Catalog Course Description

Taking as its focus diverse groups of women who have shaped the course of North American history, this class will explore the relationship between gender, power and violence from the colonial period to the modern era. We will discuss how women have challenged conventional notions of “womanhood” through their words and their deeds, how their respective communities understood their behavior, and we will contemplate the ways in which these women simultaneously constructed narratives of power that do not conform to contemporary conceptualizations of their lives.

Spring Term

3 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 9 hours of Outside Work Hours per week and 0 to 1 hours of The exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Summer Term

6 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 0 to 1.5 hours of The exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week and 17 to 16 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.

Summer Term

7.5 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 23 to 22 hours of Outside Work Hours per week and 0 to 2 hours of The exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Fall Term

3 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 9 hours of Outside Work Hours per week and 0 to 1 hours of The exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.