HST 204 - Women in Modern America

Survey of the female experience from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Focus on three areas that affect the lives of modern women: work, politics, and sexuality. Differences between the first and second women’s movements, the sexual revolutions of the 1920s and 1960s, and the changing nature of women’s work in modern and post-modern society are explored in a comparative context.

Credit Hours: 3

University Studies: Approaches and Perspectives/Historical and Philosophical Approaches, Approaches and Perspectives/Living in Our Diverse Nation
Course Repeatablility: Course may not be repeated. Maximum Repeatable Hours: 3

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