HIST 389: Topics in US. History.

HIST 389-DL5: Women and Work
(Spring 2021)

12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW

Online

Section Information for Spring 2021

This course explores historical and contemporary accounts of women's participation in paid and unpaid labor.  Course literature examines how race, class, region, ethnicity, nationality, 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 readings investigate the relationship between the public and private spheres and the ways they are gendered and shaped by public policy and labor law. The primary and secondary labor markets are analyzed in order to understand such phenomena as occupational sex segregation, sexual harassment, and the glass ceiling/inequality regimes, 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.  

HIST 389 DL5 is a distance education section taught synchronously. Students should expect to meet on the days and times scheduled.

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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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