158

Nancy Isenberg, "Women's Rights and the Politics of Church and State in Antebellum America, " pp. 158-173

CHAPTER 7:

Documents: Lucinda; "A Colored Woman;" Mary Still; Rose Williams; Mrs. Virginia Hayes Shepherd

Thelma Jennings, "Sexual Exploitation of African American Slave Women," pp. 183-188

Shirley Yee, "Free Black Women," pp. 188-194

Loren Schweninger, "Free women of Color in the South," pp. 194-200

Discussion Questions 5-7 (Due by 3/27 Saturday Midnight latest)

Quiz #3 (Chpts. 5 & 6 Reading)

Quiz #4 (Chpts. 6 & 7 Reading)

#3

3/29

Civil War

Western Women

CHAPTERS 8-9

CHAPTER 8:

Leeann Whites, "Southern White Women and the Burdens of War," pp. 213-220

Jeanie Attie, "NOrthern White Women and the Mobilization for War," pp. 221-229

CHAPTER 9:

Judy Yung, "Chinese Women in Nineteenth Century S.F.," pp. 245-252

Deena J. Gonzalez, "Life and Legend of Gertrudis Barcelo in Nineteenth-Century Santa Fe," pp. 252-259

Discussion Questions 8-9 (Due by 4/3 Saturday Midnight latest)

Quiz #5 (Chpts. 8 & 9 Reading)

MIDTERM ESSAY #1 : Posted Tuesday 30 March and Due by SUNDAY 4 April, Midnight - I will post the MT Question on Blackboard, with other quizzes, in Course Documents and also on our Class Lecture Page

(please email your essay to me at nan.yamane@canyons.edu/ H120Go! Mterm Essay #1 in Subject Line)

#4

4/5

SPRING

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#5

4/12

Work Culture

New Woman

Great Depression

WWII

CHAPTERS 10-13

CHAPTER 10:

Documents: Rose Cohen; Fannie Barrier Williams; Harriet Brunkhurst; Triangle Shirtwaist Fire; Vice Commission

Daniel Bender, "Women Workers and Sexual Harasment," pp. 274-284

Elizabeth Clark-Lewis, "Community Life and Work Culture," pp. 284-290

CHAPTER 11:

Kathryn Kish Sklar, "Differences in the Political Cultures of Men and Women Reformers," pp. 310-319

Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore, "Diplomats to the White Community: African American Women. . . " pp. 319-331

CHAPTER 12:

Elaine Abelson, "Women and Homelessness in the Great Depression," pp. 351-360

Andrea Tone, "Women, Birth Control, and the Marketplace in the 1930s," pp. 360-369

CHAPTER 13:

Megan Taylor Shockley, "African American Women," pp. 379-388

Valerie Matsumoto, "Japanese American Wopmen during WWII," pp. 388-399

Leisa D. Meyer, "Regulation of Sexuality, " pp. 399-407

Discussion Questions 10-12 (Due by 4/17 Saturday Midnight latest)

Quiz #6 (Chpts. 10 & 11 Reading)

Quiz #7 (Chpts. 12 & 13 Reading)

#5

4/19

Post War

Second Wave Feminism

Social Change & Reaction

CHAPTERS 14-16

CHAPTER 14:

Documents: Louisa Randall Church; Marynia Farnham; Pauli Murray; Joyce Johnson; The Ladder; Betty Friedan

Joanne Meyerowitz, "Competing Images," pp. 426-435

Rickie Solinger, "Women and the Politics of Hospital Abortion Committees," pp. 435-445

CHAPTER 15:

Documents: Casey Hayden; NOW; Frances Beale; Mirta Vidal; ERA; Boston Women's Health Collective; Roe v. Wade; Lindsy Van Gelder; Connaught C. Marshner

Alicia Chavez, "Dolores Huerta," pp. 469-476

Nancy MaClean, "Uncovering the History of Working Women," pp. 477-487

Wendy Kline, "Women Readers and the Feminist Health Movement," pp. 487-498

CHAPTER 16:

Documents: Anita Hill; Planned Parenthood v. Casey; Gloria Anzaldua; Immigrant Women; Jamala McFadden; Rebecca Walker; Rights Women Could Lose

Gwendolyn Mink, "Feminists and the Politics of Welfare Reform," pp. 524-532

Barbara Epstein, "Feminist Consciousness After the Women's Movement," pp. 532-537

Discussion Questions 13-16 (Due by 4/18 Sunday Midnight latest)

Quiz #8 (Chpts. 14 & 15 Reading)

Quiz #9 (Chpts. 15 & 16 Reading)

MIDTERM ESSAY #2: Posted SUNDAY 18 APRIL & Due by THURSDAY 22 APRIL, Midnight -I will post the MT Question on Blackboard, with other quizzes, in Course Documents

(please email your essay to me at nan.yamane@canyons.edu/ H120Go! Mterm Essay #2 in Subject Line)

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ALL WORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY THE 22 APRIL THURSDAY-NO LATER
NO WORK ACCEPTED AFTER 22 APRIL THURSDAY