Women in American History—Hist 170—G. Aley—updated 04/04/05

Fall 2005

Tentative Reading Schedule and Topics—Note that some weeks’ readings are heavier than others. Please plan accordingly.

Jan. 17^th No Class, Drake Recess

Jan. 24^th No Class Meeting due to Instructor’s absence.

(Assigned Reading to be discussed with Jan. 31^st material):

TOPIC: THE PARADIGMS OF WOMEN’S HISTORY

-Evans: Intro.

-Ruiz: “Beyond the Search for Sisterhood”

-Reserve: Kerber & DeHart, Women’s America, (4^th ed.) Intro., “Gender & the New Women’s History,” 3-21.

-Reserve: Norton & Alexander, Major Problems, “Challenging Dichotomies,” 8-14.

Jan. 31^st

TOPIC: THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMEN

-Evans: ch. 1

-Reserve: Shoemaker, Negotiators of Change, chapt. 1 (by Brown)

-Reserve: Van Kirk, “The Role of Native Women in the Creation of Fur Trade Society…” (article)

Feb. 7 COLONIZATON, CHRISTIANITY, GENDER, & RACE (the Southern & Northern Colonies)

-Evans: ch. 2

-Reserve: Kerber, Women’s America, Service & Servitude, 65-67.

-Reserve: Norton & Alexander, Major Problems, “Mary Musgrove…,” 33-41.

-Reserve: “Crimes of Love, Misdemeanors of Passion,” (article by P. Finkelman)

-Reserve: Kerber, Women’s America, “The Ways of Her Household,” 37-45, & “The Devil in the Shape of a Woman,” 50-62 & “Taking the Trade,” 68-81

Feb. 14 COLONIZATON, CHRISTIANITY, GENDER, & RACE, cont’d. (the Southwest)

-Ruiz: ch. 2

-Use of class period to bring together similarities and differences.

Feb. 21 REVOLUTIONARY ERA WOMEN

-Evans: ch. 3

-Reserve: Norton & Alexander, Major Problems, “Docs…,” 69-76, and “The Mixed Legacy…,” 96-100.

Mar. 7 WOMEN OF THE NEW REPUBLIC

-Evans: ch. 4

-Ruiz: ch. 3

-Reserve: Kerber, Women’s America, “The Nature of Female Slavery,” 104-115.

-Reserve: Perdue, “Cherokee Women and the Trail of Tears” (article)

Mar. 14^th WOMEN IN INDUSTRIALIZING AMERICA

-Ruiz: ch. 5 & 6

-Reserve: “Declaration of Sentiments,” (article)

-**REVIEW FOR MID-TERM AFTER SPRING BREAK

-**SPOT CHECK OF JOURNAL

Mar. 21^st -NO CLASS-SPRING BREAK!

Mar. 28^th -In class review of material, followed by Mid-Term.

April 04^th -brief meeting; turn in rough drafts; go over remaining readings

April 11^th WOMEN DURING THE CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION ERAS

--Look at women’s relationship to the anti-slavery, war, and post-war experiences

-Evans: ch. 5

-Ruiz: ch. 8

-Reserve: Norton, pp. 146-59; ch. 7

April 18^th WOMEN IN GILDED AGE AMERICA & “MODERNITY”

--What can you derive about how gender, race, & modernity intersect?

--What challenges forced women toward the choices they made and actions they took?

-Evans: ch. 6 & 7

-Ruiz: ch. 11, 10, 15, 16

April 25^th FROM FLAPPER GIRLS TO DEPRESSION ERA MEDIATORS

--Look at issues of identity & politics

-Evans: ch. 8 & 9

-Ruiz: 18, 19, 21, 22, 30, 24, 25, 27

May 2^nd 20^TH CENTURY AMERICAN WOMANHOOD

-was WW2 and the following decades the most pivotal for women?

-what divisions have remained, among women & within American society?

-Evans: ch. 10-13

-Ruiz: ch. 32,34, 39

FINAL EXAM IS MON. MAY 9^TH, 6PM, SAME CLASSROOM.