Monmouth College
History 370
Spring 2010
| Dr. Stacy A. Cordery | Office Hours: |
| Wallace Hall L-6 |
M-W-F, 9:00 a.m.--10:00 p.m.; M & F 12:00- 1:00 p.m., and by appointment, gladly |
| Office phone: 457-2372 | e-mail: stacy |
Course Description and Goals:
Another goal
of this class is simply to teach you about the ways women—many different types of
women--have contributed to and have made history in the United States.
Learning is accomplished in several ways. Chief among them are listening to our foremothers and listening to ourselves. Because this is a history class, we will also listen to historians whose job it is both to create the historical record and to help us critically analyze it.
Discussion Reminders:
Good class discussion involves several crucial elements:
an open and tolerant mind,
a mouth that engages after the brain,
the desire to learn,
cheerful and respectful discussants,
the ability to allow others to make their points without interruption,
and the knowledge that discussion involves all members of the class (so please don’t direct your comments and questions only to the professor).
Required books:
Amy Gilman Srebnick, The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers: Sex & Culture in Nineteenth-Century New York
Kristie Miller and Robert McGinnis, eds., A Volume of Friendship: The Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Isabella Greenway, 1904-1953
Katherine Jellison, It's Our Day: America's Love Affair with the White Wedding, 1945-2005
Class attendance:
Class attendance is a course expectation. On the third absence of the semester I will invoke the no-cut policy. The fourth absence will result in a failing grade for the course. If you must be absent, see me before you miss the class; only then will it be an excused absence. You are responsible for material missed during your absences. Clearly, in a seminar wherein a percentage of your grade is based on discussion, class attendance is crucial. I'm sorry; I hate this rule, but I have found it to be necessary, and I will enforce it.
Academic Dishonesty Policy:
I follow the Monmouth College academic dishonesty policy strictly. If you plagiarize in this class it may mean a failing grade for the assignment or for the course. It may also mean academic dismissal. Please see me if you have any questions at all.
Class Calendar and Assignments:
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Week 1: What is Women’s History? |
13 January
15 January |
Discussion: "Gender and the New Women's History;" text 1-23 Discussion: "The Ways of Her Household" & Divorce documents; text 45-58 |
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Week 2: Colonial Women
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18 January 20 January
22 January |
No class to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Discussion: "African American Women in Colonial Society" & Slavery documents; text 59-68 Discussion: "'Searchers again Assembled" & Hutchinson documents, text 69-82 |
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Week 3: Revolutionary Era
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25
January |
Discussion: "Taking the Trade;" text 97-113
Discussion: Revolution documents & "The Republican Mother & the Woman
Citizen;" text 114-127 |
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Week 4: Work and Womanhood
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1 February
5 February |
Discussion: Harriet Robinson's story & Lowell Mill Girls & The Lowell Offering
Discussion: "The Cult of True Womanhood, 1820-1860" Discussion: "The Female World of Love and Ritual;" text 168-183 |
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Week 5:
Mary Rogers |
8 February 10 February
12 February |
Discussion: "The Pastoralization of Housework;" text 153-164 Discussion: The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers
Discussion: The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers
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Week 6: Women's Rights |
15 February
19 February
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Discussion: Documents & "The Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention;" text 193-219 Discussion: same as 15 February. See also the national monument. Discussion: "Enemies in Our Households," & Counterfeit Freedom documents; text 220-235 |
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Week 7: Aftermath of War |
22 February
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Discussion: "Reconstruction and the Meanings of Freedom;" text 235-245 & Documents "After the Civil War;" 247-252 Discussion: Nancy F. Cott, "Passionlessness" No class |
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Week 8: Social Activism |
1 March
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Discussion: "Florence Kelley and Women's Activism;" text 327-339 AND "The Women's Centennial Agenda, 1876;" 265-268
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| 8-12 March | Spring Break Week | |
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Week 9 |
15 March 17 March
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Discussion: A Volume of Friendship Discussion: Women's letters
Discussion: Adkins v Children's Hospital, 1923; text 369-378 |
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Week 10: the 1940s |
22 March 24 March 26 March |
Discussion: "Equal Rights and Economic Roles;" text 379-389 Discussion: "The 'Industrial Revolution' in the Home;" text 399-409 Guest lecture: MC Science Alumnae |
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Week 11: WWII |
29 March 2
April |
Discussion: "Gender at Work;" text 466-477 & Enduring What Cannot Be Endured
Discussion: Enduring What Cannot Be Endured |
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Week 12: |
5 April 7 April 9 April |
No class: Easter Monday Guest lecture: WWII veteran Pauline Winbigler Film: "The Pill" -- Meet in WH205 for this film |
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Week 13: Modern Women's Movement |
12 April 14 April 16 April |
Discussion: "Betty Friedan and the Origins of Feminism in Cold War America;"479-495 Discussion: "Prescribing the Pill" & "When the Shirelles Mattered;" text 560-572 Discussion: "Second-Wave Feminists and the Dynamics of Social Change;" text 598-623:
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Week 14: Classic Feminist Documents |
19 April 21 April 23 April |
Discussion: feminism documents Discussion: feminism documents It's Our Day Discussion: feminism documents |
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Week 15: It's Our Day |
26 April 28 April 30 April |
Discussion: It's Our Day Discussion: It's Our Day Discussion: It's Our Day
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Week 16 |
3 May 5 May |
Discussion: reading be decided upon by by class In-class written examination |
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Final |
Tuesday, 11 May at 8:00 a.m. |
Grading Policy:
1. The opportunities for influencing your grade consist of the following points:
2. Late assignments of any sort will not be accepted without a prior excuse. Anything late for any unexcused reason will earn a zero.
3. Expect pop quizzes over the reading. The point value of the course will be adjusted upward accordingly.
4. I reserve the right to make changes to the syllabus--but only after discussing the proposed changes with the class first.
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