Through a study of 1st Wave Feminism (1850s-1920), 2nd Wave Feminism (1960s/70s), 3rd Wave Feminism (1990s and beyond), 21st century feminism, and current issues facing women today including #MeToo, #TimesUp, and #SayHerName, this course will examine the institutionalized and systemic practices that have perpetuated inequality (even in the face of legal equality) and the historical contestations for women’s rights. Challenging a monolithic history of “Women” and with an explicit focus on BIPOC women, immigrant women, working class women, and LGBTQ+ folx, this course will explore the stories and voices that have often been left out of (or less centered in) the historical record and how elevating these voices and contributions both challenge and change our understanding of the past. Ultimately, we will consider how gender roles and discourses of gender have been historically constructed and how they continue to inform debates, stereotypes, and assumptions today—how did we get here, how have things changed, and how have they stayed the same?
Prerequisite
HIST 100 - 499XX - at least 3 credits; Completion of 45 credits
Textbooks and Materials
Section 801
Required
- Born for Liberty (1997)
Evans, Sara
ISBN: 9780684834986
Optional
- Free Joan Little: The Politics of Race, Sexual Violence, and Imprisonment (2022)
Greene, Christina
ISBN: 978-1469671314
Not available at the CSU Bookstore - Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts (2021)
Hall, Rebecca
ISBN: 978-1982115197
Not available at the CSU Bookstore - All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake (2021)
Miles, Tiya
ISBN: ? 978-1984854995
Not available at the CSU Bookstore - Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology (2017)
Owens, Deirdre Cooper
ISBN: 978-0820351353
Not available at the CSU Bookstore - Reproduction on the Reservation: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Colonialism (2019)
Theobald, Brianna
ISBN: ? 978-1469653167
Not available at the CSU Bookstore
Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.
In addition to the required text, students will choose and read one of the optional texts. All texts will be available via course eReserve.
Instructors
