HIST 4321 - The Rise of Modern Women

Credits: 3 Class: 3 Lab: 0
Prerequisite(s): 060 core-area complete.
This course explores the dramatic changes and continuities in the lives of women between The Ragtime Era (19IOs) and the Depression. Through a close analysis of key social issues, this class will describe and explain the birth of the modem woman in the early twentieth century. Examples of critical themes relevant to the transformation of western Women’s identity include the feminist movement, consumerism, waged labor, popular culture, the post-war sexual revolution, gender relationships, and reproductive Issues.