HIST 7630 - Colloquium in American Women's History

Women as historical subjects; gender as category of historical analysis. Develops skills in critical thinking and historical judgment; introduces students to professional networks, associations, and research tools. Social construction of gender in colonial New England, 19th-century "cult of domesticity,'' extent of 20th-century tranformation of Victorian womanhood, and complexities of class, race, and culture in writing women's history.