Monmouth College
History 370
Fall 2007

Instructions: 

1.  This week, all of us will read the six documents linked below. 

2.  In pairs, you will lead the discussion over one of the documents below, and your group will find--in addition--one other document from the Duke University on-line archives that in some way connects to your assigned document.

bulletRead the document:
bulletanalyze it & learn
bulletthe author
bulletthe date it was written
bulletany historical context (e.g., why was it written?)
bulletbe able to summarize the argument.
bullethave questions to ask your colleagues in class that will help them better understand
bulletdraw parallels between your document and the other document (that everyone else has likely not read)

FOR MONDAY, 1 DECEMBER:

bulletKathie Sarachild, Consciousness-Raising:  A Radical Weapon
bulletBonifazi & Keller
bullet2nd article: ???
 
bullet Female Liberation:  A Joint Statement:  pay particular attention to the goals listed at the end of the document.
bulletMendez & Lonchyna
bullet2nd article:  Women of the World Unite

FOR WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER:

bulletRoberta, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Should Be Paid
bulletHalpin & Carlson
bullet2nd article: "There Was a Young Woman Who Swallowed a Lie..."

 

bulletGloria Steinem, Women's Liberation Aims to Free Men, Too:  be sure you can identify all of the myths Steinem points out.
bulletNissen & Pless
bullet2nd article: Barbarous Rituals:  84 Ways to Feminize Humans
 

FOR FRIDAY, 5 DECEMBER:

bullet The BITCH Manifesto:  be able to define what was radical about her use of the term.
bulletMcLaughlin & Miller
bullet2nd article: Equal Rights for Women