2010-2011 Academic Catalog

Apr 27, 2024

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

WS 229 - Women in European History

Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion

Examine the history of European women up to 1800. Topics will include premodern ideas about women and gender; women’s role in and relationship to religion; women’s work; women’s position within the household; comparisons between rural and urban women, and among elite, middle-class and peasant women; the effect of marital status on single, married and widowed women; the effects of major historical changes such as the Reformation and the rise of capitalism on women; and the emergence of movements for women’s rights.

Cross Listed: HIST 229, HIST 329

Instructor: Ms. Kushner

When Offered: Offered periodically

Faculty: Nina Kushner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of History