TTH Course Schedule for History 330: Women in American History
Readings should be read prior to the lecture on each topic.
For the sake of brevity, the abbreviations “VS,” “Docs,” and “App”
will be used to denote readings from the Visual Sources,
Documents, and Appendix sections of the book.
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Week One |
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August 16-18 |
Introduction to course
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. xxv-xxxiii)
A Stage Set for Conflict: Native American v. European
Ideologies
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 2-14) VS (pp. 38-49) |
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Week Two |
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August 23-25 |
First Contact: Southern
Settlement
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 14-24) Docs (pp. 53-55, 63-64)
A City on a Hill: Northern Settlement and the Middle
Colonies
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 24-37) Docs (pp. 50-52, 55-63) |
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Week Three |
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August 30- September 1 |
Resistance and Rebellion
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp.
70-87) VS (pp. 102-118) Docs (pp. 119-123)
App (pp. A1-A3
The Declaration of
Independence)
Womanhood in the Context of Nationhood
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 87-101) Docs (pp. 124-130) |
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Week Four |
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September 6-8 |
True Womanhood and Mill
Girls
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (136-154) VS (pp. 182-193) Docs
(pp. 169-174)
The Pedestal and the Auction Block
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 154-168) VS (pp. 194-197)
Docs (pp. 175-181) Handout: Willie Lynch Speech |
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Week Five |
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September 13-15 |
Expanding Nation
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 202-213) Docs (pp. 236-244)
 Quiz #1
(after Expanding Nation lecture)
Antebellum Reforms
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 213-222) Handout: Temperance
and Women in Abolition |
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Week Six |
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September 20 |
Seneca Falls and Beyond
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 222-228) Docs (pp. 245-250)
App (pp. A18-A21
Seneca Falls
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions) |
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September 22 |
Exam #1 |
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Week Seven |
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September 27-29 |
Due:
Document Comparison Paper
(Tuesday, 27th)
The Civil War
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 228-235) VS (pp. 251-263)
App (pp.
A24-A25 Dred Scott v. Sandford)
Reconstruction
Reading:
Women’s Eyes
(pp. 270-283) Docs (pp. 306-310)
App (pp.
A13-A14 Amendments XIII, XIV, XV; A25-26 Minor
v. Happersett; Plessy v.
Ferguson) |
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Week Eight |
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October 4-6 |
Consolidating the West
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 340-351) Docs (pp. 373-378)
Mass Immigration
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 352-361) VS (pp. 386-392) |
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Week Nine |
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October 11-13 |
Quiz #2
(Tuesday, 11th)
Century’s End
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 361-372) Docs (pp.379-385)
VS
(pp. 317-326, 393-399)
Labor Reform
Reading:
Women’s Eyes
(pp. 283-291, 406-415) Docs (pp. 311-316)
App (pp.
A26-A28 Muller v. Oregon; Adkins v. Children’s
Hospital) |
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Week Ten |
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October 18-20 |
Public Housekeeping
Reading:
Women’s Eyes
((pp.299-300 (WCTU)), 415-437) VS (pp.
393-399)
World War I
Reading:
Women’s Eyes (pp. 437-444) Docs (pp. 466-473)
VS
(pp.454-459) |
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Week Eleven |
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October 25 |
“Well done, sister
suffragists!”
Reading:
Women’s Eyes
(pp. 444-446) Docs (pp. 460-465) VS (pp.
449-453) App
(pp. A15 Amendment XIX) |
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October 27 |
Exam #2 |
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Week Twelve |
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November 1-3 |
Flappers and all that
Jazz
Reading:
Women’s Eyes
(pp. 480-496) Docs (pp. 519-522) VS (pp.
534-539) App
(pp. A15 Amendment XVIII)
The Great Depression and a New Deal
Reading:
Women’s Eyes
(pp. 497-501) Docs (pp. 522-533) VS (pp.
539-547) App
(pp. A16 Amendment XXI) |
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Week Thirteen |
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November 8-10 |
World War II
Reading:
Women’s Eyes
(pp. 507-518) |
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Week Fourteen |
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November 15-17 |
The
American Dream, Cold War, and Baby Boom
Reading: Women’s
Eyes (pp. 554-574)
VS (pp. 593-608) Docs (pp. 609-612)
App (pp. A36 Chart 1, US Birthrate 1820-2000) |
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Week Fifteen |
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November 22 |
A New Era of Civil Rights
Reading: Women’s
Eyes (pp. 574-581)
Docs (pp. 613-621) App (pp. A28-A29 Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka) |
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November 24 |
No School-Happy Thanksgiving! |
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Week Sixteen |
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November 29- December 1 |
Due:
Women and the Media Paper
(Tuesday, 29th)
From Civil Rights to Women’s Liberation
Reading: Women’s
Eyes (pp. 581-592) |
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Week Seventeen |
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December 6 |
Vietnam and Counterculture
Reading: Women’s
Eyes (pp. 628-652) |
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Finals Week |
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Tuesday
December 13
(3:00 p.m. class)
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Final:
3:00-5:00 p.m. in
D-105
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Thursday
December 15
(5:30 p.m. class) |
Final: 5:45-7:45 p.m. in D-219
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Jennifer Terry
History
Behavioral & Social Sciences Department
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Office Hours Tuesday 4:20-5:20 p.m. & by appointment
Office Location Adjunct Office, 3rd Floor, Davies Hall
Contact Information
Email:
terryj@arc.losrios.edu
Phone: 916-568-3100 ext: 12178 |
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