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Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving -- Welcome back to the last weeks of class

New Lecture Page Info Posted, Chapters 13-15 12/1

Virtual Offic Hours in Chat Room Friday (12/5) from 6 to 7 PM

Please note Changes to Chapter 15 Reading Below 12/1

Quizzes #13 & #14 Posted--Quiz #15

& the Midterm Essay Question is posted 12/1
  Topic Reading Work Due

#1

25 AUGUST

Introductions

What are some of the approaches and issues in women's history? What questions do you have?

Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 1: Approaches to Women's History

Quiz #1: Chapter 1/ "Approaches to Women's History" (Practice & XCr Points) Note: You can take this quiz as many times as you like, and it is not timed. You should take it until you get full extra credit points--it is designed for practice with the technology and as an introduction to my style of examination.

#2

1 SEPT

Are native American women empowered? If so, how? Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 2: Native American Women

Quiz #2: Chapter 2/ Native American Women

 

#3

8 SEPT

Why are women accused of witchcraft? Who are these women?

Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 3: Withces and Their Accusers in 17th Century New England

Quiz #3: Chapter3/ Witches and their Accusers

#4

15 SEPT

What are the economic roles of colonial women? How are they socially defined? Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 4: Economic Roles of Early American Women Quiz #4: Chapter 4/ Economic Roles

#5

22 SEPT

Why do women become organized and politically active in the early 19th Century, and what issues are they most concerned about?

How does the Revolution affect black women, free and slave?

Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 5: Impact of Revolution

Quiz #5: Chapter 5/ Impact of Revolution

#6

29 SEPT

Why do women become so publicly active in the early Republic, and who are these women? Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 6: Early Republic Activism Quiz #6: Chapter 6/ Early Republic Activism

#7

6 OCT

What are the various experiences of slave women? To what extent do slave women have any power over their lives and conditins of living? Examples?

Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 7: African American Women and Slavery

Quiz #7: Chapter 6/ Slavery

 

 

#8

13 OCT

How does the Civil War fracture the experiences of white women in the South and in the North? How do they participate in the Civil War?

 

PLEASE SEE LECTURE PAGE REGARDING THIS READING; I AM ASSIGNING JUST THE TWO ARTICLES FOR THIS CHAPTER:

Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 8: White Women in the Civil War Crisis:

1-LEANN WHITES, "Southern White Wmen and the Burden of War"

2-JEANIE ATTIE, "Northern White Women and theMobilization for War"

Quiz #8: Chapter 8/ White Women and Civil War

 

MTERM ESSAY #1: Posted Tuesday 14 October Due by Saturday 25 October Midnight - I will post the MT Question on Blackboard, with other quizzes, under Course Documents

I AM EXTENDING THE DUE DATE TO SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER (SATURDAY); YOU CAN TURN IT IN ANY TIME UP TO MIDNIGHT THE 25TH OCTOBER.

(please email your essay to me at yamanan@gmail.com/ 120 Mterm Essay #1 in Subject Line)

#9

20 OCT

Expansion in geography (the West) and in industry transforms the nation--to what extent are the roles of women transformed in these years? How do the experiences of women in the South, the West, and the Northeast compare?

Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 9: Women in the Trans-Mississippi Frontier West:

READ ONLY YUNG & GONZALEZ ARTICLES IN THIS CHAPTER

Quiz #9: Chapter 9/ Western Women

#10

27 OCT

How does labor force work for women change in these years? Are there better opportunities for women? Why or why not? Examples?

Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 10: Women's Work and Work Cultures in Modern America, 1890-1920s

Quiz #10: Chapter 10/ Women's Work

#11

3 NOV

What is the "New Woman"? To what extent are women able to participate in politics in these years, from 1900 to 1930? Why and/or why not? Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 11: The "New Woman" in Public Life and Politics, 1900-1930 Quiz #11: Chapter 11/ "New Woman"

#12

10 NOV

How does the Great Depression affect American women? The New Deal? Examples?

Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 12: Women in America During the Great Depression and New Deal

Quiz #12: Chapter 12/ Great Depression & New Deal

#13

17 NOV

What is the impact of WWII on American women, particularly in regard to race and labor? What are the expectations of women at the close of the war? Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 13: Women and the Disputed Meanings of Gender, Race, and Sexuality During WWII Quiz #13: Chapter 13/ WWII

#14

24 NOV

 

What are the images of American women in the fifties, and what are the realities?

 Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 14: Women and the Feminine Ideal in Post War America

Quiz #14: Chapter 14/ Post War America

 

#15

1 DEC

What are women's concerns in the late fifties and early sixties? Why does the Women's Movement occur?

Norton/ Alexander, Chapter 15: Second-Wave Feminism in America

Regarding Chapter 15: You don't need to read the Maclean article on Affirmative Action or the Kline raticle on the Feminist Health Movement

"Ms. Magazine Reports on the Five Rights Women Could Lose, 2005," pp. 522-524.

Quiz #15: Chapter 15/ Second Wave Feminism

MTERM ESSAY #2: Posted Tuesday 2 December; Due by Thursday 11 December, Midnight - I will post the MT Question on Blackboard, with other quizzes, under Course Documents

YOU CAN TURN IN THE MIDTERM ANYTIME UP TO THE 11TH DECEMBER, I HAVE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE.

(please email your essay to me at yamanan@gmail.com/ 120 Mterm Essay #2 in Subject Line)

#16

8 DEC

Happy Holidays!

 

PLEASE NOTE: CLASS IS OVER ON DECEMBER 13th

ALL WORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY MIDNIGHT 12/13.