WMST 228 Women in European History: 1750 to the Present
This course examines the lives of European women in the modern world from the mid-eighteenth century through the twenty first, with particular attention to women’s creative choices in navigating an oppressive gender system. Focus will be on the applicability of the standard periodization of European History to the lives of European women as they experienced the intersectionality of race, class, gender, and sexuality, and as they responded with risk-taking strategies for living lives of meaning. Scope will encompass the expanding economic, political, social, and legal opportunities available to women and their innovative strategies for taking advantage of these opportunities.
Prerequisite
Eligible to enroll in
ENGL 121
Hours Weekly
3
Course Objectives
- Analyze the experiences of European women within an oppressive gender system; explore
innovative, creative, and risk-taking strategies invented by women to enable them to
navigate systems of race, social class, gender, and sexuality, while pursuing meaningful
lives for themselves, their families, and their communities. - Analyze the applicability of the standard periodization of European history to the lives of
European women; assess variations of the sexual division of labor as women creatively
sought meaningful work and found innovative ways to adapt to new roles during the
industrial and agricultural revolutions, wars, political revolutions, and the pursuit of equal
rights, especially in campaigns for suffrage in Britain and France. - Analyze fictional portrayals of women and their families, comparing them with what we
know about actual women and their families.
Course Objectives
- Analyze the experiences of European women within an oppressive gender system; explore
innovative, creative, and risk-taking strategies invented by women to enable them to
navigate systems of race, social class, gender, and sexuality, while pursuing meaningful
lives for themselves, their families, and their communities.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Research assignment
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
Program Goal(s)
Degree: Women’s Studies - A.A. Degree (Transfer)
3. Understand the construction of gender and its intersection with race, sex, and class to create an oppressive gender system.
Degree: Women’s Studies - A.A. Degree (Transfer)
4. Use the analytical frameworks generated by women's studies' scholarship to restore women's contributions to the historical record.
- Analyze the applicability of the standard periodization of European history to the lives of
European women; assess variations of the sexual division of labor as women creatively
sought meaningful work and found innovative ways to adapt to new roles during the
industrial and agricultural revolutions, wars, political revolutions, and the pursuit of equal
rights, especially in campaigns for suffrage in Britain and France.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Writing Assignments
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Online quizzes
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric
- Analyze fictional portrayals of women and their families, comparing them with what we
know about actual women and their families.
Learning Activity Artifact
- Writing Assignments
- Online writing assignments
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric