0507-402 - American Women:1848 to Today

Institution:

Rochester Institute of Technology

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Description:

This course considers the history of American women from the Seneca Falls Convention to the present. We will trace the impact of the first women's rights convention and follow the story of the struggle for the vote. We will also consider the role of women in other important nineteenth-century reform movements, including abolition, temperance, spiritualism, and progressivism. We will also look at the varied experience of women in the 20th Century from birth control to second wave feminism to co-education. Part of the history concentration; the American history minor; the women and gender studies concentration and minor (0522-402); and may also be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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