HIST 5200 - Women in American History Before 1877

American women’s history from the colonial era through Reconstruction. Topics include the traditional life of Native American women, witchcraft in colonial New England, women in the American Revolution, African- American women in slavery, early American childbirth customs, the early women’s rights crusade, women on the trans-Mississippi frontier, and women in the Civil War.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be critical readers of primary and secondary sources.
Students will have effective oral presentation skills.
Students will master the formal styles of writing and argumentation that historians use in their work.
Students will understand the roles of race, class, and ethnicity in U.S. women’s history.
Students will use and properly cite primary and secondary sources in their written work.