HIST 389: Topics in US. History.

HIST 389-005: Women and Work
(Spring 2019)

12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR

Krug Hall 242

Section Information for Spring 2019

This course examines historical and contemporary accounts of women's participation in paid and unpaid labor.  Course literature explores how race, class, region, ethnicity, and immigration experience inform ideologies regarding women’s roles and relationship to work, and the extent to which these ideologies are affected by structural changes in the economy across different historical periods. The course reveals the relationship between the public and private spheres by analyzing the ways they are gendered and inform one another. The primary and secondary labor markets are analyzed in order to understand such phenomena as occupational sex segregation, sexual harassment, and the glass ceiling, as well as the role of race/ethnicity, class, citizenship and education in determining women's opportunities and their value as workers and as family providers.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Study of historical topics or periods of special interest. Notes: Topics announced in advance. May be repeated for credit when topic is different. May be repeated within the term.
Specialized Designation: Topic Varies
Schedule Type: Lec/Sem #1, Lec/Sem #2, Lec/Sem #3, Lec/Sem #4, Lec/Sem #5, Lec/Sem #6, Lec/Sem #7, Lec/Sem #8, Lec/Sem #9, Lecture, Sem/Lec #10, Sem/Lec #11, Sem/Lec #12, Sem/Lec #13, Sem/Lec #14, Sem/Lec #15, Sem/Lec #16, Sem/Lec #17, Sem/Lec #18
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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