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Shirley J. Yee
WOMEN 384
Seattle Campus
Analyzes major themes in the history of women in North America from 1890 through the 1990s. Themes include family and community formation, social activism, education, paid and unpaid labor patterns, war, migration, and changing conceptions of womanhood and femininity in the 20th century. Offered: jointly with HSTAA 374.
Class description
Students will learn about major themes in 20th U.S. women's history in addition to analyzing historical sites of the web, writtn historical documents, and oral histories and applying their analyses to a 10-15 page research project. In Winter 2008, we will focus on women's experiences in the context of the rise of consumerism and technology as well as social movements, war, and family.
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