HIST 5200 - Women in American History Before 1877

American women’s history from the colonial era through Reconstruction. Topics include the traditional life of Native American women, witchcraft in colonial New England, women in the American Revolution, African- American women in slavery, early American childbirth customs, the early women’s rights crusade, women on the trans-Mississippi frontier, and women in the Civil War.

Requisites

Credit Hours: 4.0
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.

Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture

Eligible grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,FN,FS,AU,I