History 4851/6851: History of Women in America
Dr. Margaret Caffrey, Spring 2010
Syllabus

Week 1.     Jan. 20       Introduction
                                     Native American Women

Week 2.     Jan. 25       Native American Women 
                                     DuBois & Dumenil, 2-27, 35-46, 84 (2nd paragraph)-86, 105-106 
                                     umdrive:  Native Americans.pdf
                                     Documents:  John Rolfe’s Letter, Mary Jemison
                                     Links to Websites:  Native American Life
                                         
                   Jan. 27     West African Women in Colonial America
                                    DuBois & Dumenil, 27-34, 47-51, 64, 66-70, 94-95, 101-102, 169-
                                                     173
                                    Hine & Thompson, Prologue, Chapter 1 & 31-35, 42-48, 50-57
                                    umdrive:  West Africans.pdf                                   

Week 3.      Feb.  1      European Women in Colonial America:  Differences
                                    DuBois & Dumenil, 56-63, 65, 70-101
                                    Links to Websites:  Anne Bradstreet (“Prologue” and “To My Dear                              
                                           and Loving Husband”)
                                  *QUIZ #1 

                    Feb.  3       European Women in Colonial America:  Similarities
                                      Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, "The Ways of Her Household,"                                                            
                                                (umdrive) (everyone)
                                       DuBois & Dumenil, 147-151, 111-118
                                       Links to Websites:  Martha Ballard
                      *GENERAL PAPER TOPIC DUE  (e.g., women and religion,
                             politics, the arts, sports, daily life, women’s rights, women and
                             medicine, law, reform, industrial workers, an immigrant group,
                             whatever)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Week 4.       Feb.  8       Witchcraft and Other Crimes
                                       J. W. Davidson & M. H. Lytle, "The Visible and Invisible                                                                 
                                              Worlds of Salem” (umdrive) (everyone)
                                       DuBois & Dumenil, 76-77, 96-97
                                       Links to Websites:  Trial of Anne Hutchinson, Susanna Martin,
                                       Accused Witch, and Salem Witch Trials (Go to Complete
                                                Witchcraft Papers pick one woman, look at
                                                Examination and Sections parts especially)                                                                                                                                        

                     Feb. 10       Women and the American Revolution
                                      DuBois & Dumenil, Chapter 3, 153-168, 174-180
                                      Hine & Thompson, the rest of Chapter 2
                                      Links to Websites:   Sarah Osborn, campfollower; Women in the
                                               Military (Rev. War)                        

Week 5.       Feb. 15       Antebellum America:  Free African-American Women
                                       DuBois & Dumenil, 266-271
                                       Hine & Thompson, Chapters 2 and 4
                                     *QUIZ #2 

                    Feb. 17        Women’s Sphere and Domesticity
                                        DuBois & Dumenil, 186-195, 219, 232-238
                                        Documents:  On Domesticity and Woman’s Sphere
                                      *SPECIFIC PAPER TOPIC DUE

Week 6.      Feb. 22       Women and the Industrial Revolution
                                       DuBois & Dumenil, 195-204, 240-243
                                       Documents:  Harriet Robinson on Factory Work at Lowell,                                                               
                                                 Mass.
                                       Links to Websites:  Lowell Rules & Conditions, 1840’s

                     Feb. 24        Women and Slavery in the 1800’s
                                        Hine & Thompson, Chapter 3
                                        DuBois & Dumenil, 204-219, 225-231, 244-247
                                        Links to Websites:  Harriet Jacobs
                                 ***MID-TERM HANDED OUT 

Week 7.        Mar.  1      Reform and Women’s Rights
                                        DuBois & Dumenil, 262-279, 296-303, A18-A21
                                        Hine & Thompson, Chapter 4
                                        Links to Websites:  Sojourner Truth,
                                              Sarah Grimke (Letter VIII),  Ernestine Rose 

                      Mar.  3      Civil War
                                        DuBois & Dumenil, 279-286, 304-317
                                        Hine & Thompson, Chapter 5
                                        Documents:  Loreta Velazquez, Soldier
                                        Links to Websites:  Women and the Civil
                                               War, Phoebe Yates Pember (pp. 1-9), Susie King
                                                Taylor (Chapter V) (choose one)
                                 ***MID-TERM DUE (MATCHING GIVEN IN CLASS) 

Week 8.          Mar. 8-12         SPRING BREAK, NO CLASS 

Week 9.          Mar. 15        Victorian Sexual Issues
                                            Carroll Smith Rosenberg, "The Female World of Love
                                                 and Ritual" (everyone)
                                            Willson and Brundage (everyone)
                                            Janet Farrell Brodie, "Criminalizing Reproductive
                                                 Control:  The End of the Century Campaigns to                                                                                                    
                                                 Disempower Women" (grad students)
                                               "Crossdressing Women"  (grad students) (all on umdrive)
                                              DuBois & Dumenil, 220-224
                                              Hine & Thompson, 169-171, 183, 214-215
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                         Mar. 17      Women and the West
                                            DuBois & Dumenil, 252-262, 287-295, 390-403, 407,
                                                       422-426                 
                                            Hine & Thompson, 172-177
                                            Documents:  Lilac Chen, Mary Ann Hafen
                               *LIST OF RESEARCH PAPER SOURCES DUE IN
                                                BIBLIOGRAPHICAL FORM 

Week 10.         Mar. 22      Last half of 19th Century:  Middle-Class Women
                                           DuBois & Dumenil, 324-337, 344-362, 369-384,
                                                  418-421
                                           Hine & Thompson, 154-157, 160-171, 184-191, 193-198,
                                                  2222-224
                                           Documents:  Frances Willard & the Bicycle
                                           Links to Websites:  Ida B. Wells on Lynching
                                        *QUIZ #3
                       
                         Mar. 24      Last half of 19th and early 20th Centuries:  Working Women
                                          DuBois & Dumeril, 337-344, 363-368, 403-415, 434-448,
                                                    455-462, 490-492
                                          Hine & Thompson, 147-154
                                          Documents:  Clara Lemlich, Triangle Factory Fire
                                          Links to Websites:  Rose Schneiderman
 

Week 11.          Mar. 29       Progressive Era:  Social Housekeeping
                                             DuBois & Dumenil, 415-418, 427-433, 462-469, A26-28
                                             Hine & Thompson, 177-183, 198-208, 212-230
                                             Documents:  Hull House Firsts, Christine Frederick,                                                                          
                                                          Domestic Science
                                             Links to Websites:  Herland (pp. 54-61) (grad students)

                          Mar. 31      Progressive Era:  Woman Suffrage
                                            DuBois & Dumenil, 469-480, 488-489, 492-497, 503-508
                                            Hine & Thompson, 157-160, 181
                                            Documents:  Jailed for Suffrage
                                            Links to Websites:  Marie Jenny Howe
                                       *RESEARCH PAPER OUTLINE DUE

Week 12.         Apr.  5        The 1920's:  The New Woman
                                            DuBois & Dumenil,  480-483 (M. Sanger), 520-535,
                                                     556-562, 570-576
                                            Links to Websites:  Modern Marriage, Letters to Margaret                                                         
                                                     Sanger 
                                         *QUIZ #4 <> 

                        Apr.  7        The 1920's:  The New African-American Woman
                                            Hine & Thompson, 208-211, 231-239
                                            DuBois & Dumenil, 534-535
                                            Links to Websites:  Harlem Renaissance: Augusta Savage and
                                                      Blues Women
                                        **BOOK CRITIQUE DUE      

Week 13.         Apr. 12         The 1930's:  Depression and the New Deal
                                              DuBois & Dumenil, 535-545, 563-569, 576-582
                                              Hine & Thompson, Chapter 10
                                              Links to Websites:  Meridel LeSueur on the Depression

Apr. 14         World Wars I and  II
                                 DuBois & Dumenil, 481-489, 498-502, 509-514, 545-555
                                 Hine & Thompson, 213-222, 225, 263-265
                                 Links to Websites:  A WAC's Story, One Woman on
                                        the Homefront, An African-American Rosie the Riveter
                            **DRAFT OF FIRST THREE PAGES OF PAPER WITH
                                                   CORRECT NOTATION DUE     

Week 14.          Apr. 19        The 1950's and Civil Rights
                                              DuBois & Dumenil, 588-623, 628-657, A30
                                              Hine & Thompson, Chapter 11 and 295-299
                                              Links to Websites:  Unita Blackwell, Betty Garman                                                                                
                                                      Robinson, Fannie Lou Hamer

                          Apr. 21         The New Woman's Movement
                                               DuBois & Dumenil, 623-626, 664-727, 734-744, A29-A30,                                                               
                                                         A31-A33, A34
                                               Hine & Thompson, 299-308
                                               Alice Walker, "Womanism" (umdrive) (everyone)
                                               Documents:  Redstockings Manifesto
                                               Links to Websites:  The Feminine Mystique, Chapter 1,
                                                    "If Men Could Menstruate," NOW Declaration, 1966,
                                                    "No More Miss America"
                                            *QUIZ #5 

Week 15.         Apr. 26            The New Women's Movement:  Results
                                                Susan Hartmann, "The Impact on Public Policy,"                                                                                              
                                                      (umdrive) (everyone)
                                                Links to Websites:  Third Wave Feminism,                                                                               
                                                       Wilma Mankiller                         

                        Apr. 28          Ongoing Issues, 1980’s-Present
                                               DuBois & Dumenil, 745-792, A36-A41,            
                              ***FINAL PAPER DUE TODAY (CORRECT HISTORICAL                                                   
                                                              NOTATION)

                              ***ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY (GRADS), DUE MONDAY,                                                                    
                                                         MAY 3

                              ***FINAL EXAM, WEDNESDAY, May 5, 5:30 p.m., our classroom