History 3751 - U.S. Women Since 1945

Institution:

Washington University in St Louis

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Description:

Through a combination of lectures and discussion, we identify and analyze important themes in the history of American women since 1945. Topics include: domesticity and the culture of the 1950s; gendering the cold war; women and racial politics; the social movements of the 1960s; the "sexual revolution"; second-wave feminism; the new right's gender politics; and women, work, and poverty at the century's end. A central presumption of the class is that one cannot understand the recent history of the U.S. without understanding the histories of women and gender during this period.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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