Calendar

For further detail on the various assignments listed in the Key Dates column, please see the Assignments section.

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction to Course and Field of Women's and Gender Studies

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2 The Roots of Contemporary Gender Debates: The 19th Century American Women's Rights Movement

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  • Essay 1 assignment
  • Citation style for essays
  • Homework 2 on "The Declaration of Sentiments"

Due: Homework 1

3 Interpreting Classic American Women's Rights Documents: Seneca Falls Convention and "The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848)

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  • Oral presentation assignment
  • Possible oral presentation topics
  • Homework 3 on "Our Costume," "Solitude of Self," and "Marriage Agreement"

Due: Homework 2

4 Interpreting Classic American Women's Rights Documents: Seneca Falls Convention and "The Declaration of Sentiments" (1848) (cont.)

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  • Homework 4 on Truth, Cooper, and Anthony
  • The Case of Hester Vaughn (1868–69)

Due: Homework 3

5

Strategies for Gender Change: "Direct Action Voting" / Civil Disobedience;

Gender, Race and Suffrage

Due: Homework 4
6

Gender, Race and Suffrage (cont.)

Screening: Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

Distribute: Homework 5 on Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
7 Gender, Race and Suffrage (cont.)

Distribute: Homework 6 on The Yellow Wallpaper

Due:

  • Homework 5
  • Oral presentation dates and preferences
8 Resistance or Illness?: Discourses of Women, Medicine and Madness in 19th Century America and Beyond Due: Homework 6
9 Screening: The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

Distribute: Homework 7 on Friedan and The Life and Times of Rosie the River

Due: Essay 1, Version 1 + cover letter

10 Beyond Suffrage: The Roots of the Second Wave of the American Women's Rights Movement: World War II and Postwar Era

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Due: Homework 7

11 Beyond Suffrage: The Roots of the Second Wave of the American Women's Rights Movement: World War II and Postwar Era (cont.) Due: Homework 8
12

The Second Wave of Women's Rights Activism (1963-present)

Screening: Sisters of '77

Distribute: Homework 9 on Sisters of '77
13 The Second Wave of Women's Rights Activism (1963-present) (cont.)

Distribute: Homework 10 on Lorber and Richardson

Due: Homework 9

14 Socialization and Gender Roles; Conceptualizing the Meaning of Biological Differences

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  • Essay 2 assignment
  • Essay 2 sample working outline
  • Essay 2 peer review

Due: Homework 10

15

Socialization: Race, Ethnicity, Nationality and Gender Roles; Gender and Education

Oral presentation

No assignments distributed or due
16

Representation of Gender in Advertising and Popular Visual Media

Screening: Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women

Distribute: Homework 11 - a gender analysis of a TV show
17

Representation of Gender in Advertising and Popular Visual Media (cont.)

Oral presentations

Due: Homework 11
18 Sexualities and Gender; The Right to Marriage

Due: Revision of Essay 1 + cover letter

19

Crossing Gender Boundaries

Screening: Ma Vie en Rose

Distribute: Homework 12 on Ma Vie en Rose
20

Perspectives on Transgender

Oral presentation

After-class Essay 2 prewrite peer review session (optional)

Due: Homework 12
21

Sexuality, Contraception and Reproductive Choice

Oral presentations

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  • Essay 3 and final reflection assignment
  • Essay 3 sample paragraph
  • Essay 3 strategies

Due: Due Essay 2 + cover letter

22

Gender and Work

Oral presentation

Distribute: Homework 13 on Family Workplace Benefits (PDF)
23

Gender and Work (cont.)

Oral presentations

Distribute: Homework 14 on clothing

Due: Homework 13

24

Gender and Work: Global Dimensions

After-class Essay 3 prewrite peer review session (optional)

Due: Homework 14
25

Gender and Work: Global Dimensions (cont.)

Oral presentations

Distribute: "Love and Gold" Discussion Quotes (PDF)
26 Global Issues: Contemporary Gender Equality Issues and Movements; Course Wrap-Up Due: Essay 3 and final reflection