History 52- The Role of Women in U.S. History

Fall, 2009, Section#0742, MW 11:10-12:35 NEA-126

Instructor:  Dr. Ellen Joiner, Office NEA-181, Office Hours: 1-3 p.m. MW

Office Phone: 310-233-4582, e-mail: joinere@lahc.edu

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Course Summary: This course will survey women's roles throughout U.S. History.  Special emphasis will be placed on the construction of gender through work and family.  The influence of race, ethnicity, and status on women will also be explored as well as analyzing both primary and secondary documentation.

Course Objectives:

1. Identify the dynamic of historical continuity and change within U. S. Women's History.

2. Define gender and clarify its interaction with racial, ethnic, and status differences throughout U.S. Women's History.

3. Identify and critically analyze individuals who have contributed to changing women's status in U.S. History.

4. Identify and explain movements that have contributed to changing women's status throughout U.S. History.

5. Analyze the role that American law has played in defining women's position in American society.

6. Explain the role of American institutions in defining women's position in American society.

7. Differentiate between primary and secondary sources in U.S. Women's History.

8. Locate sources pertinent to U.S. women's history in the college library and on the internet.

9. Identify evidence used to create and support an argument and conclusion in historical writing.

10. Construct a historical project demonstrating use of primary and secondary sources, analysis of evidence, organization, and correct citations.

Required Books:

Ellen Carol DuBois and Lynn Dumenil, Through Women's Eyes:An American History with Documents, Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2009.  This book is required and may be purchased from the Harbor College Bookstore or on-line.  Students should also purchase a package of Scantron forms (#882) for examinations and a 3-ring binder.

If you need help paying for books and other college expenses, call the Financial Aid Office at 310-233-4320 in the Student Services/ Administration Building-Room 114 or contact http:www.lahc.edu/finaid

Course Requirements:

1)      Attendance and Classroom Performance: This course surveys woman's experience in the United States as it develops as a society and a nation.  To grasp the historical continuity of this course regular and prompt attendance and note taking on class lectures, discussions, and films are essential.  As the beginning of class I will take attendance.  Students who are not present when the roll is taken will be counted absent.  More than two unexcused absences could result in the lowering of the grade or a student being dropped.  If it is necessary to miss a class, leave a message explaining the reason on my voice or e-mail. Please turn off your cell phone in class. Texting is a real distraction for your learning process.

2)      Assignments: Before coming to class, students will be expected to read assigned pages from Through Women's Eyes and complete on-line study terms and questions. These are available at the Tasks, Test, and Surveys icon at http://etudes-ng.fhda.edu/portal  The terms and questions will clarify and focus the reading and learning of course materials. These assignments will be graded.(10 pts. each)  In the event that the class is unable to meet students are responsible for keeping in touch with me on the Etudes site.

Students will also keep a journal that includes personal observations/analyses of current women's issues-2-3 times/week.  Journals will be collected and graded after each examination (30 pts.) Once during the semester each student will present one of their current issues to the class. There will be 4 examinations (matching, true/false, multiple choice) in the course (50 pts./exam). There are no make-ups for exams. Two essays are also required for the course (50 pts./essay) If you  have been tested and identified as having a learning disability, please tell me after class so that we can make the class accessible and successful for you.

Wk.1   Aug. 31

            Sept. 2

Course Introduction

Women of the New World

xv-xxxv

2-14

Labor Day- No class

Culture Collisions in North America

14-34 c. 1

Wk.3  Sept. 14

           Sept. 16

European settlements

Revolutionary Women

c. 2

122-135

Wk.4  Sept. 21

           Sept. 23

Revolutionary Legacies

Exam 1 (c. 1-3)

Women on the Pedestal

136-152 c. 3

186-195

Wk.5  Sept. 28

          Sept. 30

Women’s Work

Westward Expansion and Antebellum Reform

195-219 c. 4

252-279

Wk.6 Oct. 5

          Oct. 7

A Divided Nation-Women and the Civil War

Reconstructing a Nation and Lives

279-286 c. 5

Essay 1 due

324-337

Wk.7 Oct. 12

          Oct. 14

Working and Leisured Women

Exam 2 (c. 4-6)

Building a Nation

337-357 c. 6

390-403, 411-414

Wk.8 Oct  19

         Oct. 21

Immigration, Cities, and a Maternal Commonwealth

Faces of Progressive Reform

403-410, 414-415 c. 7

454-462

Wk.9 Oct. 26

          Oct. 28

Maternalist Triumphs

Votes for Women!

462-469

469-489 c. 8

Wk.10 Nov. 2

           Nov. 4

The “Jazz Babies”

The Great Depression & a Woman’s New Deal

520-535

535-545

Wk.11 Nov. 9

            Nov. 11

Women at War-WWII

Veteran’s Day-no class

545-555 c. 9

Wk.12 Nov. 16

            Nov. 18

Women in Post-war America

Civil Rights-Women on the Front Lines

588-609

610-627 c. 10

Wk. 13 Nov. 23

             Nov. 25

Exam 3 (c.7-10)

Feminism Rising

664-675

Wk.14 Nov. 30

            Dec. 2

Tools of Liberation

Impact of Feminism

675-685

685-700 c. 11

Wk.15 Dec. 7

            Dec. 9

Feminism Reconfigured

Looking Back and Moving Forward

734-754

754-765 c. 12

Wk.16 Dec. 16

Wednesday 10:30-12:30

Final Exam