572C  PROB IN US HIST SINCE 1915   (Pleck, E.)
Topic: US Gender and Women’s History
This course is especially designed for students preparing a prelim field in gender history who are seeking an overview of the field of U.S. women's and gender history. This course will emphasize classics in the field of women's history usually found on every prelim list. The classics tend to be concerned with the following eras and topics: the cult of domesticity; slavery; Civil War and Reconstruction; Progressive era reform; woman's suffrage; the 1950s; and second wave feminism. More recently, there is much more
writing in women's history about empire; sexuality; men's history; and the body. We will read some new works in these areas. Requirements for the course will include a book report and a literature review on a topic of your choosing.